[j-nsp] MX304 Port Layout

[Kevin Shymkiw]

Along with this - I would suggest looking at Port Checker (
https://apps.juniper.net/home/port-checker/index.html ) to make sure
your port combinations are valid.

Kevin

On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 9:16 AM Mark Tinka via juniper-nsp
<juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net> wrote:
>
> So, we decided to give the MX304 another sniff, and needed to find out
> why Juniper charge a license for 16x 100Gbps ports per line card, and
> yet the data sheet suggests the box can handle 48x 100Gbps ports
> chassis-wide.
>
> Well, turns out that if you deploy it with redundant RE's, you get 32x
> 100Gbps ports (2x line cards of 16x ports each).
>
> However, to take another 16 ports that gets you to 48x 100Gbps ports,
> you need to sacrifice one RE to use its slot :-).
>
> Mark.
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