JunOS : error: device ae0 not found

By | July 19, 2014

Having problem setting LACP interface on JunOS and got this “error: device ae0 not found” message?

root@EX4200> show lacp interfaces ae0
error: device ae0 not found

First, make sure the LACP interface members are properly configured :

set interfaces ge-0/0/0 ether-options 802.3ad ae0
set interfaces ge-0/0/0 description "<OPTIONAL_DESCRIPTION>"
set interfaces ge-0/0/1 ether-options 802.3ad ae0
set interfaces ge-0/0/1 description "<OPTIONAL_DESCRIPTION>"

Then make sure the LACP settings are correct :

set interfaces ge-0/0/0 ether-options 802.3ad ae0
set interfaces ge-0/0/1 ether-options 802.3ad ae0
set interfaces ae0 description "<OPTIONAL_DESCRIPTION>"
set interfaces ae0 mtu <MTU_SIZE>
set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options link-speed <LINK_SPEED>
set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options lacp <active | passive>
set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching port-mode <access | trunk>
set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members <VLAN_ID>

The key parameter, as followed, you need to define how many aggregated interface you want to create on your device (max. of 32 per physical chassis unit) :

set chassis aggregated-devices ethernet device-count 1

Commit the changes and the LACP interface should now appear :

root@EX4200> show lacp statistics interfaces 
Aggregated interface: ae0
LACP Statistics: LACP Rx LACP Tx Unknown Rx Illegal Rx 
ge-0/0/0 28 8 0 0
ge-0/0/1 0 28 0 0

(This example assume you wanted to aggregate interfaces ge-0/0/0 – 1 under “ae0”).