03-18-2011 09:05 AM - edited 03-04-2019 11:47 AM
We are having a problem with a network-setup:
The network-topology looks like this:
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Rapid pvst+ is enabled on all 3 switches with the following command:
spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst
spanning-tree loopguard default
spanning-tree portfast default
spanning-tree extend system-id
spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 53248
On the ports connected to another switch the following commands are added:
interface GigabitEthernet1//0/?
switchport mode dynamic desirable
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The uplink-provider uses VRRP between the two core-routers. To enable gateways on the used subnets, the uplink-provider uses 2 ips on each subnet to get VRRP working.
With one uplink everything works normally, but when the second uplink is enabled, the servers get alot of IP-packets that have a destination-ip that is not used on that server.
When the link between Rank1 and Rank3 is disabled, the situation seems to worsen even more.
Does someone have any clue what the problem could be with this setup and what the solution could be?
With best regards.
03-18-2011 09:07 AM
The topology looks abit weird here:
Switch 1 is connected to 1 uplink, Switch 2 and Switch 3
Switch 2 is connected to Switch 1 and Switch 3.
Switch 3 is connected to 1 uplink, Switch 1 and Switch 2.
03-22-2011 01:01 AM
We managed to fix it ourself
For future reference, the mac-aging on the switches was at default 300 seconds, but the mac-aging on the routers was 4 hour, so eventho the router knew the mac address for a certain ip-address, the switch didn't. The router send the packet for a certain ip to the cheapest route (switch), but if the switch had forgotten the mac-address it would do a broadcast of that packet to all ports. We set the mac-aging to the same setting as the router and now the problem has disappeared.
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