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ECMP: Zero traffic loss when you add new member interfaces ECMP underlay next hop

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ECMP: Zero traffic loss when you add new member interfaces ECMP underlay next hop

On VXLAN tunnels configured over ECMP underlays, there is no traffic loss when you add new members to the underlay ECMP next hop. Previously on single-FPC devices, when you added a member to the unilist (a pointer to a list of unicast next hops), the new member was installed at the beginning of the list for the egress pipeline. In the ingress pipeline, however, the unilist still pointed the old member but used the new member's index number. The traffic would then exit the device using the old member but with the index number of the new member. Because the MAC address didn't match the device from which it was sent, the next-hop device would drop the traffic. To solve this problem, you now add new members to the end of the list so that the existing indexes aren't affected. Previously on multiple-FPC devices, each FPC updated its ingress and egress pipelines independently and would be out of sync with each other. For example, if you had two members in the unilist, and then added a third member, the third member had its port on FPC2. The fix for single-FPC devices doesn't help in this situation. Instead, you can configure a delay timer, which enables you to defer populating the ingress pipeline for a predetermined amount of time while programming the egress pipeline. When the timer expires, you can then program the ingress pipeline.
Product / Application Software Introduced Release
QFX10008 Junos OS 22.1R1
QFX10016 Junos OS 22.1R1
QFX10002-60C Junos OS 22.1R1