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NOTE: If you do specify the member member-id option, use member ID 0 .
Because the switch is not yet interconnected with the other members of
the Virtual Chassis configuration, its current member ID is
0 . Its member
ID will change when it is interconnected with the Virtual Chassis
configuration. It does not impact the functioning of the uplink VCP that
its VCP interface is set with
0
as the member ID. The VCP interface has
significance only on the local switch.
3.
After you have set the uplink VCP on the standalone switch, physically interconnect
its uplink port with the VCP uplink ports of the members in the existing Virtual Chassis
configuration.
4.
The new member switch reboots and joins the now expanded Virtual Chassis
configuration with a different member ID.
NOTE: The setting for the new member switch's uplink VCP remains intact
and is not affected by the change of member ID.
5.
If you have additional members in the second wiring closet, set a redundant VCP
uplink on another member switch by issuing the
request virtual-chassis vc-port
command.
Related
Documentation
Configuring a Virtual Chassis (CLI Procedure) on page 781
•
•
Configuring a Virtual Chassis (J-Web Procedure) on page 784
•
Example: Configuring a Virtual Chassis Interconnected Across Multiple Wiring Closets
on page 733
•
Example: Configuring a Virtual Chassis Using a Preprovisioned Configuration File on
page 752
•
Monitoring Virtual Chassis Configuration Status and Statistics on page 809
Setting an Uplink Module Port or a J-EX4200-24F Network Port as a Virtual Chassis
Port Using the LCD Panel
You can interconnect J-EX4200 switches that are beyond the reach of the Virtual Chassis
cables as members of a Virtual Chassis configuration by installing the optional SFP or
SFP+ uplink module and connecting the uplink module ports. You can also use the
network ports on J-EX4200-24F switches to interconnect Virtual Chassis member
switches. To use the uplink module ports or the J-EX4200-24F network ports for
interconnecting member switches, you must explicitly set the ports as VCPs.
This topic describes how to set the uplink module ports and the J-EX4200-24F network
ports as VCPs using the LCD panel on the front of J-EX4200 switches.
In this procedure, we show how to configure uplink module port
ge-0/1/2
as a VCP.
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Chapter 45: Configuring Virtual Chassis