[j-nsp] switch idea.?

[Phil Mayers]

On 06/12/12 17:14, Saku Ytti wrote:
> On (2012-12-06 09:00 -0800), Michael Loftis wrote:
>
>> The biggest thing I miss over Cisco is VTP.  Managing VLAN's is a huge pain
>> without it when you've got dozens of switches that all need the same VLAN
>
> VTP has ups and downs. Many people have broken network or two with VTP in
> their time.
> If your switch supports 4k VLAN ID, then pre-provisioning all VLAN at
> installation time is in my opinion obvious correct solution.
>
> If you support less than 4k but you need to support arbitrary ID value then
> VTP can avoid need for VLAN provisioning system.
>

But then again, if you have JunOS and Junoscript, scripting a vlan add 
is pretty trivial and moreover, can be done reliably.