10-08-2010 07:10 AM - edited 03-06-2019 01:24 PM
Hello,
I tried to connect a new 5020 to our pair of 6500's that are running VSS. The VSS has been in production for a long time and has been working great. I created a new port-channel group on the VSS and bound two ten gig interfaces to it. I also did the same on the n5k and enabled VPC and LACP features. The problem is the VSS port-channel will never come up, it always shows a down state. Any ideas as to what configuration steps I am missing? Do I have to configure a VPC in order to communicate with the VSS??
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10-11-2010 10:06 AM
Only thing I can think of here is to remove all 'channel-group' commands from interface t1/1/1 and t2/1/1, then reconfigure using 'mode active'. Not sure but if you were trying 1 at a time, so that 1 interface is using PAGP while other is LACP, that could have causes problems.
If that doesn't work I'd suggest the same thing, but also delete interface po11 before re-configuring.
10-08-2010 12:06 PM
Can you attach the interface configurations from both sides for the physical ports and the portchannel port?
10-11-2010 08:57 AM
From the VSS side:
interface Port-channel11
switchport
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 411
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,38,155,158,159,162-164,411,445,650,816,852-854
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 880,882,883,885-891,900
switchport mode trunk
interface TenGigabitEthernet1/1/1
switchport
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 411
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,38,155,158,159,162-164,411,445,650,816,852-854
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 880,882,883,885-891,900
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 11 mode auto
interface TenGigabitEthernet2/1/1
switchport
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 411
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,38,155,158,159,162-164,411,445,650,816,852-854
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 880,882,883,885-891,900
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 11 mode auto
From N5k:
interface port-channel11
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk native vlan 411
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,38,155,158-159,162-164,411,445
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 650,816,852-854,880,882-883,885-891
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 900
interface Ethernet1/1
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk native vlan 411
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,38,155,158-159,162-164,411,445
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 650,816,852-854,880,882-883,885-891
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 900
channel-group 11 mode active
interface Ethernet1/2
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk native vlan 411
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,38,155,158-159,162-164,411,445
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 650,816,852-854,880,882-883,885-891
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 900
channel-group 11 mode active
When I change the channel-group mode on the VSS from auto to active, it changes back to auto for some reason??
10-11-2010 10:06 AM
Only thing I can think of here is to remove all 'channel-group' commands from interface t1/1/1 and t2/1/1, then reconfigure using 'mode active'. Not sure but if you were trying 1 at a time, so that 1 interface is using PAGP while other is LACP, that could have causes problems.
If that doesn't work I'd suggest the same thing, but also delete interface po11 before re-configuring.
10-11-2010 12:07 PM
I will try that and let you know. Is there anything else you can think of? I will not be able to try this until our change night on Thursday so any suggestions ahead of time are greatly appreciated!
10-15-2010 02:48 PM
Thanks Chad! Starting from scratch on the port-channel did the trick.
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