Switching

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What's the difference (if any) of specifying a port's VLAN membership by configuring,

interface <interface> {
    unit 0 {
        family ethernet-switching {
            port-mode access;
            vlan {
                members vlan1000;
            }
        }
    }
}

 Versus,

vlans {
    vlan1000 {
        vlan-id 1000;
        interface {
            <interface>.0;
        }
    }
}

From a functional point of view there really is no difference. Operationally everything looks the same. It is really a question of how you want to look at your VLAN / INTERFACE information. Do you prefer to see all IF's under the VLAN or see what VLAN(s) are associated with an Interface.

Operationally it makes no difference, just on how you want to view / manage your config.