Juniper EX4500 Hardware Manual page 108

Table 40: Virtual Chassis Components to Consider When Planning an EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550 Virtual
Chassis (continued)
Virtual Chassis
Components
EX4200, EX4500, and
EX4550 switches
Table 41 on page 108 describes the cabling requirements for a Virtual Chassis.
Table 41: Cabling Requirements for a Virtual Chassis
Distance Between Virtual
Chassis Members
Up to 0.5 m
Junos OS Release
Running on the Member
Switches
Junos OS Release 11.1
Junos OS Releases 11.2 and
11.3
Junos OS Release 11.4 or
later
Junos OS Release 12.2 or
later
Virtual Chassis Cable
Lengths Supported
0.5 m
Virtual Chassis Details
You can interconnect up to two EX4500 switches and
up to eight EX4200 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis.
EX4500 switches must always be configured in the
primary and backup roles.
You can interconnect up to two EX4500 switches and
up to eight EX4200 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis.
The same type of switch must act in the primary and
backup roles.
You can interconnect up to ten total EX4200 and
EX4500 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis .
Any switch can be configured in any role in any
configuration.
You can interconnect up to ten total EX4200, EX4500,
and EX4550 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis.
Any switch can be configured in any role in any
configuration.
Details
You can interconnect EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550
switches into a Virtual Chassis through Virtual Chassis
ports (VCPs) using the 0.5-meter Virtual Chassis cable.
This Virtual Chassis cable is supplied with an EX4200
switch.
You must order this cable separately for EX4500 and
EX4550 switches, including EX4500 switches that are
shipped with a preinstalled Virtual Chassis module.
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