03-23-2012 01:09 PM
I have two Nexus 5010s in a vPC pair with a bunch of FEXs vPC dual-homed between them. I am encountering a problem where, from the point of view of the vPC Primary switch, a MAC address would move from the switch port its connecting to (Eth119/1/25) to the VPL port-channel (Po1). However from the point of view of the vPC Secondary switch the MAC address would remain on the switch port. I lose connectivy to the server from outside the datacenter when this happens. This is happening sporadically to only a small handful for MACs in the datacenter... most other MACs are fine.
Anyone have any clues?
switch1 -----------------
| | |
| | VPL FEX ------- server
| | |
switch2 -----------------
State 1:connectivity is fine, ping works
switch1# sh mac address-table address 0050.56a5.0002
VLAN MAC Address Type age Secure NTFY Ports
---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------
* 1 0050.56a5.0002 dynamic 0 F F Eth119/1/25
switch2# sh mac address-table address 0050.56a5.0002
VLAN MAC Address Type age Secure NTFY Ports
---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------
* 1 0050.56a5.0002 dynamic 0 F F Eth119/1/25
State 2: Connectivty lost, ping fails
switch1# sh mac address-table address 0050.56a5.0002
VLAN MAC Address Type age Secure NTFY Ports
---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------
* 1 0050.56a5.0002 dynamic 0 F F Po1
switch2# sh mac address-table address 0050.56a5.0002
VLAN MAC Address Type age Secure NTFY Ports
---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------
* 1 0050.56a5.0002 dynamic 0 F F Eth119/1/25
03-26-2012 10:37 AM
This is odd.
When it gets out of sync like this and one of the switches shows the mac learned on po1...how long does it stay in that condition?
You may want to open a TAC case about this.
Chad
03-26-2012 10:43 AM
It jumps in and out of that condition for incosisten time periods and at incosistent intervals... ie. mac learned on po1 and stays for couple minutes, then its learned on e119/1/25 on both switches for several minutes, then goes back to po1 after several mintues... whackamole
03-27-2012 01:08 PM
This is a software defect and a upgrade to 5.0(3)n2(2b) or 5.1(3) is the recommended path to resolve this issue.
03-28-2012 07:44 AM
Thanks Carlo. Is there a bug-id for this? Just want to have it as a reference for any issues I do see like this in the future. It felt like a bug, but didn't know if one written already.
03-28-2012 08:29 AM
The Bug ID is: CSCti29571
Regards,
Carlo
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