[j-nsp] Number of logical interfaces for EX switches

Emil Katzarski ekatzarski at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 06:36:22 EDT 2012


Thank yo very much!

I have one more concern about scaling. What would be the maximum number
Firewall Filter terms per system? I mean if I put several big prefix lists
and apply an accept/drop actions on them will it be possible to have a
total of a few thousand entries?

Thanx in advance


On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Jerry Jones <jjones at danrj.com> wrote:

> Hi Emil,
>
> This will be different for each model. Most are in the 500 range per pre,
> some can do around 1k.
>
> Get hold of your Juniper SE and he can help you out with scaling
> questions. I would say most models are safe to 400, but over that you
> should verify and test.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2012, at 3:57 AM, Emil Katzarski <ekatzarski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Troy,
>
> Unfortunately it is not so simple. There are 4096 VLAN IDs and you can
> create that many VLANs in the system doing L2 bridging on them. If it is
> possible to assign an operational IP interface on each of them is subject
> of availability of another resource called IFL's. I don't know how many
> IFL's are there in an EX3200.
>
> Anibody with an idea?
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Troy Coulombe <TCoulombe at telecomsys.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't it simply be the number of VLANs [4096 per the datasheet],
> > although you can only configure 4094 per the CLI
> >
> > # set vlans test vlan-id ?
> > Possible completions:
> >  <vlan-id>            802.1q tag (1..4094)
> >
> > Or am I missing something ...
> > Thanks,
> > TroyC
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> > juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Emil Katzarski
> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 8:31 AM
> > To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: [j-nsp] Number of logical interfaces for EX switches
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Can anyone help with finding some secret numbers about EX-series
> switches.
> > I didn't find them in any document.
> > What I need is the number of L3 interfaces (RVI and vlan tagging units)
> > that can be used on a single system. The maximum unit number of the VLAN
> > interface is about 16k but it doesn't mean anything.
> >
> > So if anybody knows what is tha maximum number of L3 interfaces per
> system
> > for EX2200, EX3200, EX4200, EX4500 etc, please help.
> >
> > Kind regards: Emil Katzarski
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