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Junos OS Release Notes for EX Series Switches

 

These release notes accompany Junos OS Release 19.1R3 for the EX Series. They describe new and changed features, limitations, and known and resolved problems in the hardware and software.

You can also find these release notes on the Juniper Networks Junos OS Documentation webpage, located at https://www.juniper.net/documentation/product/en_US/junos-os.

What's New

Learn about new features introduced in the Junos OS main and maintenance releases for EX Series switches.

Note

The following EX Series switches are supported in Release 19.1R3: EX2300, EX3400, EX4300, EX4600-40F, EX4650, EX9200, EX9204, EX9208, EX9214, EX9251, and EX9253.

What’s New in Release 19.1R3-S2

Routing Policy and Firewall Filters

  • Loopback firewall filter scale optimization (QFX5120-48Y and EX4650)—Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R3–S2, you can configure up to 768 loopback filter terms for IPv6, and up to 1152 terms for IPv4. To do so, you configure an ingress firewall filter, apply it to the loopback interface, and then enable the loopback-firewall-optimization command at the [edit chassis] hierarchy level (this triggers the packet forwarding engine (PFE) to restart).

    Terms that include a reserved multicast destination (for example 224.0.0.x/24) and terms with a time-to-live (TTL) of 0/1 are not directly supported. Instead, you need to configure a separate filter for these terms. For example, to count OSPF packets on the loopback interface, you would create a separate filter with terms for the protocol (OSPF) to count packets destined to a reserved multicast address (such as 224.0. 0.6).

    [See Planning the Number of Firewall Filters to Create.]

What’s New in Release 19.1R3

  • There are no new features or enhancements to existing features for EX Series switches in Junos OS Release 19.1R3.

What’s New in Release 19.1R2

  • There are no new features or enhancements to existing features for EX Series switches in Junos OS Release 19.1R2.

What’s New in Release 19.1R1

Hardware

  • Support for SFP transceivers on 4-port 1-Gigabit Ethernet/10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplink module (model number: EX-UM-4SFPP-MR) (EX4300-48MP and EX4300-48MP-S switches)—Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the 4-port 1-Gigabit Ethernet/10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplink module (model number: EX-UM-4SFPP-MR) for EX4300-48MP and EX4300-48MP-S switches support SFP transceivers. You do not need to configure 1-Gigabit Ethernet speed on the uplink module to support SFP transceivers; the uplink module automatically detects the transceiver and creates the interfaces accordingly.

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)

  • RADIUS over TLS (using RadSec) support (EX4300 switches)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, EX4300 switches support RadSec. The RadSec protocol provides secure transport of RADIUS authentication and accounting data across untrusted networks using Transport Layer Security (TLS) over TCP as the transport protocol.

    [See RADIUS over TLS (RADSEC).]

  • Support for SFTP global disablement (EX Series)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, we have globally disabled incoming SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) connections by default. You can enable incoming SFTP connections globally by configuring the sftp-server statement at the [edit system services ssh] hierarchy level. Prior to Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the incoming SFTP connections are globally enabled by default.

    [See Configuring sftp-server.]

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

EVPNs

  • Support for proxy MAC addresses in an ARP request (EX9200)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, provider edge (PE) devices in an EVPN network that support ARP proxy can use a proxy MAC address in the ARP replies message to a host. When a PE device receives an ARP request or NDP request, it searches its MAC-IP address binding database for the requested IP address. If the device finds the MAC-IP address entry in its database, it responds to the request with the proxy MAC address. The proxy MAC address is derived from the IRB interface in an EVPN network with edge-routed bridging overlay and from the manually configured MAC address in a centrally routed bridging overlay. If the device does not find an entry, the PE device replaces the MAC and IP address from the customer edge (CE) device in the ARP request with the proxy MAC and IP address of the IRB interface. This allows for enhanced security (that is, Layer 3 filtering) deployments on Layer 3 gateway for both inter-VLAN and intra-VLAN traffic will be routed.

    To enable this feature, configure the proxy-mac [irb | proxy-mac-address] statement at the [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols evpn] hierarchy or at the [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name bridge-domains domain_name] hierarchy.

    [See ARP and NDP Request with a proxy MAC address.]

  • EVPN-VXLAN support (EX4300-48MP switches)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the EX4300-48MP switch, which functions as a Layer 2 VXLAN gateway in an EVPN-VXLAN network, supports the following features:

    • Active/active multihoming

    • Proxy ARP use and ARP suppression, and NDP use and NDP suppression on non-IRB interfaces

    • Ingress node replication for broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast (BUM) traffic forwarding

    [See EVPN User Guide.]

Interfaces and Chassis

  • Support for 1-Gbps speed on 4-port 1-Gigabit Ethernet/10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink module (EX4300-48MP)—Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the 4-port 1-Gigabit Ethernet/10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink module (EX-UM-4SFPP-MR) on EX4300-48MP switches supports 1-Gbps speed. You do not need to explicitly configure 1-Gbps speed on the uplink module, because the uplink module automatically identifies the installed 1-Gigabit SFP transceivers and creates the interfaces accordingly.

    Note

    The status LED of the 1-Gigabit Ethernet uplink module port is solid green (instead of blinking green) because of a device limitation. However, there is no impact on device functionality.

    [See speed (Ethernet).]

  • Support to channelize 100-Gigabit Ethernet port as four 25-Gigabit Ethernet ports in uplink module (EX4300-48MP)—Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, in the 2-port QSFP+/1-port QSFP28 uplink module on EX4300-48MP switches, you can channelize the 100-Gigabit Ethernet port to operate as four independent 25-Gigabit Ethernet ports by using breakout cables.

    [See Setting the Mode on 2-port QSFP+/1-port QSFP28 Uplink Module (CLI Procedure).]

  • Improved performance of small packets (EX Series)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the EX9200-40XS and EX9200-12QS line cards provide improved performance of small packets (with a minimum packet size of 64 bytes) in the transmit direction. To enable this feature, reduce the number of active ports (at the PIC level) to the following maximum numbers:

    • Sixteen 10-Gbps ports

    • Four 40-Gbps ports

    • Two 100-Gbps ports (when the line card is in 240-Gbps mode)

    • Three 100-Gbps ports (when the line card is in 400-Gbps mode)

    To configure the number of active ports, use the existing command set chassis fpc slot pic slot number-of-ports number-of-active-ports.

    Note

    The command does not change packet performance at the Packet Forwarding Engine level; it improves packet performance in the transmit direction at the port level only.

Junos Telemetry Interface

  • Export of data associated with the Junos kernel through Junos Telemetry Interface (JTI) (EX9200, EX9251, and EX9253)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, you can export data associated with the Junos kernel through remote procedure calls (gRPC) and JTI. Kernel telemetry data includes information on Veriexec state, graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES), in-service software upgrade (ISSU), and Routing Engine ifstate. Junos kernel sensors can be used by device monitoring and network analytics applications to provide insight into the health status of the Junos kernel.

    Junos kernel sensors introduced in Junos OS Release 19.1R1 support both periodical and ON_CHANGE streaming. The following Junos kernal resource paths support periodical streaming only:

    • /junos/kernel-ifstate/dead-ifstates-cnt

    • /junos/kernel-ifstate/alive-ifstates-cnt

    • /junos/kernel-ifstate/delayed-unrefs-cnt

    • /junos/kernel-ifstate/delayed-unrefs-max

    [See Understanding OpenConfig and gRPC on Junos Telemetry Interface and Guidelines for gRPC Sensors (Junos Telemetry Interface).]

Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)

  • LFM support on EX2300 and EX3400 switches —Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, EX2300 and EX3400 switches support OAM link fault management (LFM). OAM LFM can be configured on point-to-point Ethernet links that are connected directly or through Ethernet repeaters, and on aggregated Ethernet interfaces. The LFM status of individual links determines the LFM status of the aggregated Ethernet interface. The switches support the following OAM LFM features:

    • Discovery and link monitoring

    • Remote fault detection

    • Remote loopback

    [See IEEE 802.3ah OAM Link-Fault Management Overview.]

Routing Policy and Firewall Filters

Routing Protocols

  • Support for BGP graceful shutdown (EX Series)— Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, graceful traffic migration from one BGP next hop to another is supported, without traffic interruption. Also, BGP administrative shutdown communication can be sent to the BGP peer.

    You can configure both graceful-shutdown and shutdown statements at the [edit protocols bgp], [edit protocols bgp group group-name], and [edit protocols bgp group group-name neighbor address] hierarchy levels.

    Note

    Graceful shutdown is disabled by default.

    [See graceful-shutdown (Protocols BGP), shutdown (Protocols BGP).]

Security

  • MPLS scaling enhancements (EX4600 switches)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, MPLS scaling is enhanced on the EX4600 switch. For instance, you can increase the scale from its default 1024 to 8192. This enhancement optimizes and increases the ingress tunnel scale to address the current needs of data center networks either in IP-CLOS or IP-over-MPLS application spaces.

    [See Supported MPLS Scaling Values.]

Software Installation and Upgrade

  • Phone-home client (EX4300-MP switches)—Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, you can use either the legacy DHCP-options-based ZTP or the phone-home client (PHC) to provision software for the switch. If the switch boots up and there are DHCP options received from the DHCP server for ZTP, ZTP resumes. If DHCP options are not present, PHC is attempted. PHC enables the switch to securely obtain bootstrapping data, such as a configuration or software image, with no user intervention other than having to physically connect the switch to the network. When the switch first boots, PHC connects to a redirect server, which will redirect to a phone-home server to get the configuration or software image.

    To initiate either DHCP-options-based ZTP or PCH, either the switch must be in a factory-default state, or you can issue the request system zeroize command.

    [See Understanding the Phone-Home Client.]

  • Phone-home client (EX2300-MP switches)—Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, you can use either the legacy DHCP-options-based ZTP or the phone-home client (PHC) to provision software for the switch. If the switch boots up and there are DHCP options received from the DHCP server for ZTP, ZTP resumes. If DHCP options are not present, PHC is attempted. PHC enables the switch to securely obtain bootstrapping data, such as a configuration or software image, with no user intervention other than having to physically connect the switch to the network. When the switch first boots, PHC connects to a redirect server, which will redirect to a phone-home server to get the configuration or software image.

    To initiate either DHCP-options-based ZTP or PCH, either the switch must be in a factory-default state, or you can issue the request system zeroize command.

    [See Understanding the Phone-Home Client.]

What's Changed

Learn about what changed in the Junos OS main and maintenance releases for EX Series.

What’s Changed in Release 19.1R3-S4

Infrastructure

  • Support for unicast ARP request on table entry expiration—You can configure the device to send a unicast ARP request instead of the default broadcast request when an ARP table entry is about to expire. The retry requests are unicast at intervals of 5 seconds. Without this option, the retry requests are broadcast at intervals of 800 milliseconds. This behavior reduces ARP overall broadcast traffic. It also supports the use case where access nodes are configured not to forward broadcast ARP requests toward customer CPEs for security reasons and instead translate ARP broadcasts to unicast requests. To confirm whether this is configured, you can issue the following command: show configuration system arp | grep unicast-mode-on-expire.

    [See arp.]

What's Changed in Release 19.1R3

Multicast

  • Multicast Layer 2 transit traffic statistics by multicast source and group (EX4600, EX4650, and the QFX5000 line of switches)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R3, EX4600, EX4650, and the QFX5000 line of switches provide statistics on the packet count for each multicast group and source when passing multicast transit traffic at Layer 2 with IGMP snooping. Run the show multicast snooping route extensive CLI command to see this count in the Statistics: … n packets output field. The other statistics in that output field, kBps and pps, are not available (values displayed there are not valid statistics for multicast traffic at Layer 2). In earlier Junos OS releases, all three values in the Statistics output field for kBps, pps, and packets do not provide valid statistics for multicast traffic at Layer 2.

    [See show multicast snooping route.]

Routing Protocols

  • Advertising /32 secondary loopback addresses to Traffic Engineering Database (TED) as prefixes (ACX Series, EX Series, MX Series, PTX Series, QFX Series, and SRX Series)—In Junos OS Release, multiple loopback addresses export into lsdist.0 and lsdist.1 routing tables as prefixes. This eliminates the issue of advertising secondary loopback addresses as router-ids instead of prefixes. In earlier Junos OS releases, multiple secondary loopback addresses in TED were added into lsdist.0 and lsdist.1 routing tables as part of node characteristics and advertised them as the router-id.

What's Changed in Release 19.1R2

Interfaces and Chassis

  • Support for creating Layer 2 logical interfaces independently (ACX Series, EX Series, MX Series, PTX Series, and QFX Series)—In Junos OS Releases 18.4R1, 18.4R2, 19.1R1, 19.1R2, and later, EX Series switches support creating Layer 2 logical interfaces independent of the Layer 2 routing-instance type. That is, you can configure and commit the Layer 2 logical interfaces separately and add the interfaces to the bridge domain or Ethernet VPN (EVPN) routing instance separately. Note that the Layer 2 logical interfaces work fine only when they are added to the bridge domain or EVPN routing instance.

    In earlier Junos OS releases, when you use a Layer 2 logical interface configuration (units with encapsulation vlan-bridge configuration), then you must add the logical interface as part of a bridge domain or EVPN routing instance for the commit to succeed.

  • Logical Interface is created along with physical Interface by default (MX Series routers, EX Series switches, and QFX Series switches)—In Junos OS Release 19.1R2 and later, logical interface is created on ge, et, xe interfaces along with the physical interface, by default. In earlier Junos OS Releases, by default, only physical interfaces are created.

    For example, for ge interfaces, earlier when you view the show interfaces command, by default, only the physical interface (ge-0/0/0), is displayed. Now, the logical interface (ge-0/0/0.16386) is also displayed.

  • Enhancement to the show interfaces mc-ae extensive command—You can now view additional LACP information about the LACP partner system ID when you run the show interfaces mc-ae extensive command. The output now displays the following two additional fields:

    • Local Partner System ID—LACP partner system ID as seen by the local node.

    • Peer Partner System ID—LACP partner system ID as seen by the MC-AE peer node.

    Previously, the show interfaces mc-ae extensive command did not display these additional fields.

Layer 2 Features

  • input-native-vlan-push (EX2300, EX3400, EX4600, EX4650, and the QFX5000 line of switches)—From Junos OS Release 19.1R2, the configuration statement input-native-vlan-push at the [edit interfaces interface-name] hierarchy level is introduced. You can use this statement in a Q-in-Q tunneling configuration to enable or disable whether the switch inserts a native VLAN identifier in untagged frames received on the C-VLAN interface, when the configuration statement input-vlan-map with a push operation is configured.

    [See input-native-vlan-push.]

Network Management and Monitoring

  • The show system schema command and <get-yang-schema> RPC require specifying an output directory (EX Series)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R2, when you issue the show system schema operational mode command in the CLI or execute the <get-yang-schema> RPC in a remote session to retrieve schema files, you must specify the directory in which to generate the output files by including the output-directory command option in the CLI or the <output-directory> element in the RPC. In earlier releases, you can omit the output-directory argument when requesting a single module to display the module in standard output.

Routing Protocols

  • Change in the default behavior of advertise-from-main-vpn-tables configuration statement—BGP now advertises EVPN routes from the main bgp.evpn .0 table. You can no longer configure BGP to advertise the EVPN routes from the routing instance table. In earlier Junos OS Releases, BGP advertised EVPN routes from the routing instance table by default.

    [See advertise-from-main-vpn-tables.]

What's Changed in Release 19.1R1

EVPN

  • Starting with Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the no-arp-suppression configuration statement is no longer supported on EX Series and QFX Series devices.

Interfaces and Chassis

  • No support for performance monitoring on AE Interfaces (EX4300)—Y.1731 performance monitoring (PM) over aggregated Ethernet interfaces is not supported on EX4300 switches. [See sla-iterator-profile.]

Network Management and Monitoring

  • sysName.0 MIB object displays the fully qualified domain name (EX Series)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the sysName.0 MIB object displays the fully qualified domain name. That is, if the hostname and domain name are configured on the system, both names are displayed for the sysName.0 MIB object: host-name.domain-name. Previously, only the host name was displayed.

    [See show snmp mib.]

  • NETCONF <kill-session> operation returns different values in <rpc-error> when the session identifier is equal to the current session ID (EX Series)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, when you execute the <kill-session> NETCONF operation and the session identifier is equal to the current session ID, the values of the <error-type> and <error-tag> elements in the resulting <rpc-error> are application and invalid-value, respectively. In earlier releases, the <error-type> and <error-tag> values are protocol and operation-failed.

    [See <kill-session>.]

Security

  • Syslog or log action on firewall drops packets (EX4600 switches)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, if you configure a syslog or log action on an ingress firewall filter, control packets and ICMP packets sent to the Routing Engine might be dropped.

User Interface and Configuration

  • Options for monitor traffic interfaces statement added (EX Series)—Starting in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, the options write-fileand read-file under the monitor traffic command are included in the visible CLI.

    [See monitor traffic.]

Known Limitations

This section lists known behavior, system maximums, and limitations in hardware and software in Junos OS Release 19.1R3 for the EX Series.

For the most complete and latest information about known Junos OS defects, use the Juniper Networks online Junos Problem Report Search application.

EVPN

  • When a VLAN uses an IRB interface as the routing interface, the vlan-id parameter must be set to "none" to ensure a proper traffic routing. This issue is platform-independent. PR1287557

General Routing

  • When VLAN is added as an action for changing the VLAN in both ingress and egress filters, the filter will not be installed. PR1362609

  • On EX4650 with 288,000 MAC scale, the Routing Engine show ethernet-switching table summary command output shows the learned scale entries after a delay of around 60 seconds. PR1367538

  • Junos OS might hang trying to acquire the SMP IPI lock while rebooting when it is running as a VM on Linux and QEMU hypervisor. As a workaround, you can power cycle the device. PR1385970

  • After you upgrade to Junos OS Release 19.3, the system hangs after executing the request system software add /var/tmp/<image-gz> command. As a workaround, power cycle the device. It might resume normal functioning. PR1405629

Security

  • —On EX4600 switches, if a syslog or log action is configured on a firewall filter, control packets and ICMP packets sent to the Routing Engine might be dropped.

Infrastructure

  • If Junos OS panics experiences a file system-related panic, such as 'dup alloc', recovery through the OAM shell might be needed. From the OAM shell, run fsck on the root volume until it is marked clean. Only at this point is it safe to reboot to the normal volume. PR1444941

Virtual Chassis

  • A Virtual Chassis internal loop might happen at a node coming up from a reboot. During nonstop software upgrade (NSSU) on EX4600 and EX4300 Virtual Chassis, a minimal traffic disruption or traffic loop (greater than 2 seconds) might be seen. PR1347902

Open Issues

Learn about open issues in Junos OS Release 19.1R3 for EX Series. For the most complete and latest information about known Junos OS defects, use the Juniper Networks online Junos Problem Report Search application.

Authentication and Access Control

  • Before running the load ssl-certificate path PATHNAME command, configure the path using the CLI set protocols dot1x ssl-certificate-path PATHNAME command if the default pathname is not /var/tmp/. PR1431086

General Routing

  • The ARP queue limit has been changed from 100 pps to 3000 pps. PR1165757

  • On an EX2300 switch, the output of the show chassis routing-engine command might display an incorrect value of mac reset in the last reboot reason field. PR1331264

  • Traffic flooding happens instead of routing when VRRP scaled more than 150. PR1371520

  • An EX4300 switch configured with a firewall filter on lo0 and dhcp-security on VLAN simultaneously might drop legitimate DHCP renew requests from clients on the corresponding VLANs. PR1376454

  • On an EX9208 switch, a few 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are going down with the error message if_msg_ifd_cmd_tlv_decode ifd xe-0/0/0 #190 down with ASIC Error. PR1377840

  • After the Media Access Control security (MACsec) session is deleted, the corresponding interfaces might lose their MACsec function if LACP is enabled on them and the exclude lacp statement is configured under the [security macsec] hierarchy. PR1378710

  • On an EX4650 switch, DCPFE does not come up in some instances when the switch is abruptly powered off and powered on. Power cycle the device or reboot the host to recover the device. PR1393554

  • There is a possibility of seeing multiple reconnect logs, JTASK_IO_CONNECT_FAILED, during the device initialization. There is no functionality impact because of these messages. These messages can be ignored. PR1408995

  • On an EX9200 switch with MC-LAG configuration and other features enabled, there is a loss of approximately 20 seconds during restart of the routing daemon. This traffic loss varies with the configuration that is done. PR1409773

  • On EX2300 and EX4650 platforms, uRPF check in strict mode might not work properly. PR1417546

  • For an EVPN instance with integrated routing and bridging (IRB) interface, the proxy ARP and ARP suppression is enabled by default. With EVPN proxy ARP, ARP suppression enabled, and Junos OS Release 17.2R3 and later or 17.3R3 and later (correlated service release is also affected), the kernel process on master Routing Engine might crash because of a software defect on packet handling. This is a rare issue. PR1443903

  • On an EX9214 switch, if the MACsec-enabled link flaps after reboot, the error errorlib_set_error_log(): err_id(-1718026239) is observed. PR1448368

  • On EX3400 Virtual Chassis, during reboot or upgrade, because of a high CPU load in the slow path of FXPC, the TCP keepalive message is not sent. Hence, it is observed that some Virtual Chassis members might take longer to join the Virtual Chassis. PR1467707

  • On EX2300 switches with mac-limit and drop-and-log action configured, when the limit threshold is reached, a syslog message is triggered, but no SNMP trap is generated. PR1482709

Infrastructure

  • On EX3400 and EX2300 line of switches, during zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) with configuration and image upgrade with FTP, image upgrade is successful, but sometimes VM core files might be generated. PR1377721

  • On EX Series switches, if you configure a large-scale number of firewall filters on some interfaces, FPC crash and generation of core files might be seen. PR1434927

  • On an EX4300 switch, the CLI configuration on-disk-failure is not supported. PR1450093

Interfaces and Chassis

  • After GRES, the VSTP port cost on aggregated Ethernet interfaces might get changed, leading to a topology change. PR1174213

Junos Fusion Provider Edge

  • On a Junos fusion for enterprise system, intermediate traffic drop is seen between AD and SD when sFlow is enabled on an ingress interface. This is not seen always. When sFlow is enabled, the original packet is getting corrupted for those packets that hit the sFlow filter. This is because a few packets transmitted from the egress of AD1 are short of FCS (4 bytes) + 2 bytes of data, due to which the drop occurs. It is seen that the normal data packets are of size 128 bytes (4 bytes FCS + 14 bytes Ethernet header + 20 bytes IP header + 90 bytes data), while the corrupted packet is 122 bytes (14 bytes Ethernet header + 20 bytes IP header + 88 bytes data). PR1450373

Junos Fusion Satellite Software

  • In Junos fusion SP setup, EX4300 acting as satellite devices is generating temperature sensor alarm on multiple satellite devices modules connected to same aggregation device. PR1466324

Multicast

  • IGMP query packets might be duplicated between Layer 2 interfaces when IGMP snooping is enabled. PR1391753

Network Management and Monitoring

  • Trace files are not closed properly; as a result, writing of traceoptions to the log file suddenly stops. PR1380764

Platform and Infrastructure

  • There are multiple failures when events such as node reboots and ICL or ICCP flaps; and even with enhanced convergence configured there is no guarantee that subsecond convergence will be achieved. PR1371493

  • The image size grows over a period of time and subsequently storage might be insufficient to install images when upgrading EX2300 and EX3400 platforms. The upgrade might fail with the error message not enough space to unpack. PR1464808

  • In a Virtual Chassis with the VRRP master initially and if the VRRP IRB is disabled, then traffic destined to the VRRP VIP on the new VRRP master might be dropped if this is in the traffic path. PR1491348

Routing Protocols

  • Error messages pimd_rtrequest_v4(1133), IS_MASTER_RE: 1, Process: rpd, RTM_ID: 5, error: 17, errmsg: rt exists; ifindex = 340 are cosmetic and expected logs. These logs are not harmful and have no functional impact, but they just show the state of PIM register messages. These logs are already LOG_DEBUG for external builds, you do not need to make any change in any of the components. PR1371431

  • In 19.1R3 release, MUX state of LACP interface might not change when force-up configured. PR1484523

Subscriber Access Management

  • The authd reuses address quickly before jdhcpd has completely cleaned up the old subscriber, which results in syslog errors: jdhcpd: %USER-3-DH_SVC_DUPLICATE_IPADDR_ERR: Failed to add 10.1.128.3 as it is already used by 1815. PR1402653

Resolved Issues

Learn which issues were resolved in the Junos OS main and maintenance releases for the EX Series.

For the most complete and latest information about known Junos OS defects, use the Juniper Networks online Junos Problem Report Search application.

Resolved Issues: 19.1R3

Class of Service (CoS)

  • Shaping does not work after the reboot if shaping-rate is configured. PR1432078

  • The traffic is placed in network-control queue on extended port even if it comes in with different DSCP marking. PR1433252

EVPN

  • The ARP request or neighbor solicitation message might be sent back to the local segment by the DF router. PR1459830

  • The rpd might crash after the EVPN-related configuration is changed. PR1467309

Forwarding and Sampling

  • Memory leak might be observed in the l2ald process. PR1455034

  • Type 1 ESI/AD route might not be generated locally on EVPN PE in the all-active mode. PR1464778

General Routing

  • The l2cpd process might crash and generate a core file when interfaces flap. PR1431355

  • Micro-BFD 3x100 ms flap is seen upon inserting a QSFP transceiver into other port. PR1435221

  • IRB over VTEP unicast traffic might get dropped on EX9200 platforms. PR1436924

  • The rpd might generate a core file during router bootup due to a file pointer issue because there are two code paths that can close the file. PR1438597

  • On EX4600, the Virtual Chassis does not come up after you replace the Virtual Chassis port fiber connection with a DAC cable. PR1440062

  • MAC addresses learned on RTG might not be aged out after a Virtual Chassis member is rebooted. PR1440574

  • On EX3400 with half-duplex mode on 10M or 100M speed at medium traffic rates due to PHY side MAC buffer inconsistent state, MAC pause frames are seen on the port and egress traffic on the port stops to flow. PR1452209

  • The l2ald and eventd processes are hogging 100 percent after clear ethernet-switching table command is issued. PR1452738

  • A firewall filter might not be able to be applied in a particular Virtual Chassis or Virtual Chassis Fabric member as TCAM space running out of space. PR1455177

  • Packet drop might be seen after removing and reinserting the SFP transceiver on the 40-Gigabit Ethernet uplink module ports. PR1456039

  • Link-up delay and traffic drop might be seen on mixed service provider Layer 2/Layer 3 and enterprise style Layer 2 type configurations. PR1456336

  • The syslog timeout connecting to peer database-replication is generated when the show version detail command is issued. PR1457284

  • Overtemperature SNMP trap messages are displayed after update even though the temperatures are within the system thresholds. PR1457456

  • The correct VoIP VLAN information in LLDP-MED packets might not be sent after commit if dynamic VoIP VLAN assignment is used. PR1458559

  • The fxpc process might crash due to BGP IPV6 session flaps. PR1459759

  • On EX2300 and EX3400 platforms, storage space limitation leads to image installation failure during phone home. PR1460087

  • MAC addresses learned on RTG might not be aged out after aging time. PR1461293

  • RTG link faces nearly 20 seconds down during backup node rebooting. PR1461554

  • Configuring any combination of VLANs and interfaces under VSTP/MSTP might prevent any VSTP/MSTP-related configuration from being committed. PR1463251

  • There are some command lines to disable MAC learning and some of them are not working. PR1464797

  • The jdhcpd might consume high CPU and no further subscribers can be brought up if there are more than 4000 DHCP relay clients in the MAC move scenario. PR1465277

  • On EX2300 switches, an FXPC core file is generated after mastership election based on user priority. PR1465526

  • The broadcast and multicast traffic might be dropped over an IRB or a LAG interface in a EX Virtual Chassis scenario. PR1466423

  • The MAC move message might have an incorrect "from" interface when MAC moves rapidly. PR1467459

  • Optics measurements might not be streamed for interfaces of a PIC over JTI. PR1468435

  • FPC might be down when configuring vxlan-routing. PR1468736

  • With autonegotiation enabled, EX3400 advertises only 100 Mbps whenever we configure the 100-Mbps speed. PR1471931

  • The shaping of CoS does not work after a reboot. PR1472223

  • The RIPv2 packets forwarded across a Layer 2 circuit connection might be dropped. PR1473685

  • The dhcpd process might crash in a Junos fusion environment. PR1478375

  • TFTP installation from loader prompt might not succeed on the EX Series devices. PR1480348

  • In EVPN-VXLAN scenario, RP request packets for unknown host might get dropped in remote PE. PR1480776

Infrastructure

  • On EX4600 and EX4300 Virtual Chassis, the queue buffers might get stuck. As a result, error messages related to soft reset of port is seen. PR1462106

  • The traffic dropped on EX4300-48MP device acting as a leaf in Layer 2 IP fabric EVPN VXLAN environment. PR1463318

  • In an EX2300 Virtual Chassis scenario, continuous dcpfe error messages and eventd process hog might be seen. PR1474808

Interfaces and Chassis

  • The traffic might be forwarded to incorrect interfaces in an MC-LAG scenario. PR1465077

  • Executing commit might become unresponsive due to a stuck device control process. PR1470622

Junos fusion for enterprise

  • Inconsistency in the loop detect feature on newly provisioned SDs. PR1460209

Junos fusion Satellite Software

  • The dpd crash might be observed on satellite devices in Junos fusion for enterprise. PR1460607

Layer 2 Features

  • Physical layer and MAC/ARP learning might not work for copper base SFP-T on EX4600 switches. PR1437577

  • The LLDP function might fail when a Juniper device connects to a non-Juniper device. PR1462171

  • After rebooting, the FXPC core file might be seen when committing the configuration. PR1467763

  • Traffic might be affected if composite next hop is enabled. PR1474142

Platform and Infrastructure

  • The laser Tx might be enabled while the interface is disabled. PR1445626

  • NSSU causes traffic loss again after the backup to master transitions. PR1448607

  • On certain MPCs, cm errors need to be reclassified. PR1449427

  • The IRB traffic might get dropped after mastership switchover. PR1453025

  • The OSPF neighbor might go down when mDNS/PTP traffic is received at a rate higher than 1400 pps. PR1459210

  • ERP might not revert to IDLE state after reload or reboot of multiple switches. PR1461434

  • On EX4300 Virtual Chassis, traffic loss may be observed longer than 20 seconds when performing NSSU. PR1461983

  • IGMP reports are dropped with mixed enterprise or SP configuration styles on EX4300 switches. PR1466075

  • The switch might not be able to learn MAC addresses with dot1x and interface-mac-limit configured. PR1470424

  • On EX4300 switches, input firewall filter attached to isolated or community VLANs not matching dot1p bits on VLAN header. PR1478240

Routing Protocols

  • Host destined packets with filter log action might not reach to the Routing Engine if log/syslog is enabled. PR1379718

  • EX9208: BGP v4/v6 convergence and RIB install/delete time degraded in Junos OS Release 19.1R1, 19.2R1, 19.3R1, and 19.4R1. PR1414121

  • The traffic with destination UDP port 520 (RIP) or 521 (RIPng) drops on EX4600 switches. PR1429543

User Interface and Configuration

  • Problem with access to J-Web after update from Junos OS Release 18.2R2 to 18.2R3. PR1454150

Resolved Issues: 19.1R2

EVPN

  • The device might proxy the ARP probe packets in an EVPN environment. PR1427109

  • Configuring ESI on a single-homed 25-Gigabit Ethernet port might not work. PR1438227

  • ARP request/NS might be sent back to the local segment by DF router. PR1459830

General Routing

  • Certain EX Series devices are vulnerable to 'Etherleak' memory disclosure in Ethernet padding data. PR1063645

  • Transit OSPF traffic over Q-in-Q tunneling might be dropped if a firewall filter is applied to Lo0. interface PR1355111

  • l2ald process might crash and generate a core file on EX2300 Virtual Chassis when a trunk port is converted to 802.1x access port with tagged traffic flowing. PR1362587

  • IPv6 router advertisement (RA) messages might increase internal kernel memory usage. PR1369638

  • RIPv2 update packets might not send when IGMP-snooping is enabled. PR1375332

  • Interface flapping on an EX Series Virtual Chassis might cause high CPU utilization and multicast traffic delay. PR1393405

  • The fxpc core file might be generated if a scaled number of filter-based forwarding (FBF) filters are configured. PR1398256

  • EX3400 might not learn 30,000 MAC addresses when it sends MAC learning traffic. PR1399575

  • The DHCP discover packets are forwarded out of an interface incorrectly if DHCP snooping is configured on that interface. PR1403528

  • MAC address movement might not happen in Flexible Ethernet Services mode when the families inet or inet6 and vlan-bridge are configured on the same physical interface. PR1408230

  • On EX2300-24P, the error message dc-pfe: BRCM_NH-,brcm_nh_resolve_get_nexthop(),346:Failed to find if family is seen. PR1410717

  • EX Series PEM alarm for backup FPC will remain on master FPC although the backup FPC is detached from the Virtual Chassis. PR1412429

  • On EX4300-48MP switches, the chassis status LED is lit yellow instead of amber. PR1413194

  • The upgrade of the PoE firmware might fail on EX3400. PR1413802

  • VXLAN encapsulation next hop (VENH) does not get installed during BGP flapping or when routing is restarted. PR1415450

  • On EX3400, the show chassis environment command repeats OK and Failed at short intervals. PR1417839

  • The EX3400 Virtual Chassis status might be unstable during the bootup of Virtual Chassis or after the Virtual Chassis port flapping. PR1418490

  • Traffic drop might be observed when a transit static LSP is configured on EX4650 and QFX5120 platforms. PR1420370

  • Virtual Chassis might become unstable and FXPC might generate a core file when there are a lot of configured filter entries. PR1422132

  • The interface on failed member FPC of EX2300 or EX3400 Virtual Chassis might stay up for 120 seconds. PR1422507

  • Ensure Phone-home works in factory default configuration. PR1423015

  • IPv6 multicast traffic received on one Virtual Chassis member might be dropped when exiting another Virtual Chassis member if MLD snooping is enabled. PR1423310

  • On EX3400 auto-negotiation status shows incomplete on ge-0/2/0 using SFP-SX. PR1423469

  • Multicast traffic might be silently dropped on an ingress port with igmp-snooping enabled. PR1423556

  • MACsec connection on EX4600 platforms might not come back up after interface is disconnected and then reconnected. PR1423597

  • On MX204 optics SFP-1GE-FE-E-T, I2C read errors are seen when an SFP-T transceiver is inserted into a disabled state port. PR1423858

  • EX2300 or EX4300 platforms might fail to get an image/configuration from a phone-home server. PR1424321

  • MAC overlaps between different switches. PR1425123

  • The jdhcpd process might consume 100 percent CPU and crash if dhcp-security is configured. PR1425206

  • VC split after network topology is changed. PR1427075

  • The fxpc or Packet Forwarding Engine might crash on EX2300 and EX3400 platforms. PR1427391

  • Rebooting or halting a Virtual Chassis member might cause 30 seconds down on the RTG link. PR1427500

  • On EX2300-24P, the l2ald core files are generated after the removal and re-addition of multiple supplicant mode with PVLAN on interface. PR1428469

  • Verification of ND inspection with a dynamically bound client, moved to a different VLAN on the same port, is failing. PR1428769

  • EX4300-48MP switch cannot learn MAC addresses through some access ports that are directly connected to a host when auto-negotiation is used. PR1430109

  • Incorrect model information while polling through SNMP from Virtual Chassis. PR1431135

  • Packet drop might be seen if native VLAN is configured along with flexible VLAN tagging. PR1434646

  • The mc-ae interface may get stuck in waiting state in a dual mc-ae scenario. PR1435874

  • i40e NVM upgrade support for EX9200 platform. PR1436223

  • LED turns on even after the VC members are powered off. PR1438252

  • The DHCP snooping table might be cleared for VLAN ID 1 after adding a new VLAN ID to it. PR1438351

  • The dot1x might not work when captive-port is also configured on the interface on a backup or non-master FPC. PR1439200

  • DHCPv6 relay binding is not up while verifying the DHCP snooping along with DHCPv6 relay. PR1439844

  • EX4600 Virtual Chassis does not come up after replacing Virtual Chassis port from fiber connection to DAC cable. PR1440062

  • CPU might hang or interface might get stuck on a particular 100G port on EX Series switches. PR1440526

  • MAC addresses learned on RTG might not be aged out after a Virtual Chassis member is rebooted. PR1440574

  • Clients in an isolated VLAN might not get IP addresses after completing authentication when both dhcp-security and dot1x are configured. PR1442078

  • EX3400 FAN alarm (Fan X not spinning) appears and disappears repeatedly after removal of the fantray (absent). PR1442134

  • DHCPv6 client might fail to get an IP address. PR1442867

  • Nondesignated port is not moving to backup port role. PR1443489

  • /var/host/motd does not exist message is flooded every 5 seconds in chassisd logs. PR1444903

  • Packets drop might be seen after removing and reinserting the SFP of the 40G uplink module ports. PR1456039

  • On EX4300-MP, the following log is generated continuously: rpd [6550]: task_connect: task AGENTD I/O.128.0.0.1+9500 addr 128.0.0.1+9500: Connection refused. PR1445618

  • Major alarm log messages for temperature conditions for EX4600 at 56 degrees Celsius. PR1446363

  • Traffic might be dropped when a firewall filter rule uses 'then vlan' as the action in a VC scenario. PR1446844

  • The phone-home feature might fail on EX4300 switches because sysctl cannot read the device serial number. PR1447291

  • Added the on-disk-failure CLI configuration on the EX3400 switches. PR1447853

  • Unicast ARP requests are not replied to with the no-arp-trap option. PR1448071

  • On EX3400, IPv6 routes received through BGP do not show the correct age time. PR1449305

  • DHCP snooping static binding is not effective after the configuration is deleted and added back. PR1451688

  • Configuration change in VLAN all option might affect the per-VLAN configuration. PR1453505

  • Version compare in PHC might fail, making PHC to download the same image. PR1453535

  • Timeout connecting to peer 'database-replication'. PR1457284

  • SNMP trap messages are shown up after upgrade even when the temperature are within the system thresholds. PR1457456

Infrastructure

  • The Packet Forwarding Engine is flooded with mesages // pkt rx on ifd NULL unit 0. PR1381151

  • The traffic to the NLB server may not be forwarded if the NLB cluster works on multicast mode. PR1411549

  • Some Junos OS releases might not be installed successfully on EX2300-C platform. PR1414688

  • The operations on console might not work if the system ports console log-out-on-disconnect statement is configured. PR1433224

  • EX3400 might reboot suddenly generating VM core files. PR1456668

  • The traffic dropped on EX4300-48MP device acting as a leaf in Layer 2 IP fabric EVPN VXLAN environment. PR1463318

Interfaces and Chassis

  • Missing mandatory ICCP configuration statement redundancy-group-id-list produces a misleading error message. PR1402606

  • The logical interfaces in EVPN routing instances might flap after committing configurations. PR1425339

  • On EX9200 line of Ethernet switches, the unexpected commit error duplicate VLAN-ID occurs. PR1430966

  • VRRP-v6 state is flapping with init and idle states after configuring vlan-tagging. PR1445370

  • The traffic might be forwarded to wrong interfaces in MC-LAG scenario. PR1465077

J-Web

  • Some error messages might be seen when using J-Web. PR1446081

Junos fusion for enterprise

  • PoE over LLDP negotiation is not supported in Junos fusion for enterprise setup. PR1366106

  • Traffic might be silently dropped and discarded in a Junos fusion for enterprise with dual-AD. PR1417139

  • 1-Gigabit SFP transceiver in a 10-Gigabit Ethernet upstream port on EX3400/EX4300 satellite device may not come up. PR1420343

  • Loop-detect feature not working in Junos fusion for enterprise. PR1426757

Layer 2 Ethernet Services

  • BFD might flap when some of underlay ECMP interfaces are disabled in the leaf nodes. PR1416941

  • The malfunction of the core isolation feature in EVPN-VXLAN scenarios causes traffic to be silently dropped and discarded. PR1417729

  • The DHCP DECLINE packets are not forwarded to the DHCP server when forward-only is set within dhcp-reply. PR1429456

  • DHCP request might get dropped in a DHCP relay scenario. PR1435039

  • On EX9200, DHCP-Relay is stripping the GIADDR field in messages toward the DHCP clients. PR1443516

Layer 2 Features

  • ERPS nodes do not converge to idle state after failure recovery or reboot. PR1431262

  • The MAC ARP learning might not work for copper base SFP-T on QFX5100, QFX5110, and EX4600 line of switches. PR1437577

Network Management and Monitoring

  • Overtemperature trap is not sent out even though there is a Temperature Hot alarm. PR1412161

Platform and Infrastructure

  • On EX4300, OAM LFM might not work on extended-vlan-bridge interface with native vlan configured. PR1399864

  • On EX9251, EX9253, and EX9208, DDoS violation for LLDP, MVRP, provider MVRP, and 802.1x is incorrectly reported as LACP DDoS violation. PR1409626

  • Untagged traffic is single-tagged in Q-in-Q scenario on EX4300 platforms. PR1413700

  • In EX4300 few ports might remain in dot1x connecting state and fail to transition to authenticated state. PR1417270

  • Overtemperature SNMP trap is generated incorrectly for LC (EX4300-48P) based on master Routing Engine (EX4300-48MP) temperature threshold value. PR1419300

  • EX4300: Runt counter never incremented. PR1419724

  • EX4300 does not send Fragmentation needed message when MTU is exceeded with DF bit set. PR1419893

  • The pfex process might crash and and generate core files when the SFP transceiver is reinserted. PR1421257

  • Traffic loss when one of the logical interfaces on a LAG is deactivated or deleted. PR1422920

  • The auditd crashes when accounting RADIUS server is not reachable. PR1424030

  • SNMP (ifHighSpeed) value is not displayed properly only for VCP interfaces, and it appears as zero. PR1425167

  • Interface flapping scenario might lead to ECMP next-hop install failure on EX4300 switches. PR1426760

  • IPv6 traffic might be dropped when static /64 IPv6 routes are configured. PR1427866

  • VIP might not forward the traffic if VRRP is configured on an aggregated Ethernet interface. PR1428124

  • EX4300 does not drop FCS frames with CRC error on 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. PR1429865

  • Unicast ARP requests are not replied to with the "no-arp-trap" option. PR1429964

  • EX4300 enables the soft error recovery feature on the Packet Forwarding Engine, which can automatically detect the Packet Forwarding Engine parity error and recover by itself. PR1430079

  • The ERPS failover does not work as expected on an EX4300 device. PR1432397

  • The /var/db/scripts directory might be deleted after executing request system zeroize. PR1436773

  • PoE might not work after upgrading the PoE firmware on EX4300 platforms. PR1446915

  • REST API process is non-responsive when a number of requests arrive with a high rate. PR1449987

  • ERP might not revert back to IDLE state after reload/reboot of multiple switches PR1461434

Routing Protocols

  • Host-destined packets with filter log action might not reach the Routing Engine if log/syslog is enabled. PR1379718

  • ICMPv6 RA packets generated by the Routing Engine might be dropped on the backup member of the Virtual Chassis if igmp-snooping is configured. PR1413543

  • The EX Series switch may not install all IRB MAC addresses during initialization. PR1416025

  • Sometimes, IGMP snooping may not work. Workaround is to restart the multicast-snooping process. PR1420921

  • Error message RPD_DYN_CFG_GET_PROF_NAME_FAILED: Get profile name for session XXX failed: -7, might be seen in syslog after restarting routing daemon. PR1439514

  • The bandwidth value of the DDoS-protection might cause packet loss after the device is rebooted. PR1440847

  • Traffic might be dropped after the QinQ enabled interface is flapped or a change is made to the vlan-id-list. PR1441402

  • IPv6 connectivity between MC-LAG peers might fail when multiple IRB interfaces are present. PR1443507

  • Junos OS BFD sessions with authentication flap after a certain time. PR1448649

  • Loopback address exported into other VRF instance might not work on ACX Series, EX Series, and QFX Series platforms. PR1449410

Subscriber Access Management

  • On EX4300, /var showing full; the /var/log/dfcd_enc file grows in size. PR1425000

Virtual Chassis

  • Current MAC address might change when you delete one of the multiple Layer 3 interfaces. PR1449206

VPNs

  • MVPN using PIM dense mode does not prune the OIF when PIM prune is received. PR1425876

Resolved Issues: 19.1R1

EVPN

  • A few minutes traffic loss might be observed during recovery from link failure. PR1396597

General Routing

  • FPM board status is missing in SNMP MIB walk result. PR1364246

  • The OAM Ethernet connectivity-fault-management configured on aggregated Ethernet interfaces is not supported; and no commit error is seen. PR1367588

  • ARP request packets might be sent out with 802.1Q VLAN tag. PR1379138

  • The 40-Gigabit Ethernet and 100- Gigabit Ethernet uplink port number options show incorrect number ranges. PR1382578

  • Commit error is observed for the first time while loading the mini-PDT base configurations. PR1383469

  • On the EX4650 switch, occasionally two of the channelized 25-Gigabit Ethernet ports that are using 4x25G breakout cable will not come up after Junos OS reboots. PR1384898

  • ARP and ethernet-table entry in pointing to an aggregated Ethernet interface whose state is down. PR1385199

  • On EX4300-48MP, the session-option stanza under the [access profile] hierarchy for EX Series and QFX Series platforms is not applicable. PR1385229

  • On EX9200 platforms, the warning message prefer-status-control-active with status-control standby might be seen whenever you commit an operation. PR1386479

  • On EX2300 with stacked VLAN, flexible-vlan-tagging is unable to obtain DHCP IP for IRB after a reboot/power-cycle. PR1387039

  • On EX3400 Virtual Chassis, Error tvp_status_led_set and Error:tvp_optics_diag_eeprom_read syslog errors are seen. PR1389407

  • MAC learning might stop working on some LAG interfaces. PR1389411

  • On EX4300-48MP, need to remove messages Recommend power cycle the device to complete the upgrade and Please power cycle the device to complete the upgrade after ssd firmware upgrade. PR1389543

  • "Input rate pps" is not increased on EX2300-MP uplink ports if the packet is a pure Layer 2 packet like non-etherII or non-EtherSnap. PR1389908

  • The smid core file is generated during sanity script execution on QFX5100 and EX4300 switches. PR1391909

  • PTP over Ethernet traffic might be dropped when IGMP and PTP TC are configured together. PR1395186

  • DOT1XD core file is generated at pnac_bd_create pnac_bdm_handler knl_async_receive_and_process. PR1395384

  • On EX2300, MAC table is not populated after interface-mode change. PR1396422

  • High jsd or na-grpcd CPU usage might be seen even if JET or JTI is not used. PR1398398

  • After upgrading Junos OS Release 15.1X53 to Junos OS Release 18.2R1.9, the EX3400 cannot learn 30,000 MAC addresses. PR1399575

  • The FBF routing-instance instance-type "forwarding" is missed for EX Series (EX3400). PR1400163

  • MAC-limit with persistent MAC is not working after reboot. PR1400507

  • The authd might crash when you issue the show network-access requests pending command during authd restart. PR1401249

  • On EX4300-48mp, packets are dropped after configuring traffic filter and routing instance. PR1407424

  • The l2cpd might crash if the VSTP traceoptions and VSTP VLAN all commands are configured. PR1407469

  • The chassisd output power budget is received continuously for 5 seconds without any alarm after upgrading to Junos OS Release 18.1R3. PR1414267

  • VXLAN Encapsulation nexthop (VENH) does not get installed during BGP flap or restart routing. PR1415450

Infrastructure

  • IfSpeed and IfHighSpeed are erroneously reported as zero on EX2300. PR1326902

Junos fusion for enterprise

  • An error peer_daemon: bad daemon: scpd is seen on EX9251 switch running Junos OS Releases 18.1R1 and 18.1R2. PR1369646

  • Cannot login to SD cluster though it is recognized by AD properly. PR1395570

  • The l2ald process might generate a core file when persistent MAC addresses are cleared from the switching table. PR1409403

  • Extended ports do not adjust MTU in Junos fusion for enterprise on VOIP-enabled ports. PR1411179

Layer 2 Features

  • RTG MAC refresh packets are sent out from non-RTG ports if the RTG interface belonging to the Virtual Chassis master flaps. PR1389695

Layer 3 Features

  • The l2ald might crash when the clear ethernet-switching table persistent-learning command is issued. PR1381739

Platform and Infrastructure

  • Ping does not go through device after WTR timer expires in ERPS scenario. PR1132770

  • EX4300 upgrade fails during validation of slax script. PR1376750

  • ECMP route installation failure with log messages such as unilist install failure might be observed on EX4300 device. PR1376804

  • Packet drops on interface if the statement gigether-options loopback is configured. PR1380746

  • Traffic loss is seen in Layer 2 VPN with GRE tunnel. PR1381740

  • EX4300 device chooses incorrect bridge-id as RSTP bridge-id. PR1383356

  • On EX4300-48MP switch mixed Virtual Chassis, PoE interface maximum power configuration on member EX4300 gives an error if configured more than 30. PR1383717

  • Unicast DHCP request get misforwarded to backup RTG link on EX4300-VC. PR1388211

  • ICMPV6 packets are not classified with static or multifield forwarding-class mapping. PR1388324

  • Layer 3 IP route might be deleted after a Layer 2 next-hop change is seen. PR1389688

  • Continuous log messages get printed in EX4300: 17.4 / MCSNOOPD ICCP Context./var/run/iccpd_control addr /var/run/iccpd_control: Connection refused. PR1391942

  • On EX4300 switches, tcpdump shows that the kernel is sending out the ARP response on receiving the ARP request, but that the response does not get on the wire. PR1405168

  • The policer might not work when it is applied through the dynamic filter. PR1410973

Routing Protocols

  • The PPM mode for BFD session in EX4300 is centralized and not distributed by default. PR1361800

  • On EX4300-48MP, stale VLAN entries are seen after continuous script is run involving split, merge, and reboot. PR1363739

  • On EX4650 switches, the command output for the show pfe route summary hw statement shows different scale values for the IPv4 and IPv6 LPM routes rather than the supported scale. PR1366579

  • Host-destined packets with filter log action might reach the Routing Engine. PR1379718

  • EX4300 might drop the incoming IS-IS hello packets when IGMP or MLD snooping is configured. PR1400838

Documentation Updates

There are no errata or changes in Junos OS Release 19.1R3 documentation for the EX Series switches.

Migration, Upgrade, and Downgrade Instructions

This section contains the upgrade and downgrade support policy for Junos OS for the EX Series. Upgrading or downgrading Junos OS can take several hours, depending on the size and configuration of the network. For information about software installation and upgrade, see the Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Upgrade and Downgrade Support Policy for Junos OS Releases

Support for upgrades and downgrades that span more than three Junos OS releases at a time is not provided, except for releases that are designated as Extended End-of-Life (EEOL) releases. EEOL releases provide direct upgrade and downgrade paths—you can upgrade directly from one EEOL release to the next EEOL release even though EEOL releases generally occur in increments beyond three releases.

You can upgrade or downgrade to the EEOL release that occurs directly before or after the currently installed EEOL release, or to two EEOL releases before or after. For example, Junos OS Releases 17.1, 17.2, and 17.3 are EEOL releases. You can upgrade from Junos OS Release 17.1 to Release 17.2 or from Junos OS Release 17.1 to Release 17.3.

You cannot upgrade directly from a non-EEOL release to a release that is more than three releases ahead or behind. To upgrade or downgrade from a non-EEOL release to a release more than three releases before or after, first upgrade to the next EEOL release and then upgrade or downgrade from that EEOL release to your target release.

For more information about EEOL releases and to review a list of EEOL releases, see https://support.juniper.net/support/eol/software/junos/.