Switching

Hi Community, 

This might sound easy for all of you but I've set my first virtual switch with a couple of EX4550s.

The Virtual-switch is Up and running. I tested it and is working perfectly. However. I cant see to understand how to read the interfaces. 

This is the config

Virtual Chassis Mode: Mixed
Mstr Mixed Route Neighbor List
Member ID Status Serial No Model prio Role Mode Mode ID Interface
0 (FPC 0) Prsnt XXXXXXXXXX ex4550-32f 255 Master* Y VC 1 vcp-255/0/0
1 (FPC 1) PrsntXXXXXXXXXX ex4550-32f 255 Backup Y VC 0 vcp-255/0/0

If I run a "-show interface terse" command I only get these interfaces

vcp-255/0/0 up up
vcp-255/0/0.32768 up up
xe-0/0/1 up up
xe-0/0/1.0 up up eth-switch
xe-0/0/4 up down
xe-0/0/4.0 up down eth-switch
xe-0/0/5 up down
xe-0/0/5.0 up down eth-switch
xe-1/0/1 up up

Any way if I did set something wrong?

If I run a " show interface | display set" from the config mode It lists all the interfaces but I dont know how to tell which interfaces are from which Switch. 

Thanks for the help.

Hi, 

0 (FPC 0) Prsnt XXXXXXXXXX ex4550-32f 255 Master* Y VC 1 vcp-255/0/0
1 (FPC 1) PrsntXXXXXXXXXX ex4550-32f 255 Backup Y VC 0 vcp-255/0/0

All interfaces starting with xe-0/*/* are from FPC 0, i.e member0 and interfaces xe-1/*/* are from FPC1 / member1.

"On an EX3300 Virtual Chassis, an EX4200 Virtual Chassis, an EX4300 Virtual Chassis, an EX4500 Virtual Chassis, an EX4550 Virtual Chassis, or a mixed Virtual Chassis, the FPC number indicates the member ID of the switch in the Virtual Chassis."

http://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos15.1/topics/concept/interfaces-naming-conventions.html

Cheers,

Ashvin

AshvinO,

Thanks for the explanation but then Why when I run the show interfaces terse I only get these interfaces and not all of then like they used to be 

Interface Admin Link Proto Local Remote
vcp-255/0/0 up up
vcp-255/0/0.32768 up up
xe-0/0/1 up up
xe-0/0/1.0 up up eth-switch
xe-0/0/4 up down
xe-0/0/4.0 up down eth-switch
xe-0/0/5 up down
xe-0/0/5.0 up down eth-switch
xe-1/0/1 up up

Send output of show configuration interfaces.  BTW, are these only ports on the switch that have SFPs plugged into them?

Hi, 

Yeah, these are the ports shown under the VC

set interfaces ge-0/0/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/8 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/8 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/9 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/9 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/10 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/10 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/11 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/11 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/12 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/12 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/13 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/13 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/14 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/14 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/15 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/15 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/16 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/16 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/17 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/18 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/18 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/19 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/19 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/20 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/20 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/21 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/21 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/22 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/22 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/23 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/23 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/24 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/24 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/25 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/25 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/26 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/26 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/27 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/27 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/28 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/29 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/30 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/30 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/0/31 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/0/31 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/1/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/1/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/2/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/2/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching

Just FYI but what you are asking about in Juniper terminology is Virtual Chassis, not Vswitch.  Vswitch has a very different industry usage in association with virtual compute, VMWARE to be more specific.  See below (you'll find lots of info on Vswitch via google search):

http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/techpaper/virtual_networking_concepts.pdf

Again just FYI.  AshvinO addressed your real question.

Thanks Buddy, 

You are right. Sorry for the confusion

kronicklez,

Thanks man. I just tried it and in fact they show as soon as I place an SFP in them. I feel dump right now. Lol

thanks all. 

Hey, 

Two more Question.

Why Am I getting 2 entries for each interface?

1 XE and 1 GE for each interface number?

I thought that all of my ports were GE?

Second. Each EX4550 has 32 Ports. Why am I seeing this ports after the first 32 ports?

set interfaces et-0/1/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/1/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/1/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/1/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/2/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces et-0/2/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/1 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/2 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/4 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/5 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/6 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces ge-0/2/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching
set interfaces xe-0/2/7 unit 0 family ethernet-switching

Thanks