[j-nsp] /32 host routes on down interfaces

[Daniel Roesen]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 06:47:58PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> > Do any config change in the "chassis" hierarchy => chassisd gets a
> > config change trigger => suddenly any DPC boots that is in "offline"
> > state as chassisd invokes the chassis power sequencer. JNPR insists
> > that this is expected behaviour and reasonable. I don't like
> > unexpectedly booting hardware just you do a totally unrelated config
> > change, but that's prolly just me weirdo complaining.
> 
> Yeah that one used to annoy me as well. Why not just power off the card
> in the config, so it stays down?

Because that's fixing the symptom, not the root cause. The router
shouldn't boot the card unless it's been asked to do. This behaviour
ain't documented, and surprising in nature. I prefer fixing root causes
of ill behaviour. JNPR prefers declaring it a feature.

Best regards,
Daniel

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