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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!
DELL-Chris H
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August 14th, 2023 17:05
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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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August 15th, 2023 11:50
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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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