04-21-2009 07:37 AM - edited 03-06-2019 05:18 AM
Hello,
Is there any provision/command in cisco switches (we are using 4507 L3 switches)... where in case of transport failure between two Muxs (switches are not directly connected to each other, they are connected via transmission MUXs at both end), The connected GIG port on both cisco switches will go down.
Note :- Asking this question as Both the switches are not directly connected , MUX involved in between connectivity... and in our case ports are not going down even there is failure of connectivity between MUXs.
I am looking for a solution, where in case of transport connectivity failure between MUXs, anyhow Switches at both end detect the outage and keep their Gig port auto Shut. So that traffic on that link will shifted to alternate path within seconds
Scenerio attached here for easy understanding.
Regards
04-21-2009 07:45 AM
A few questions.
Who owns the muxes and their respective configurations?
What is the transport between the two Muxes? i.e. Gig/E ?
04-21-2009 08:35 AM
Hii,
MUXes & their configs are owned & maintained by Services Provider.
Fiber ring between MUXes. In my above question i am querring about Gig port connectivity.
04-21-2009 12:29 PM
If you route between the two endpoints, a link failure would be recognized by your gig port. Unless there is some way for the provider to drop the link between your switch and the mux based on a failure of the link between the mux.
04-21-2009 11:29 PM
Hi,
This one is dead easy - we had the same issue using LES / EES circuits over here.
Create a single-member port-channel with LACP (The Following commands assume the link is a trunk):
interface port-channel 1
switch trunk enc dot
switchport mode trunk
interface GigabitEthernet1/3
descr Po1: MUX Link
switch trunk enc dot
switch mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode active
Do this on both ends of the MUX link - the LACP will bring PO1 down if there is any loss of connectivity.
Hope this helps!
Please rate any useful posts.
Nick
04-22-2009 12:13 AM
Thanks Nick,
please confirm what this command will do "switch trunk enc dot".
Regards
04-22-2009 12:38 AM
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
When the port is in trunking mode, the encapsulation used will be 802.1q - instead of ISL
On some devices / IOSs this command isn't needed/accepted because they always use dot1q. If your device doesn't accept the command - then it already uses dot1q.
Nick
04-22-2009 01:20 AM
Hii Nick,
I guess, we already used this scenerio. But unfortunerly not helping out for our expectation.
Regards
04-22-2009 01:36 AM
Hi,
In what way is it not working?
Have you got the port-channel up?
What happens to the port-channel when the MUX goes off?
Nick
04-22-2009 02:47 AM
Port Channel and respective Gig port always showing UP even in case of failure of transport.
04-22-2009 03:28 AM
Hi,
It sounds like you've not got LACP turned on unconditionally.
You need to have:
channel-group 1 mode ACTIVE
if you have anything else, like auto, on or passive this will not work.
The Gig interface will always show as up - only the port channel will go down.
Nick
04-23-2009 04:48 AM
Hii Nick,
I can understand this. But this LACP sceneio also not helping
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