Enabling CDP on Q-in-Q Links

pnahirny · ‎01-16-2009

Hi,

I submitted this question on the Network Management forum yesterday & was advised that CDP must be enabled to allow Campus Manager to discover trunk links correctly. I was advised to submit on this forum as to whether anything further can be done from a LAN switching perspective. Thanks.....Pete

We have a customer with Cat6500 VSS chassis configured with Etherchannel 802.1Q-in-Q links between Edge & Distribution switches. The distribution end of the link is configured as an IEEE802.1Q tunnel port whilst the Edge end of the link is an IEEE802.1Q trunk port (assymmetrical link).

CDP is automatically disabled for this configuration so link status on campus manager doesn't work correctly. If we enable CDP on the links then we get "native vlan mismatch" error messages. Is there a way around this other than filtering/ignoring the messages?

Tshi M · ‎01-16-2009

what is the native VLAN on either devices?

pnahirny · ‎01-16-2009

This is the config of the Q-in-Q port

interface Port-channel3

description Etherchannel to UKX1SWT02-CSN

switchport

switchport access vlan 55

switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

switchport nonegotiate

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpdufilter enable

This is the configuration of the dot1q port

interface Port-channel2

description Etherchannel to UKX1SWT01-CSN

switchport

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport trunk native vlan 97

switchport trunk allowed vlan 2-4

switchport mode trunk

switchport nonegotiate

I'm sure we've tried changing the native vlan so it's the same at both ends, ie defaulting the native vlan at the dot1q end but still the same & I think this is due to the link being assymmetrical. Documents I've seen on CCO all suggest ignoring the messages but I was hoping somebody may have another workaround?

Thanks

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎01-16-2009

Hello Peter,

in QinQ scenarios you can choice to send all frames tagged

Use the vlan dot1q tag native global configuration command to configure the edge switch so that all packets going out an IEEE 802.1Q trunk, including the native VLAN, are tagged. If the switch is configured to tag native VLAN packets on all IEEE 802.1Q trunks, the switch accepts untagged packets, but sends only tagged packets.

see

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/12.2_46_se/configuration/guide/swtunnel.html#wp1008635

This could solve your issue.

Hope to help

Giuseppe