Strange trunking issue

From: Minihane Kevin-kminih01 (Kevin.Minihane@motorola.com)
Date: Thu Apr 15 2004 - 12:42:57 GMT-3


Hi

Apologies in advance if this seems long winded, but I wanted to attach the configurations, and output of various commands.

I'm experiencing a very strange trunking issue, and was wondering if anyone could perhaps have some input which might help?

The following is my layout.

Host A ------- Cat5500 ------------------------------ Cat3550 ------------ Host B

Each host is connected to it's switch using a 100Mb full duplex connection

I have two switches (cat 5500 running CatOS, and a 3550). I'm trunking between both using dot1q encapsulation. Vtp information is flowing freely between them, and I can configure vlans on both, propagate the vlans between each switch, etc. The trunk between the switches is a gigabit fibre connection.

The problem I am having is when I try to ftp from host A to host B, and vice versa.

If I ftp from Host A to Host B, I experience very slow speeds (sometimes as low as 24k per second). If I come from Host B to host A, the speed increases to 8Mbs per second! I've checked the usual (speed, duplex, check for CRC, dropped packets) and I get nothing

The following is the config of the interface g0/1 on the 3550

Lab_3550_1#show run int g0/1
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 169 bytes
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 description Trunk to main lab 5500 port 1/1
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode dynamic desirable
 no ip address
end

This is the output when I type the "show int g0/1" command on the 3550

Lab_3550_1#show int g0/1
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 000d.bc49.44b1 (bia 000d.bc49.44b1)
  Description: Trunk to main lab 5500 port 1/1
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 1000Mb/s, link type is auto, media type is SX
  output flow-control is off, input flow-control is off
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 01:52:54
  Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  5 minute input rate 1962000 bits/sec, 471 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 1707000 bits/sec, 428 packets/sec
     2818750 packets input, 1023156797 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 293096 broadcasts (0 multicast)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     1 input errors, 1 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 224737 multicast, 0 pause input
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     2635991 packets output, 1397912368 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

And finally, on the 3550, I "show int trunk"

Lab_3550_1#show int trunk

Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
Fa0/45 desirable isl trunking 44
Fa0/46 desirable isl trunking 44
Fa0/47 on isl trunking 41
Gi0/1 desirable 802.1q trunking 1
Gi0/2 desirable 802.1q trunking 41

Port Vlans allowed on trunk
Fa0/45 1-4094
Fa0/46 1-4094
Fa0/47 1-4094
Gi0/1 1-4094
Gi0/2 1-4094

Port Vlans allowed and active in management domain
Fa0/45 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995
Fa0/46 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995
Fa0/47 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995
Gi0/1 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995
Gi0/2 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995

Port Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned
Fa0/45 1,41,44,351,361,400
Fa0/46 1
Fa0/47 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995
Gi0/1 1,10,12,20,25,28,30-33,35-41,44-45,48,52,54-55,60,130,341,351-352,361,369,400-406,419,995
Gi0/2 1,41,403-406

On my 5500 I do the following:

5500-OMCLAB (enable) show port capabilities 1/1
Model WS-X5530
Port 1/1
Type 1000BaseSX
Speed 1000
Duplex full
Trunk encap type 802.1Q,ISL
Trunk mode on,off,desirable,auto,nonegotiate
Channel no
Broadcast suppression percentage(0-100)
Flow control receive-(off,on,desired),send-(off,on,desired)
Security no
Membership static
Fast start yes
QOS n/a
Rewrite no
UDLD Capable

5500-OMCLAB (enable) show port 1/1
Port Name Status Vlan Level Duplex Speed Type
----- ------------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ----- ------------
 1/1 Trunk to lab_3550_ connected trunk normal full 1000 1000BaseSX

Port Trap IfIndex
----- -------- -------
 1/1 disabled 224

Port Broadcast-Limit Broadcast-Drop
-------- --------------- --------------
 1/1 - 0

Port Send FlowControl Receive FlowControl RxPause TxPause Unsupported
       admin oper admin oper opcodes
----- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -----------
 1/1 desired off off off 0 0 0

Port Align-Err FCS-Err Xmit-Err Rcv-Err UnderSize
----- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------
 1/1 0 0 0 0 0

Port Single-Col Multi-Coll Late-Coll Excess-Col Carri-Sen Runts Giants
----- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------
 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
        
Last-Time-Cleared
--------------------------
Thu Apr 15 2004, 10:04:41

5500-OMCLAB (enable) show trunk
Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan
-------- ----------- ------------- ------------ -----------
 1/1 on dot1q trunking 1
 1/2 on dot1q trunking 1



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