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August 14th, 2023 12:31

VLT issues DELL S4112F / DELL N1524 (+ others)

Hi! 
I have a few DELL switches setup as VLT domains in the environment I’m managing. 


I recently got 2 new S4112F switches and set them up exactly as I have done before with a new VLT domain. 

I got one “4-port portchannel” (2 ports in each switch) going to another VLT domain and that is up and running on all 4 ports. 


I configured a portchannel on a single DELL N1524 and connected one port to switch 1 in the VLT domain and one port to switch 2. 


The portchannel goes up but only one of the physical interfaces. 


I get the following message in the logs of the N1524. 


mmxsw26-1 DOT3AD[dot3ad_core_lac]: dot3ad_lacp.c(2339) 845 %% WARN Interface Te1/0/1 partner priority 4096 is not same as existing members of LAG interface Po1 (4096). Not adding interface Te1/0/1 as active member of LAG interface Po1.


I have googled the logged message and it leads me to a few posts in this forum but none of them seems to explain what the logged massage means. 


I have checked and double checked the configurations, and everything seems to look as it should. 

I have other VLT switches setup to other N1524/1548-switches and they are ok. 

Any pointers? What should I look for?


If I bring down the active portchannel port the inactive one goes up. If I bring that interface up again, I get the same message in the log but on the other interface. 

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August 16th, 2023 13:29

@DELL-Chris H​ 

Hi and thank you for your help! 

I contacted support and after reading the configs and tech-support output they figured out the issue. 

I didnt use the same VLT-MAC (virtual mac) on both VLT-peers. When I fixed it everything went up as expected! 

I think I had a minor brain breakdown. I have a few of those VLT-domains setup and I havent done this error before! 

now all is good! 

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August 14th, 2023 17:05

Olvmyr,
I would start with verifying that the following items, listed below,  are the exact same between peers. 
Let me know what you see.

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August 15th, 2023 09:01

@DELL-Chris H​ 

I have compared the two VLT-peers and there are no diffrences in the config, the config is slim since I just set them up from default settings. 

I have also compared with other VLT configured switches and everything seems to be configured the same. 

I have been trying different settings on "flowcontrol" but always with the same settings on both peers.

What priority does the logmessage "partner priority", refeer to ? 

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15-08-2023 10:58 AM

Hi,  partner priority of Te1/0/1 does not match the other ports in Po1. This can make the LACP negotiation fail and stop the port from becoming an active part of the port channel. I think you need to verify that the partner priority is the same for all the ports in the port channel

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August 15th, 2023 11:50

@Dell-ErmanO​ 

But do the LACP priority value have any meaning if all ports are set to Active? 

LACP prio value are never the same on any port in a portchannel. Ether portnumber (or in VLT VLT-MAC) will give the port a different prio? 

Strange link but that info is in it? 
Dell EMC Networking OS10 How to Use LACP Portchannel for a PXE Boot Client | Dell Sverige

edit:
The LACP priority is a value that I havent set on any other switches in my network, in the past it just worked... 

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15-08-2023 14:46 PM

Johan,

 

Let me research this further, but I would really suggest that you call in to support, as it is likely going to need directly working with the switch. 

 

 

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