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XS712T problem 802.3ad LAG/LACP
Hi, I'm setting 2 Linux box(BOXA, BOXB) with dual port Nic and 1 XS71T switch. BOXA : I create bond0 and made appropriate changes(LAG: port0, port1) to XS712T BOXA and BOXB can ping each oth...
Hi Krishna,
What LAG type are you doing? Are you doing LAG LACP? Or Static LAG? What vlans are configured? Are the LAGS participating in the same vlan?
AlexPe
Hi Alex,
Sorry for the late response as switch was busy for other ongoing testing.
Really appreciate you help and guidance to resolve this issue for us.
We are using Static LAG. We didn't do any VLAN setup as I'm assuming it's not required.
Let me share complete configuration
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On Linux1
/etc/network/interfaces
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet manual
bond-master bond0
auto eth3
iface eth3 inet manual
bond-master bond0
auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
pre-up ifconfig bond0 up
up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth2 eth3
down /sbin/ifenslave -d bond0 eth2 eth3
address 192.168.0.156
gateway 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
slaves eth2 eth3
# bond-mode balance-rr
# bond-mode 802.3ad
#bond-mode active-backup
bond-mode 4
bond-lacp-rate 1
bond-miimon 100
bond-slaves none
on switch
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Swithing -> LAG
Select LAG ID (Ch 1)
LAG ID: l1
Admin Mode: Enable
STP Mode: Enable
Link Trap : Enable
LAG Type: Static
Active Port: xg11, xg12
LAG State: Link Up
bond0 comes up and I'm able to ping linux2
Setup linux2
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/etc/network/interfaces
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet manual
bond-master bond0
auto eth3
iface eth3 inet manual
bond-master bond0
auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
pre-up ifconfig bond0 up
up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth2 eth3
down /sbin/ifenslave -d bond0 eth2 eth3
address 192.168.0.157
gateway 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
slaves eth2 eth3
# bond-mode balance-rr
# bond-mode 802.3ad
#bond-mode active-backup
bond-mode 4
# bond-lacp-rate 1
bond-miimon 100
#bond-slaves none
On switch
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Switch -> LAG
Select LAG ID (Ch 2)
LAG ID: l2
Admin Mode: Enable
STP Mode: Enable
Link Trap: Enable
LAG Type: Static
Active Port: xg1, xg2
LAG State : Link Up
As soon as the above configuration is applied on the switch ping stops...
Reboot Linux 2 ping stills doesn't work, though bond0 interface on both the machine are up and running
$ sudo ethtool bond0
[sudo] password for hcd:
Settings for bond0:
Supported ports: [ ]
Supported link modes: Not reported
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Advertised link modes: Not reported
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: 10000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Other
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: off
Link detected: yes
$ ifconfig bond0
bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a0:36:9f:3e:4b:84
inet addr:192.168.0.157 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a236:9fff:fe3e:4b84/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:187 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:12955 (12.9 KB) TX bytes:15697 (15.6 KB)
Please let me know, if you need any additional information.
Thanks
Krishna
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