11-09-2007 08:25 AM - edited 03-03-2019 07:28 PM
Hi Experts,
I encountered one problem as below..
ERR_DISABLE: channel-misconfig error detected on Po1, putting Fa0/23 in err-disable state
When I tried to configure etherchannel group for 2 fastethernet port of fa0/23 and fa0/24.
Fa0/23 is connected to Core Switch 1.
Fa0/24 is connected to Core Switch 2.
Both are one channel-group 1 mode on.
Config as below:
On Core Switch 1:
Int fa2/5
Description To Dist Sw__1_Fa0/23
Switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
speed 100
duplex full
On Core Switch 2:
Description To Dist Sw_1_Fa0/24
Int fa2/5
Switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
speed 100
duples full
On Dist SW_1,
Interface Port-Channel 1
Switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
Switchport mode trunk
...
...
...
Int fa0/23
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
speed 100
duplex full
channel-group 1 mode on
...
...
...
Int fa0/24
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
speed 100
duplex full
channel-group 1 mode on
...
...
...
Note: When I leave one cross cable not connected, it doesn';t give any problem.
Only when I connect both cross cable to core Switch 1 and 2, then it will go to Err-Disable mode for the port fa0/23 and fa0/24.
Thanks in advanced.
11-09-2007 08:31 AM
To avoid this err-disable message, you need to shutdown both switchports at each link-partner before entering channel-group x mode x
Once you are done with the channel-group configuration, you can issue a 'no shut' under the interfaces.
11-09-2007 08:34 AM
Etherchannel bundles must always go between the same two switches. You cannot have one link of a bundle going to one switch, and another to a different switch.
Furthermore, the two links would need to be bundled at the core switch end as well.
Kevin Dorrell
Luxembourg
11-09-2007 08:52 AM
Guys,
Thanks for your reply.
Edison, Did u mean that I need to do a shut on interface fa0/23 and fa0/24,before applying the command : "channel-group 1 mode on" to prevent this problem?
Can I say that once applied the command above, I can do a "no shut" and will solve the problem?
Kevin, If that is the case, How can I configure 2 redundancy links to both Core Swithes,in case Core Switch 1 or 2 fails.. ?
Thanks again..
11-09-2007 09:03 AM
I missed the part of the destination device being different.
As Kevin pointed out, you can't have 2 sources switchports going to 2 different destination devices in an etherchannel.
11-09-2007 10:37 AM
So,how can I create 2 connections to 2 diff Core Sw which both are trunked to each other ? CS1 -> CS2 (etherchannel trunk ).
Will I cause a looping and how to configure redundancy for this type of connection/??
Thanks.
11-09-2007 11:05 AM
Trunk is allowed on both connections while etherchanneling is not, there are 2 different features.
Etherchannel provides bandwidth aggregation while trunking provides the ability to send multiple Vlans over a single link.
You don't need to etherchannel in order to get redundancy. Just configure the trunking and plug the links from the leaf switch up to the Cores.
11-09-2007 11:17 AM
Thanks Edison..
I read somewhere there looping problem might happens if this is the case..Can I say that the looping is being taken care off by STP automatically or is there any configurations that you can point me to ?
Is that means tat I can configure without port-channel 1 for the fastethernet 0/23 and 0/24 ?
and connect both to Core Switch 1 and 2 respectively?
Thanks again.
11-09-2007 12:09 PM
The looping is prevented with STP. Depending on how your STP is configured, one of those ports will be blocked.
For instance, if Core 1 is the STP Root for all Vlans, and port 0/23 is connected to this Core - will be set to FWD mode while 0/24 will be set to BLK mode (you can verify this with show spanning-tree command on the leaf switch).
If you have multiple Vlans, you can load-balance them by assigning Core1 STP Root half of the Vlans while Core2 STP Root for the other half.
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