Dot1q-tunnel matrix has you...

From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2007 - 03:24:28 ART


Thought I would share this with the group. Kind of freaky (this show
"CHEATERS" is on in the background, wait for the message!!!). I was
configuring my dot1q-tunnels on my rack to make two switches jump between a
middle switch.

 

I remember back a few weeks ago there was some discussion here that you
could do a two port dynamic channel with only one VLAN, VLAN 100!!!

 

Sw1 G0/13 -> F0/13 Sw2 F0/15 -> Sw3 F0/15

Sw1 G0/14 -> F0/14 Sw2 F0/16 -> Sw3 F0/16

 

Well, Sw1 & Sw3 go this error message

 

rack1sw1#sh debug

PAGP:

  Port Aggregation Protocol events debugging is on

 

00:31:46: PAgP: Gi0/13 failed - partner saw multiple partners.

 

 

LOL, PAgP is most definitely a point-to-point protocol

 

This is the NON working config on SW2 doing dot1q-tunneling with all ports
in vlan 100.

 

rack1sw2#sh run | b 0/13

interface FastEthernet0/13

 switchport access vlan 100

 switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

 l2protocol-tunnel cdp

 l2protocol-tunnel stp

 l2protocol-tunnel point-to-point pagp

 no cdp enable

!

interface FastEthernet0/14

 switchport access vlan 100

 switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

 l2protocol-tunnel cdp

 l2protocol-tunnel stp

 l2protocol-tunnel point-to-point pagp

 no cdp enable

!

interface FastEthernet0/15

 switchport access vlan 100

 switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

 duplex full

 l2protocol-tunnel cdp

 l2protocol-tunnel stp

 l2protocol-tunnel point-to-point pagp

 no cdp enable

!

interface FastEthernet0/16

 switchport access vlan 100

 switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

 duplex full

 l2protocol-tunnel cdp

 l2protocol-tunnel stp

 l2protocol-tunnel point-to-point pagp

 no cdp enable

 

The fix is

 

On Sw2 put F0/14 & F0/16 into VLAN 200

 

So the lesson here is your dot1q-tunnel infrastructure MUST get each single
link back to exactly and ONLY one single link to form a channel. So the vlan
carrying the l2protocol-tunnel traffic must be UNIQUE in the dot1q-tunnel
infrastructure to do Pagp, lacp, etc.

 

-Joe



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