Part of it probably has to do with SNMP. Pre-allocating the count keeps the SNMP index ID's from changing when devices are added/removed. ae0 is always index blah. A lot of tools are very dependent upon the SNMP index ID.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Phil Mayers <p.may...@imperial.ac.uk> wrote: > Just for curiosity - why is this a "thing" in JunOS? Why doesn't the > platform just let you configure the aeX interfaces and figure out the > "count" itself? > > It's such a specific thing to have to do I feel sure there's a reason, but > can't for the life of me guess what :o) > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp