Juniper JUNOS OS 10.3 - SOFTWARE Manual page 1119

Setting an Uplink Module Port as a Virtual Chassis Port (CLI Procedure)
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Verifying the Member ID, Role, and Neighbor Member Connections of a Virtual Chassis
Member on page 1038
Monitoring Virtual Chassis Configuration Status and Statistics on page 1041
Configuring a Virtual Chassis (CLI Procedure) on page 1011
Configuring a Virtual Chassis (J-Web Procedure) on page 1015
Understanding Virtual Chassis Configuration on page 934
You can interconnect EX4200 switches that are beyond the reach of the Virtual Chassis
cables as members of a Virtual Chassis configuration by installing the optional SFP uplink
module, SFP+ uplink module, or XFP uplink module and connecting the uplink ports. You
can also use the SFP network ports on an EX4200-24F for this purpose. To use the uplink
ports or SFP network ports for interconnecting member switches, you must explicitly set
the uplink ports as VCPs.
NOTE: When an uplink port is set as a VCP interface, it cannot be used for
any other purpose. You can set one port as a VCP interface and configure the
other port in trunk mode as an uplink to a distribution switch.
Before you set an uplink port as a VCP:
Install the uplink module in the member switches that you want to interconnect.
1.
Power on and connect to the switch that you plan to designate as the master of the
2.
Virtual Chassis configuration.
NOTE: Do not power on the other switches at this point.
Run EZSetup on the switch that you are configuring to be the master. Follow the
3.
prompts to specify the hostname and other identification, time zone, and network
properties. See "Connecting and Configuring an EX Series Switch (CLI Procedure)"
on page 187 or "Connecting and Configuring an EX Series Switch (J-Web Procedure)"
on page 189 for details. The properties that you specify for the master apply to the
entire Virtual Chassis configuration, including all the member switches that you later
interconnect with the master.
If you want to configure and manage the Virtual Chassis configuration remotely, specify
4.
the VME global management interface. You can configure the VME global management
interface when you are setting up the master or you can do it after completing the
other configuration steps for the Virtual Chassis. See "Configuring the Virtual
Chapter 45: Configuring Virtual Chassis
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