[j-nsp] MX5 to MX80 virtual chassis feature

[David Miller]

On 10/22/2012 9:05 AM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> From what I heard at the SE Summit, never.  It was just too difficult to do
> with a single RE, so they have dumped it.
> 
> But, there is another product coming which is similar, but will be able to
> do it from the start.
> 
> This is all conjecture and hearsay ;-)
> *
> 
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> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Riccardo S <dim0sal at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Does anybody knows if there is a chance to have soon available the virtual
>> chassis feature on MX5 - MX80 ?
>> As far as I understood Juniper announced it for Q3 2011, but nothing has
>> been released...
>>

We were told 2+ years ago that Juniper would be releasing a module for
the port in the back of the MX5 - MX80 that could be used to VC another
MX -or- be used as high speed link to an EX (4200 / 8500).  This has
changed a few times in our discussions with Juniper over the subsequent
years from "coming soon" to "no idea what you are talking about" to
"coming soon" again.  Latest responses from Juniper have been reasonably
solid "never going to happen".  My guess (merely a guess) is that
marketing/product positioning folks within Juniper decided that this
functionality would compete against their more expensive products and
killed the development/release.

-DMM