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Mac Flaps and port channels

shane.sukhnanan
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Hi All ,

I have tw cabinets side by side each other , in one cabinet i have 2 switches and the other just one.  These three switches are all  C2960X. they work fine now issues . SW1 has a prot channel to SW2 and SW1 also has a port channel to SW3 in the other cabinet.

keep this is mind there is no connection between SW2 and SW3 there shouldnt be any loop , the problem begins if i connect SW4 to SW2 via port channlel.... i start to revceive mac flaps for every vlan ,  keep in mind there isnt a loop or shouldnt be :

Please help, are there any special considerations i might have missed ?

Log Buffer (16384 bytes):
1 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host d4ae.52a1.2f34 in vlan 611 is flapping between port Gi1/0/22 and port Po2
002477: Dec  7 19:33:02.732 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host b8ca.3aed.f3c8 in vlan 780 is flapping between port Po2 and port Po1
002478: Dec  7 19:33:04.672 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0009.0f09.0003 in vlan 616 is flapping between port Gi1/0/9 and port Po2
002479: Dec  7 19:33:05.822 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 000c.29e9.92ca in vlan 611 is flapping between port Po2 and port Gi1/0/22
002480: Dec  7 19:33:06.724 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0015.5d05.aa09 in vlan 810 is flapping between port Po2 and port Po1
002481: Dec  7 19:33:07.388 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0050.5686.0007 in vlan 611 is flapping between port Gi1/0/22 and port Po2
002482: Dec  7 19:33:10.303 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0025.8402.1e00 in vlan 611 is flapping between port Po2 and port Gi1/0/22
002483: Dec  7 19:33:10.723 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0009.0f09.0002 in vlan 271 is flapping between port Gi1/0/11 and port Po2
002484: Dec  7 19:33:11.324 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 5087.89b7.370e in vlan 810 is flapping between port Gi1/0/6 and port Po2
002485: Dec  7 19:33:12.253 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 001f.29ea.c2a3 in vlan 611 is flapping between port Po2 and port Gi1/0/22
002486: Dec  7 19:33:12.809 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 000c.29ec.2d96 in vlan 811 is flapping between port Po2 and port Po1
002487: Dec  7 19:33:12.883 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 90b1.1c4e.ade0 in vlan 780 is flapping between port Po1 and port Po2
002488: Dec  7 19:33:13.784 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0025.8402.2e00 in vlan 611 is flapping between port Po2 and port Gi1/0/22
002489: Dec  7 19:33:13.924 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 90b1.1c4b.1b74 in vlan 780 is flapping between port Po1 and port Po2
002490: Dec  7 19:33:13.994 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0026.b982.5802 in vlan 284 is flapping between port Gi1/0/15 and port Po2
002491: Dec  7 19:33:14.204 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 0050.56b2.2019 in vlan 811 is flapping between port Po2 and port Po1
002492: Dec  7 19:33:14.207 UTC: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host d4ae.52a1.2f34 in vlan 611 is flapping between port Gi1/0/22 and port Po2

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Mark Malone
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

you could try alter the etherchannel load-balance to src-dst-mac or check your stp make sure no theres no constant changes with show spanning-tree detail | inc ieee|occurr|from|is exec

Any hubs in path ? Is sw4 connected anywhere else

CORE(config)#port-channel load-balance ?
  dst-ip                      Dst IP Addr
  dst-mac                     Dst Mac Addr
  dst-mixed-ip-port           Dst IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  dst-port                    Dst TCP/UDP Port
  mpls                        Load Balancing for MPLS packets
  src-dst-ip                  Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  src-dst-mac                 Src XOR Dst Mac Addr
  src-dst-mixed-ip-port       Src XOR Dst IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  src-dst-port                Src XOR Dst TCP/UDP Port
  src-ip                      Src IP Addr
  src-mac                     Src Mac Addr
  src-mixed-ip-port           Src IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  src-port                    Src TCP/UDP Port
  vlan-dst-ip                 Vlan, Dst IP Addr
  vlan-dst-mixed-ip-port      Vlan, Dst IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  vlan-src-dst-ip             Vlan, Src XOR Dst IP Addr
  vlan-src-dst-mixed-ip-port  Vlan, Src XOR Dst IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port
  vlan-src-ip                 Vlan, Src IP Addr
  vlan-src-mixed-ip-port      Vlan, Src IP Addr and TCP/UDP Port

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