Junos OS Interfaces Command Reference - Juniper Networks

CHAPTER 1
Interface Types
Interface Naming Conventions
This chapter provides information about the following topics:
• Interface Naming Conventions on page 3
• Discard Interface on page 7
• Loopback Interface on page 7
Physical Part of an Interface Name
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• Management Ethernet and Internal Ethernet Interfaces on page 7
• Nonconfigurable Interfaces on page 9
• Physical Interfaces on page 10
• Logical Interfaces Assigned to a Logical System on page 15
• Services Interfaces on page 19
• Container Interfaces on page 21
• Physical Part of an Interface Name on page 3
• Logical Part of an Interface Name on page 4
• Channel Identifier Part of an Interface Name on page 5
• Wildcard Characters in Interface Names on page 5
• Interface Names for M Series and T Series Routers and PTX Series Packet Transport
Switches on page 3
• MX Series Router Interface Names on page 4
• J Series Interface Names on page 4
Interface Names for M Series and T Series Routers and PTX Series Packet
Transport Switches
On M Series and T Series routers and PTX Series Packet Transport Switches, when you
display information about an interface, you specify the interface type, the slot in which
the Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC) is installed, the slot on the FPC in which the Physical
Interface Card (PIC) is located, and the configured port number.
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