Hi, just installed a new vrtx server and I was trying to aggregate external ports gi0/1 - 8 to the Meraki ports 1 - 8
Initially, until I had all the cabling in, I only had ports 1 and 2 connected in LAG 5. LAG works fine, various Vlans ok and the Meraki is happy.
Added the other cables in and expanded the LAG at both ends and I get problems bringing all 8 up. It seems port 5 -8 just do not like being added. If I just concentrate on port 5 alone, that normally just does not add in. I'm down to the command line of the R1-2401 now to see what is happening now. I'm very used to configuring Cisco switches so this is comfortable for me.I have rebooted stuff too.
The switch was already running the latest firmware that I could see online. 1.0.0.62 but any suggestions welcome. Good quality cat6a cables are fitted and verfied as have the ports individually. When I was using the gui, I did see 6 of the 8 at one time come up. The first 4 are always good.
Config from switch for 1st 5 ports are:
interface gigabitethernet0/1
no eee enable
no mdix
no negotiation
channel-group 5 mode auto
switchport mode trunk
no eee lldp enable
!
interface gigabitethernet0/2
no eee enable
no mdix
no negotiation
channel-group 5 mode auto
switchport mode trunk
no eee lldp enable
!
interface gigabitethernet0/3
no eee enable
no mdix
no negotiation
channel-group 5 mode auto
switchport mode trunk
no eee lldp enable
!
interface gigabitethernet0/4
no eee enable
no mdix
no negotiation
channel-group 5 mode auto
switchport mode trunk
no eee lldp enable
!
interface gigabitethernet0/5
no eee enable
no mdix
no negotiation
channel-group 5 mode auto
switchport mode trunk
no eee lldp enable
interface Port-channel5
speed 1000
no negotiation
description "LAG to External Ports"
spanning-tree cost 20000
switchport mode trunk
BrnoDellSw1#show lacp port-channel 5
Port-Channel Po5
Port Type Gigabit Ethernet
Attached Lag id:
Actor
System Priority:1
MAC Address: f8:b1:56:65:55:f2
Admin Key: 1004
Oper Key: 1004
Partner
System Priority:32768
MAC Address: 00:18:0a:ca:83:e1
Oper Key: 768
#show int port-channel 5
Load balancing: src-dst-mac.
Gathering information...
Channel Ports
------- -----
Po5 Active: gi0/1-4 Non-candidate: gi0/5
#show lacp gi0/1
gi0/1 LACP parameters:
Actor
system priority: 1
system mac addr: f8:b1:56:65:55:f2
port Admin key: 1004
port Oper key: 1004
port Oper number: 1
port Admin priority: 1
port Oper priority: 1
port Admin timeout: LONG
port Oper timeout: LONG
LACP Activity: ACTIVE
Aggregation: AGGREGATABLE
synchronization: TRUE
collecting: TRUE
distributing: TRUE
expired: FALSE
Partner
system priority: 32768
system mac addr: 00:18:0a:ca:83:e1
port Admin key: 0
port Oper key: 768
port Oper number: 1
port Admin priority: 0
port Oper priority: 32768
port Oper timeout: LONG
LACP Activity: ACTIVE
Aggregation: AGGREGATABLE
synchronization: TRUE
collecting: TRUE
distributing: TRUE
expired: FALSE
gi0/1 LACP statistics:
LACP Pdus sent: 170
LACP Pdus received: 170
gi0/1 LACP Protocol State:
LACP State Machines:
Receive FSM: Current State
Mux FSM: Collecting Distributing State
Periodic Tx FSM: Slow Periodic State
Control Variables:
BEGIN: FALSE
LACP_Enabled: TRUE
Ready_N: FALSE
Selected: SELECTED
Port_moved: FALSE
NNT: FALSE
Port_enabled: TRUE
Timer counters:
periodic tx timer: 26
current while timer: 79
wait while timer: 0
BrnoDellSw1#
1#show lacp gi0/5
gi0/5 LACP parameters:
Actor
system priority: 1
system mac addr: f8:b1:56:65:55:f2
port Admin key: 1004
port Oper key: 1004
port Oper number: 5
port Admin priority: 1
port Oper priority: 1
port Admin timeout: LONG
port Oper timeout: LONG
LACP Activity: ACTIVE
Aggregation: AGGREGATABLE
synchronization: FALSE
collecting: FALSE
distributing: FALSE
expired: FALSE
Partner
system priority: 0
system mac addr: 00:00:00:00:00:00
port Admin key: 0
port Oper key: 0
port Oper number: 0
port Admin priority: 0
port Oper priority: 0
port Oper timeout: LONG
LACP Activity: PASSIVE
Aggregation: AGGREGATABLE
synchronization: FALSE
collecting: FALSE
distributing: FALSE
expired: FALSE
gi0/5 LACP statistics:
LACP Pdus sent: 0
LACP Pdus received: 0
gi0/5 LACP Protocol State:
LACP State Machines:
Receive FSM: Port Disabled State
Mux FSM: Detached State
Periodic Tx FSM: No Periodic State
Control Variables:
BEGIN: FALSE
LACP_Enabled: TRUE
Ready_N: FALSE
Selected: UNSELECTED
Port_moved: FALSE
NNT: FALSE
Port_enabled: FALSE
Timer counters:
periodic tx timer: 0
current while timer: 0
wait while timer: 0
Anybody any ideas or want more info? It just totally struggles after port 4 to add anything in. I haven't ruled out a hardware fault on the switch module as it is new. Don't have anything else to compare with at the moment. On the Meraki all ports are set the same to trunk etc. Port 5 just stays brown not green and when you hover over it you get the message "Port running LACP and LACP has disabled this port"
Thanks for anything,
Dave