Switching

I'm trying to use both 10gig LR and SR SFPs in the same aggregated interface (ae) on a EX4500 virtual chassis, and it's not working. I'm getting these messages in the messages log:

Mar  8 11:06:48  4500vca chassism[1305]: cm_vchassis_extended_vcport_validate_remove Port xe-0/0/33 validate FAILED 4
Mar  8 11:06:55  4500vca chassism[1305]: validate_configuration (625) config validation failed pic 0xf05a port 33 xcvr_type 8 AN 1 speed 3 duplex 0

These are Juniper branded SFPs according to show chassis hardware:

FPC 0            REV 16   750-038519   XXXXXXXXXXX       EX4500-40F
    Xcvr 33      REV 01   740-021309   58T027401729      SFP+-10G-LR
FPC 1            REV 16   750-038519   XXXXXXXXXXX       EX4500-40F
    Xcvr 33      REV 01   740-037004   ARE274T           SFP+-10G-SR

The single mode interface doesn't even show up in show interfaces terse:

4500vca>show interfaces terse | match 33               
vcp-255/0/33            up    up
vcp-255/0/33.32768      up    up  
xe-1/0/33               up    up
xe-1/0/33.0             up    up   aenet    --> ae25.0

I have this same problem with another ae using xe-0/0/5 and 1/0/5. The xe-0/0/5 interface doesn't even show up.

The device on the "other side" of this ae is an mx960 router and it has no problem with using SR and LR in the same ae.

What happened?

I'm not sure but this message seems to suggest the port you are using is somehow allocated to the VCP channel of a virtual chassis.

cm_vchassis_extended_vcport_validate_remove

Maybe this would confirm?

show virtual-chassis vc-port

You're absoutely right. I didn't set up the VC ports, it was shipped to me this way. I was told that ports 0 and 1 were the VCC ports. I had no reason to believe that any other ports were set for VCC, but they were:

> ...-port
fpc0:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface   Type              Trunk  Status       Speed        Neighbor
or                             ID                 (mbps)       ID  Interface
PIC / Port
vcp-0       Dedicated           2    Down         32000
vcp-1       Dedicated           2    Down         32000
0/0         Configured          5    Up           10000        1   vcp-255/0/0
0/1         Configured          5    Up           10000        1   vcp-255/0/1
0/33        Auto-Configured          Absent  

fpc1:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface   Type              Trunk  Status       Speed        Neighbor
or                             ID                 (mbps)       ID  Interface
PIC / Port
vcp-0       Dedicated           2    Down         32000
vcp-1       Dedicated           2    Down         32000
0/0         Configured          5    Up           10000        0   vcp-255/0/0
0/1         Configured          5    Up           10000        0   vcp-255/0/1
0/5         Auto-Configured          Absent  

I removed 5 and 33 using "request virtual-chassis vc-port delete" and the appropriate pic, member, and port numbers.

Thank you sir, much appreciated.