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Port-Channel drops traffic temporarily when 1 port goes down

jclj
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Level 1

Hello, I have a lab environment with a layer 3 (3850) switch that has a port-channel with a layer 2 4506. What i'm seeing in the logs is a port drops off, then users come over saying they have lost their remote session into the lab:

 

Sep 25 09:46:22: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3, changed state to up
Sep 25 10:28:51: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3, changed state to down
Sep 25 10:28:58: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3, changed state to up

 

My config on the 3850 is:

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
 switchport mode trunk
 channel-group 2 mode active
end

Lab#sho run int gi 1/0/4
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 90 bytes
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/4
 switchport mode trunk
 channel-group 2 mode active
end

and on the 4506:

interface GigabitEthernet2/1
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
 logging event link-status
 logging event trunk-status
 channel-group 2 mode active
end

4506swa-04#sho run int gi 2/2
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 181 bytes
!
interface GigabitEthernet2/2
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
 logging event link-status
 logging event trunk-status
 channel-group 2 mode active
end

The network outage is minimal, but enough to kill the remote sessions. I have replaced the cable and there are no errors on the interfaces. Why is there an outage with a 2 port channel when 1 port goes down? 

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

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Accepted Solutions

Hello,

on a side note, you might want to try and configure:

no port-channel standalone-disable

on your port channel interfaces (if your IOS supports it). This basically prevents the entire channel from going down when one side becomes unresponsive...

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Hello

Are both physcail interfaces in a up/up state?

Have you tried changing the cabling/ports and recreating the PC .

Can you post -

Show etherchannel summary
show etherchannel port-channel

 

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balsamovan
Level 1
Level 1

Try changing the negotiation protocol used for establishing the port-channel.

In your case you are using LACP as indicated by the word "active" at the end of "channel-group 2 mode active"

 

Try using PaGP (Cisco Proprietary) - keyword is "desirable"

If this doesn't improve things, turn off negotiation protocol altogether by using keyword "on".

 

Also, perform a "shutdown" on the interface before changing the ocnfiguration, this tends to flush out any errors and such, once you're happy, issue a "no shutdown" to bring it back up.

 

Best of luck, keep us posted.

jclj
Level 1
Level 1

Show Etherchannel Summary on 4506:

Number of channel-groups in use: 2
Number of aggregators:           2

Group  Port-channel  Protocol    Ports
------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
1      Po1(SD)          -
2      Po2(SU)         LACP      Gi2/1(P)    Gi2/2(P)

Show Etherchannel Summary on 4506:

 Channel-group listing:
                ----------------------

Group: 1
----------
                Port-channels in the group:
                ---------------------------

Port-channel: Po1
------------

Age of the Port-channel   = 313d:22h:43m:01s
Logical slot/port   = 11/1          Number of ports = 0
GC                  = 0x00000000
Port state          = Port-channel Ag-Not-Inuse
Protocol            =    -
Port security       = Disabled


Group: 2
----------
                Port-channels in the group:
                ---------------------------

Port-channel: Po2    (Primary Aggregator)

------------

Age of the Port-channel   = 313d:22h:43m:04s
Logical slot/port   = 11/2          Number of ports = 2
Port state          = Port-channel Ag-Inuse
Protocol            =   LACP
Port security       = Disabled

Ports in the Port-channel:

Index   Load   Port     EC state        No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+-----------
  1     00     Gi2/1    Active             0
  0     00     Gi2/2    Active             0

Time since last port bundled:    0d:08h:14m:16s    Gi2/1
Time since last port Un-bundled: 0d:08h:14m:23s    Gi2/1

Show Etherchannel Summary on 3850:

Number of channel-groups in use: 2
Number of aggregators:           2

Group  Port-channel  Protocol    Ports
------+-------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------
1      Po1(RU)         LACP      Gi1/0/1(P)  Gi1/0/2(P)
2      Po2(SU)         LACP      Gi1/0/3(P)  Gi1/0/4(P)

show etherchannel port-channel on 3850:

 

Group: 1
----------
                Port-channels in the group:
                ---------------------------

Port-channel: Po1    (Primary Aggregator)

------------

Age of the Port-channel   = 44d:22h:47m:50s
Logical slot/port   = 12/1          Number of ports = 2
HotStandBy port = null
Passive port list   = Gi1/0/1 Gi1/0/2
Port state          = Port-channel L3-Ag Ag-Inuse
Protocol            =   LACP
Port security       = Disabled

Ports in the Port-channel:

Index   Load   Port     EC state        No of bits
------+------+------+------------------+-----------
  0     00     Gi1/0/1  Active             0
  0     00     Gi1/0/2  Active             0

Time since last port bundled:    44d:22h:22m:18s    Gi1/0/2
Time since last port Un-bundled: 44d:22h:40m:41s    Gi1/0/1

Group: 2
----------
                Port-channels in the group:
                ---------------------------

Port-channel: Po2    (Primary Aggregator)

------------

Age of the Port-channel   = 44d:22h:47m:50s
Logical slot/port   = 12/2          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     Gi1/0/3  Active             0
  0     00     Gi1/0/4  Active             0

Time since last port bundled:    0d:08h:16m:42s    Gi1/0/4
Time since last port Un-bundled: 0d:08h:16m:46s    Gi1/0/4

Thanks

Hi

Your configuration looks fine, have you tried to replace the SFP (if apply) also check the speed and duplex. Or try to use other ports. 

 




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jclj
Level 1
Level 1

The Duplex and Speed look good. They are copper cables. I can try and use a different port and see if that helps.

Hello,

on a side note, you might want to try and configure:

no port-channel standalone-disable

on your port channel interfaces (if your IOS supports it). This basically prevents the entire channel from going down when one side becomes unresponsive...

jclj
Level 1
Level 1

This command:

 

no port-channel standalone-disable

 

does seem to keep the port-channel up. Thanks! Now i just need to see why the interface is getting over subscribed.

 

Thanks for the help

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