Request Virtual-Chassis Vc-Port; Figure 19: Virtual Chassis Interconnected Across Wiring Closets - Juniper JUNOS OS 10.3 - SOFTWARE Manual

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closet interconnected to each other using the dedicated VCPs. The front view shows the
uplink VCPs interconnected across the wiring closets.

Figure 19: Virtual Chassis Interconnected Across Wiring Closets

To configure the Virtual Chassis across multiple wiring closets, perform these tasks:
To configure a Virtual Chassis across multiple wiring closets:
Configure the mastership priority of SWA-0 (member
1.
value ( 255 ), thereby ensuring that it functions as the master of the expanded Virtual
Chassis configuration:
[edit virtual-chassis]
user@SWA-0# set member 0 mastership-priority 255
Prepare the members in wiring closet A for interconnecting with the member
2.
switches in wiring closet B by setting uplink VCPs for member 0 and member 1:
user@SWA-0> request virtual-chassis vc-port set pic-slot 1 port 0
user@SWA-0> request virtual-chassis vc-port set pic-slot 1 port 0 member 1
NOTE:
For redundancy, this example configures an uplink VCP in both SWA-0
and SWA-1.
This example omits the specification of the
in configuring an uplink VCP for SWA-0 (and, later, for SWA-2). The
command applies by default to the switch where it is executed.
) to be the highest possible
0
member member-id
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