Ether channel Error

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

Hello,

        I have recently configured LACP ether-channel and seems working ok but,

      when i Issue the command to verify it, it seems no balance or something not clear to me.

If I issue the command "EDGE4#sho etherchannel port-channel"

the output is,

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Channel-group listing:
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Group: 14
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Port-channels in the group:
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Port-channel: Po14 (Primary Aggregator)

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Age of the Port-channel = 1d:00h:29m:54s
Logical slot/port = 2/14 Number of ports = 2
HotStandBy port = null
Port state = Port-channel Ag-Inuse
Protocol = LACP
Port security = Disabled

Ports in the Port-channel:

Index Load Port EC state No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+-----------
0 00 Gi0/1 Active 0
0 00 Gi0/2 Active 0

Time since last port bundled: 1d:00h:20m:33s Gi0/2
Time since last port Un-bundled: 1d:00h:21m:14s Gi0/2

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so when the load and index is zeros, is that Ok? if not, what is missing?

Thank you all in advance.

M. R.

[Julio E. Moisa]

Hi

Could you please share the command output and your etherchannel configuration?:

show etherchannel summary

Thank you in advance. 

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

@Julio E. Moisa wrote:

Hi

Could you please share the command output and your etherchannel configuration?:

show etherchannel summary

Thank you in advance. 

Hello Julio,

         the commands output is s follow:

EDGE33#sho etherchannel 14 summary 
Flags: D - down P - bundled in port-channel
I - stand-alone s - suspended
H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
R - Layer3 S - Layer2
U - in use f - failed to allocate aggregator

M - not in use, minimum links not met
u - unsuitable for bundling
w - waiting to be aggregated
d - default port

Number of channel-groups in use: 5
Number of aggregators: 5

Group Port-channel Protocol Ports
------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
14 Po14(SU) LACP Gi1/0/5(P) Gi1/0/6(P)

EDGE33#sho run int po 14 
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 171 bytes
!
interface Port-channel14
description ************ To Egde XXXX *************
switchport trunk native vlan 41
switchport mode trunk
switchport nonegotiate
end

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Thank you

M. R.

[cofee]

It would help to share configuration of member ports from both switches. Currently, member ports on the switch are in suspended mode.

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

Ok, port configuration is ...
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/6
description ******** To Edge xxxxx*******
switchport trunk native vlan 41
switchport mode trunk
switchport nonegotiate
udld port aggressive
mls qos trust device cisco-phone
mls qos trust cos
channel-protocol lacp
channel-group 14 mode active
end
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this configuration is exact on all ports that are members on both sides switches.
Thanx

[cofee]

Config. Looks fine. Can you bring up suspended ports ?and before you do that turn the debugging on for lacp packets.

that may tell us why etherchannel is not coming up. Are you configuring this on a physical switch ?

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

hi Cofee,
as i have mentioned above the interaces and the port channel are up no problems but i wounder why the load and index are both zeros, even the no. of bits.
why so?
yes this is a physical switch.

thanx

[cofee]

Sorry I misread the code. you mentioned not seeing any load, you mean no hit counters on the port channel ( input /output packets). 

Is the traffic flowing between these 2 switches or you having issues?is there any other port channel or individual trunk connection between these switches ? 

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

Hello Cofee,
The traffic is flowing well, no problem at all. it's all mater of investigating the portchannel efficiency as configured.

I have 4 more portchannels on the same switch trunking to a single remote other connected switch.
All p.Channels are working, and up state but all have same output of zeros as mentioned in the commands output. I have other portchannels on other switches with output other than zeros in Load, Index, Number of bits output.
is it normal to have such as output as mentioned before in the command output?
"Still confused"

Thanx

[Elliot Dierksen]

The load balancing is selected in global config like "port-channel load-balance src-dst-ip"

[Julio E. Moisa]

Hi

Is the native vlan created on both switches? or try removing the UDLD configuration. 

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

I have removed the udld command from the config, and sure the native vlan is populated through all other switches.

[Mohammad Ramadan A.Hafiez]

I wanted to add that the switches connected through the portchannel are 2960X and 3560.