Netbox: Add Juniper VCP interface type to stacking choices

[lampwins]

Issue type: feature request

Minor request to have Juniper VCP (Virtual Chassis Port) added as an interface type choice under the "Stacking" section.

[jeremystretch]

As far as I'm aware, Juniper utilizes standard Ethernet interfaces for stacking. The Cisco types are included only because they are physical interface definitions.

[jsenecal]

Not all the switches use standard types.

For instance, EX4200 series switches use a proprietary Twinax cable.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017, 14:15 Jeremy Stretch, [e-mail]
wrote:

As far as I'm aware, Juniper utilizes standard Ethernet interfaces for
stacking. The Cisco types are included only because they are physical
interface definitions.

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[specialcircumstances]

Is it worth considering this being changed to be a table? That way the code wouldn't require updates every time a new speed of Gigabit Ethernet is announced!

[AlexanderS]

See #167 for the reasoning, why this is hard coded and not configurable.

[lampwins]

To add to what @jsenecal said, Juniper does have proprietary _physical_ interfaces for many models like Cisco but they do also allow the use of regular interfaces for stacking as well, like @jeremystretch said. It should be noted that when this is the case, the interface in converted so that it no longer looks or acts like a standard interface to the system (it is renamed and renumbered). So they look and act like traditional (proprietary) stacking interfaces.

But in short, yes Juniper does have proprietary VCP interfaces.

[jeremystretch]

I'm fine with adding any of the physical types if we can determine the canonical names.

[lampwins]

They are simply called Virtual Chassis Ports or more commonly referred to as VCP's.

http://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/junos/topics/reference/requirements/cable-ex4200-virtual-chassis-cabling-examples.html