Hi all,
I have an LACP portchannel towards a firewall. Every time the firewall restarts, the portchannel splits in a Po32 & Po32A.
My question is: why does this happen ? and is the Po32A interface part of the channel or not ?
What does "pseudo port-channel" mean ?
regards,
Geert
xxxxxx#sh etherchannel 32 detail
Group state = L2
Ports: 2 Maxports = 16
Port-channels: 2 Max Port-channels = 16
Protocol: LACP
Minimum Links: 0
Ports in the group:
-------------------
Port: Te1/2/16
------------
Port state = Up Mstr In-Bndl
Channel group = 32 Mode = Active Gcchange = -
Port-channel = Po32A GC = - Pseudo port-channel = Po32
Port index = 0 Load = 0xFF Protocol = LACP
Flags: S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs.
A - Device is in active mode. P - Device is in passive mode.
Local information:
LACP port Admin Oper Port Port
Port Flags State Priority Key Key Number State
Te1/2/16 SA bndl 32768 0x20 0x20 0x1211 0x3D
Partner's information:
Partner Partner LACP Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner
Port Flags State Port Priority Admin Key Oper Key Port Number Port State
Te1/2/16 SA bndl 255 0x0 0x1 0x1 0x3D
Age of the port in the current state: 4d:00h:22m:23s
Port: Te2/2/16
------------
Port state = Up Mstr In-Bndl
Channel group = 32 Mode = Active Gcchange = -
Port-channel = Po32 GC = - Pseudo port-channel = Po32
Port index = 0 Load = 0xFF Protocol = LACP
Flags: S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs F - Device is sending fast LACPDUs.
A - Device is in active mode. P - Device is in passive mode.
Local information:
LACP port Admin Oper Port Port
Port Flags State Priority Key Key Number State
Te2/2/16 SA bndl 32768 0x20 0x20 0x2211 0x3D
Partner's information:
Partner Partner LACP Partner Partner Partner Partner Partner
Port Flags State Port Priority Admin Key Oper Key Port Number Port State
Te2/2/16 SA bndl 255 0x0 0x21 0x2 0x3D
Age of the port in the current state: 4d:00h:22m:26s
Port-channels in the group:
----------------------
Port-channel: Po32 (Primary Aggregator)
------------
Age of the Port-channel = 138d:20h:41m:57s
Logical slot/port = 46/8 Number of ports = 1
HotStandBy port = null
Port state = Port-channel Ag-Inuse
Protocol = LACP
Fast-switchover = disabled
Load share deferral = disabled
Ports in the Port-channel:
Index Load Port EC state No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+-----------
0 FF Te2/2/16 Active 8
Time since last port bundled: 4d:00h:27m:24s Te2/2/16
Time since last port Un-bundled: 4d:00h:29m:38s Te2/2/16
Port-channel: Po32A
------------
Age of the Port-channel = 4d:00h:27m:24s
Logical slot/port = 46/9 Number of ports = 1
HotStandBy port = null
Port state = Port-channel Ag-Inuse
Protocol = LACP
Fast-switchover = disabled
Load share deferral = disabled
Ports in the Port-channel:
Index Load Port EC state No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+-----------
0 FF Te1/2/16 Active 8
Time since last port bundled: 4d:00h:27m:22s Te1/2/16
Last applied Hash Distribution Algorithm: Adaptive
