Juniper EX4200 Hardware Manual page 220

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user@switch> request virtual-chassis vc-port set pic-slot 1 port 0
NOTE:
If you are using a nonprovisioned configuration, you might configure the new member
switch with a primary-role priority value that is less than that of the existing member switches.
Doing so ensures that the new member switch will function in a linecard role when it is
included within the Virtual Chassis configuration.
4. Power off the new switch.
5. Interconnect the new member switch to one existing member switch in the Virtual Chassis configuration
using one of the uplink module ports that you has configured as a VCP. Connect only one VCP on the
unpowered new switch to a VCP on a member switch in the existing Virtual Chassis at this point of the
procedure.
6. Power on the new member switch.
7. Confirm that the new member switch is now included within the Virtual Chassis configuration by
checking the front-panel LCD for the member ID. It should display a member ID that is greater than 0
(1 through 9), because there is already at least one member of the Virtual Chassis configuration.
NOTE:
If you are using a preprovisioned configuration, the member ID is automatically
assigned to the member's serial number in the configuration file.
8. Cable another user-configured VCP on the new member switch to the Virtual Chassis, if desired.
CAUTION:
Virtual Chassis at the same time, a member switch that was already part of the
Virtual Chassis might become nonoperational for several seconds. Network traffic
to this switch is dropped during the downtime.
The member switch will return to the normal operational state with no user
intervention, and normal operation of the Virtual Chassis will resume after this
downtime.
If you immediately cable both VCPs on the new switch into the existing
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