Switching

Does anyone have a working config for setting up LACP between a EX4200 VC and a HP APA (Auto-Port Aggregation) on a HP 9000 Unix server?  This is the config I tried but was unsuccessful.

set interfaces ae3 aggregated-ether-options link-speed 100m
set interfaces ae3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members default
set interfaces ae3 aggregated-ether-options lacp active
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-1/0/28 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-1/0/28 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-1/0/29 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-1/0/29 ether-options 802.3ad ae3

The links come up but I cannot pass traffic regardless if I use active or passive.  I still need to do some more troubleshooting and I just found the commands below to help

show lacp interfaces ae3

monitor traffic interface ge-0/0/x detail

Any advice would help for troubleshooting or a working config would be great.  Thanks

Rich

Hi rfc86,

 If I were you, here's what I'd do.

1. If I suspect the transmission and/or cabling might be a problem, configure each interface as point-to-point with dummy IP addresses to eliminate transmission/cabling problems.

2. do a show interfaces ae3 extensive and check the status of member links while LACP is active.

3. remove LACP configuration completely from both ends and see if I can pass traffic over the aggregate interface. (e.g. ping the remote IP in HP with source of ae3 in EX).

4. Check both software release notes, PR/defect databases for a known issue with either LACP or interoperability.

HTH

Erdem

We had another window to test the AE and it turns out the my config was fine and is working

set interfaces ae3 aggregated-ether-options link-speed 100m
set interfaces ae3 aggregated-ether-options lacp active
set interfaces ae3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members default
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-1/0/28 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-1/0/28 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-1/0/29 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-1/0/29 ether-options speed 100m

The trick was the Unix administrator and I were not in sync.  In order for this to work, the Unix admin had to stop the networking services for the HP APA.  Next, I plugged in all the cables to the VC and set the config above.  When I was finished the Unix admin started the services and it came up working.  

In the previous attempt, I was testing and changing configs on my own and he was stopping and starting services on his own.  Below is the output from the troubleshoot commands I found from the support site.  Everything is good.

show lacp interfaces ae3
Aggregated interface: ae3
    LACP state:       Role   Exp   Def  Dist  Col  Syn  Aggr  Timeout  Activity
      ge-0/0/29      Actor    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Fast    Active
      ge-0/0/29    Partner    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active
      ge-1/0/28      Actor    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Fast    Active
      ge-1/0/28    Partner    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active
      ge-1/0/29      Actor    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Fast    Active
      ge-1/0/29    Partner    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active
      ge-0/0/28      Actor    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Fast    Active
      ge-0/0/28    Partner    No    No   Yes  Yes  Yes   Yes     Slow    Active
    LACP protocol:        Receive State  Transmit State          Mux State
      ge-0/0/29                 Current   Slow periodic Collecting distributing
      ge-1/0/28                 Current   Slow periodic Collecting distributing
      ge-1/0/29                 Current   Slow periodic Collecting distributing
      ge-0/0/28                 Current   Slow periodic Collecting distributing

monitor traffic interfaces ge-0/0/28

02:21:12.387010  In
        Juniper PCAP Flags [Ext, In], PCAP Extension(s) total length 16
          Device Media Type Extension TLV #3, length 1, value: Ethernet (1)
          Logical Interface Encapsulation Extension TLV #6, length 1, value: Ethernet (14)
          Device Interface Index Extension TLV #1, length 2, value: 25345
          Logical Interface Index Extension TLV #4, length 4, value: 307
          -----original packet-----       

          0:30:6e:1d:79:68 > 1:80:c2:0:0:2, ethertype Slow Protocols (0x8809), length 124: LACPv1, length 110
        Actor Information TLV (0x01), length 20
          System 0:30:6e:a:70:11, System Priority 0, Key 900, Port 2, Port Priority 0
          State Flags [Activity, Aggregation, Synchronization, Collecting, Distributing]
          0x0000: 0030 6e0a 7011 0384 0000 0002 3d00 0000
          0x000f: 0214
        Partner Information TLV (0x02), length 20
          System 0:23:9c:a:25:0, System Priority 127, Key 4, Port 540, Port Priority 127
          State Flags [Activity, Timeout, Aggregation, Synchronization, Collecting, Distributing]
          0x0000: 0023 9c0a 2500 0004 007f 021c 3f00 0000
          0x000f: 0310
        Collector Information TLV (0x03), length 16
          Max Delay 10000
          0x0000: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
        Terminator TLV (0x00), length 0 (=52)
          0x0000: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
          0x000f: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
          0x001f: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
          0x002f:
          packet exceeded snapshot