The MX implementation of VCCP uses standard 802.1Q with a vlan-id of 4094. I'm sure the EX is the same as well. The maximum latency is 100ms.
Although I agree having a virtual chassis span a WAN isn't the best idea ever. Thank you, -- Doug Hanks - JNCIE-ENT #213, JNCIE-SP #875 Sr. Systems Engineer Juniper Networks On 6/24/12 9:20 AM, "Sascha Luck" <li...@c4inet.net> wrote: >James, > >On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 08:43:22PM +1000, James Jimenez wrote: >>I am curious with a EX4200 as to the requirements of the uplink ports >>when >>attempting to use VCT / VCCP. Juniper documentation says a 1000BaseTX SFP >>module is unable to be used however I have been told that this does in >>fact >>work and the documentation may not have caught up yet? > >the information I have is that the extended VC links must be optical. . > >>I am also curious as to the requirements of the fibre uplink ports. If we >>are purchasing carrier services does it have to be a dark fibre link or >>are >>we able to use VCT over a Carrier VPLS 1G Ethernet service (LX/LH/SX)? We >>are hoping to VCT a number of chassis over a 30km distance. > >AFAIK, VCCP uses non-standard Ethernet frames and there must not be >any L2 (and up) devices in the VC link path as these devices would drop >the >VCCP frames. > >rgds, >Sascha Luck >_______________________________________________ >juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net >https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp