Duplicate IP on Cisco 5508 LAG and Nexus 2k

[bbandersen]

  Hi all,

I am having a problem that I cant seem to find anything wrong with. The setup is as following.

A 5508 with interface LAG. 2 of a total of 4 interfaces are connected to a Nexus 2k  that is connected to a 5k fabric and the other 2 5508 interface are connected to another set of 2k-5k nexus and the 5ks are also interconnected.

The issue is that the 5508 controller is complaining that it has decteted a duplicate IP being used by MAC H:H:H  which is in fact the MAC of it self. So basically it can see it self as another device via the LAG.

The setup is working and there is no problem reaching the controller in anyway. I dont know about parsing traffic or APs as this is a 3rd backup controller so I havnt anything to test with but when the controller was connected to a 6500 setup running VSS there was no problem so I was just wondering if any of you had run into a similar problem?

I know the most likely place to look is at the nexus but that setup is a by the book design and configuration and there are no logs that indicate anything on any device other than the WLC is reporting duplicate IP.

[Rasika Nayanajith]

You cannot configure LAG on 5508 unless all those ports are connect to single switch. In 6500 VSS even though it is two physicall chassis, logically it is a single switch.

But with your N5K, those won't be a single switch. So you will have this issue unless you connect all 4 ports onto single N5K/2K.

HTH

Rasika

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[bbandersen]

There is configured a vPC between the 2 nexus 5k so they should appear as one switch to the controller.

[jmeachum]

You are correct.  But it sounds like the Etherchannel on the Nexus is either not configured or not configured correctly.  Make sure the Etherchannel is configured Mode On, ie no LACP.   The WLC can be configured as 8 individual ports or a single 8 port Etherchannel.

I hope this helps.

John

[bbandersen]

Everything has been checked out and following best practice regarding LAG on WLC so thats where this issue has stranded.

[Brian Donadio]

Were you ever able to get this issue resolved?  I am just wondering if this setup is supported at this time.  I am looking at connecting a WLC 5508 LAG via a VPC on 2 2K's that are Single homed to upstream 5548's.

Any updates are appreciated.

[bbandersen]

No I never got this solved and as this is a third wlc backup solution it has not gotten anymore attention how ever failover testing has shown the wireless to work fine.