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Deleting Virtual Chassis Ports in a Virtual Chassis Configuration

You can delete a Virtual Chassis port (vcp-slot/pic/port) as part of the procedure for deleting a Virtual Chassis configuration. You can also delete a Virtual Chassis port when you want to replace it with a Virtual Chassis port configured on a different FPC slot, PIC slot, or port number in the router or switch. After you delete a Virtual Chassis port by using the request virtual-chassis vc-port delete command, the port becomes available to the global configuration and can again function as a standard network port.

Note:

If you issue the request virtual-chassis vc-port delete command without first installing an MX Virtual Chassis Redundancy Feature Pack license on both member MX-series routers, the software displays a warning message that you are operating without a valid Virtual Chassis software license.

A software license is not needed to create an EX-series or QFX series Virtual Chassis. EX2200 devices do not have dedicated virtual-chassis ports. Use the on-board ethernet ports to configure virtual chassis.

The request virtual-chassis vc-port delete pic-slot <> port <>command is not supported in virtual chassis mode for EX4400 and EX5200 devices.

To remove the Virtual Chassis ports from both member devices in a Virtual Chassis:

  1. In the console window on the router or switch configured as member 0, remove one or more Virtual Chassis ports.

    For example, the following command deletes vcp-2/2/0 (the Virtual Chassis port on FPC slot 2, PIC slot 2, and port 0) from member 0 in the Virtual Chassis.

  2. In the console window on the router or switch configured as member 1, remove one or more Virtual Chassis ports.
  3. (Optional) Confirm that the Virtual Chassis ports have been deleted from each of the two member routers or switches.

    When you delete a Virtual Chassis port, its name (vcp-slot/pic/port) no longer appears in the output of the show virtual-chassis vc-port command. For example, the following output for the show virtual-chassis vc-port command on each member router or switch confirms that all Virtual Chassis ports have been deleted from both member devices.

    For member 0 (host1):

    For member 1 (host2):

Tip:

Deleting and then re-creating a Virtual Chassis port configuration may cause the Virtual Chassis port to appear as Absent in the Status column of the show virtual-chassis vc-port command display. To resolve this issue, reboot the FPC that hosts the re-created Virtual Chassis port.

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