Supported Ethernet Interface Standards

The Junos OS substantially supports the following standards for Ethernet interfaces.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 802.1ag, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, Amendment 5: Connectivity Fault Management
IEEE Standard 802.1Q, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks
IEEE Standard 802.3, IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements, Part 3: Carrier sense multiple access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
IEEE Standard 802.3ad, Aggregation of Multiple Link Segments (published as Clause 43 in Section 3 of the 802.3 specification)
IEEE Standard 802.3ah, Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) (published as Clause 57 in Section 5 of the 802.3 specification)
International Telecommunication Union–Telecommunication Standardization (ITU–T) Recommendation Y.1731, OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet based networks