Description

When a 100G transceiver is a fiber cable, then the port won't come up and when a 100G transceiver is a DAC (Direct Attach Copper) cable, then the port will come up as 40G instead of 100G. The CLI command "show interfaces vcp-<> extensive" will show the speed as 40G.

Symptoms

This issue might be seen if the following conditions are met:

  • On Junos QFX5110 and QFX5120 platforms
  • 100G transceiver (DAC/Fiber) as VC port or network port


Physical interface: vcp-<>, Enabled, Physical link is Down
  Interface index: 128, SNMP ifIndex: 0, Generation: 131
  Type: 105, Link-level type: Virtual-Chassis-Interface, MTU: 1514, Clocking: Unspecified, Speed: 40000mbps  <<<  Speed will be set as 40G.

Solution

This issue is resolved in JUNOS: 22.2R3-S1, 22.3R2-S1, 22.3R3, 22.4R2, 22.4R3, 23.1R2, 23.2R1, 23.3R1

Modification History

2023-10-23: First Draft