Yes you need at least one xre. I suggest you read juniper documentation on the 8200 VC.
Morgan On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Robert Hass wrote: > Do I need 2x XRE to have Virtual-Chassis of EX8200 or I can do this without > XRE ? > > Rob > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Morgan McLean > <wrx...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > The 8200 vc stability is the best out of the EX lineup in my testing. I > > can't make it fall over, where as I can find corner cases that will crash > > 3300s etc. > > > > Just keep in mind the VC connections will only work with certain line > cards > > afaik. And I thought two RE's were required for dual xre use but I guess > a > > 2200 in the middle is indeed a hack. :p > > > > Morgan > > > > On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, Billy Sneed wrote: > > > > > The EX8200 Virtual-Chassis w/ a couple of the XRE200's does well. The > > > XRE's act as the control plane and the 8200's end up just being > > linecards. > > > It's a bit hack-ish IMHO w/ a EX2200 switch acting as the glue between > > each > > > XRE and the 8200. > > > > > > We've run 11.2 - 11.4 and pleased w/ the stability. Our VC is split > > > between two buildings a few SM fiber pairs acting as the VC connections > > > between. We've dozens of aggregation switches (EX4500's & EX4200's) > > > connected w/ LACP to each and are very pleased. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Billy > > > > > > On 08/13/2013 05:46 AM, Robert Hass wrote: > > > > > >> How Virtual-Chassis on Juniper EX8200 is different than Catalyst 6500 > > >> (Sup2T) VSS ? > > >> > > >> Are both have shared control-plane ? > > >> > > >> How about stability of Virtual-Chassis and VSS on latest software > > >> releases ? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I would like to implement core layer using EX8200 or Cat6500 (two core > > >> switches). > > >> > > >> Each core device will have only redundant power-supply. Line cards, > CPU > > >> etc > > >> will be non-redundant. Redundancy will be archived using two boxes. > > >> Access-Layer switch will be connected to both core devices using 1GE > or > > >> 10GE links and aggregated into single PortChannel (LACP). > > >> > > >> Access devices will be Cat2960XR (Cisco) or EX3300 (Juniper). > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Rob > > >> ______________________________**_________________ > > >> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net <javascript:;> > > >> https://puck.nether.net/**mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp< > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp> > > >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net <javascript:;> > > > https://puck.nether.net/**mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp< > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Morgan > > _______________________________________________ > > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net <javascript:;> > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net <javascript:;> > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > -- Thanks, Morgan _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp