03-28-2012 05:34 AM - edited 03-07-2019 05:49 AM
I have 2 6504's running HSRP as my core. They are each etherchannel'd to my Datacenter switch (3750 Stack) -- see image below.
The problem i a having is with the etherchannel status:
Core1 PO11 status w (waiting)
Core2 PO11 status P(bundled)
DC11 PO48 status P -- but only to Core2 - the interfaces to Core1 are suspended. (See attached configuration documents) None of the devices have any information in the logs. I run this same configuration in my central location, but we are running Nexus 7000's. With the 6500's, do I need to split the port channels on the 3750 to allow them to negotiate the etherchannel? If I split the portchannels, are there any concerns? Should I expect to see the etherchannel status as P (Bundled) or H (Hot-Standby)?
03-28-2012 11:37 AM
No you do not need to split the port channels for them to work although a better design would be to run one to each switch so that if something happened to the switch or uplink you would still have a path back to the core. You would probably have to post the relevant configs for all the interfaces involved so that we could see . Both the port channel SVI and the ports themselves. Just sounds like a misconfig . Are these port channels a single vlan or are they trunked? Are they forced on or using lacp ? Now that I look at it you need to create a different port channel number on the 3750 for one of your links they cannot both be port channel 48 . Create say port channel 49 and put 2 links in that. You cannot have the same port channel going to 2 different switches.
03-28-2012 01:43 PM
Glen is correct.... Your design is as if you had a vPC or VSS in your core - which I don't believe you have.
You would need two completely seperate port-channel's on the 3750 in order to make this work - one to each of your core switches. Your current configuration has one logical link from the 3750 connecting to 2 completely seperate devices.. This is a no-no unless VSS or vPC is implemented.
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