MX204 Virtual Chassis Setup

Wed Aug 23 16:40:06 UTC 2023

On 8/23/23 18:29, tim at pelican.org wrote:

> Not Trio, and different PLM :)

Yes, aware... I was just speaking in general for what is likely to be a 
very popular platform :-).

> MX304 (well, strictly LMIC16) has the same restriction, and a need for another entry in the magic port checker (https://apps.juniper.net/home/port-checker/index.html) for restrictions beyond "SUM(port-speeds) <= 1.6T".

Yep.

That trick they did where you can live with one RE and get 3 MIC's in 
the MX304 is... well, I guess everyone will have their own opinion.

> They make sense once you've looked at the block diagram for the thing and followed the lines, but things like "4x10G breakout can only go in odd-numbered ports, and you have to leave the corresponding next-lowest even-numbered port empty" are not instantly obvious.

They do take some getting used to. But this is what comes with all the 
flexibility operators often seek.

Mark.