Re: VSS Strange Problem

Dear Gents,

Regarding the VSS problem i mentioned, did anyone test it with the IOS
version 12.2(33)SXI1?Shall I go for an upgrade?
Note that the original problem was as follows:

I am new to VSS however I am facing a strange problem. I configured the 2
Core switches to be running in VSS mode. When using the show switch virtual
role both switches show with one of the switches as ACTIVE and the other as
Standby. However on the standby switch the fiber Gigabit module displays
ORANGE LED, thus no ports on the STANDBY switch are operating except the
TenGig ports which are used for the VSL Link. One more thing that makes the
problem look even more strange is that when I shutdown the primary switch
the STANDBY switch module goes active (GREEN) and operates properly. When
the primary switch comes UP again, both switches appear as ACTIVE ACTIVE.
The configuration I used is relatively sample:

SW1

switch virtual domain 10
switch 1 priority 200
switch 2 priority 100
switch 1
mac-address use virtual
exit

int port-channel 1
switch virtual link 1
no sh
exit

int range tengig5/4-5
channel-group 1 mode on
no sh
exit

switch convert mode virtual

SW2
switch virtual domain 10
switch 1 priority 200
switch 2 priority 100
switch 2
mac-address use virtual

int port-channel 2
switch virtual link 2
no sh
exit

int range tengig5/4-5
channel-group 2 mode on
no sh
exit

switch convert mode virtual

 One more thing which i noticed is that there is the command switch accept
mode virtual which copies the VSL configuration from the standby chassis to
the active chassis. I missed this command when doing the configuration?

Any help will be much appreciated!

-- 
KJ
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Poplawski, James <
jpoplawski_at_starkinvestments.com> wrote:
> Karim,
>
> When both switches are up in Active/Standby what do the ports look like?
>
> IE
>
> Show run int gi 1/1/1
> Show run int gi 2/1/1
> Show int status
>
> The ports are disabled by default.  As for the command ," switch accept
> mode virtual" I'm not exactly sure.  Check this doc out and see what steps
> you missed and follow along accordingly.  It seems you are correct, that
> command is needed to initially sync the configuration.
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/vss.html
>
> HTH,
> JB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> karim jamali
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:23 AM
> To: Iwan Hoogendoorn; CCIE-Newbie; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: VSS Strange Problem
>
> Hi Experts,
>
> I would like to thank you for your support. The version I am running is
> 12.2(33)SXI1. Do you think it has some caveats related to this?
>
> One more thing which i noticed is that there is the command switch accept
> mode virtual which copies the VSL configuration from the standby chassis to
> the active chassis. Probably this is what I might be missing. Probably this
> is the main reason behind the fact that when I put off one of the switches
> and get it up again I have problems with VSS.
>
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Iwan Hoogendoorn <iwan_at_ipexpert.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wonder what version you are using also ...
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:08 AM, karim jamali <karim.jamali_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Dear Gents,
> > >
> > > I am new to VSS however I am facing a strange problem. I configured the
> 2
> > > Core switches to be running in VSS mode. When using the show switch
> > virtual
> > > role both switches show with one of the switches as ACTIVE and the
> other
> > as
> > > Standby. However on the standby switch the fiber Gigabit module
> displays
> > > ORANGE LED, thus no ports on the STANDBY switch are operating except
> the
> > > TenGig ports which are used for the VSL Link. One more thing that makes
> > the
> > > problem look even more strange is that when I shutdown the primary
> switch
> > > the STANDBY switch module goes active (GREEN) and operates properly.
> When
> > > the primary switch comes UP again, both switches appear as ACTIVE
> ACTIVE.
> > > The configuration I used is relatively sample:
> > >
> > > SW1
> > >
> > > switch virtual domain 10
> > > switch 1 priority 200
> > > switch 2 priority 100
> > > switch 1
> > > mac-address use virtual
> > > exit
> > >
> > > int port-channel 1
> > > switch virtual link 1
> > > no sh
> > > exit
> > >
> > > int range tengig5/4-5
> > > channel-group 1 mode on
> > > no sh
> > > exit
> > >
> > > switch convert mode virtual
> > >
> > > SW2
> > > switch virtual domain 10
> > > switch 1 priority 200
> > > switch 2 priority 100
> > > switch 2
> > > mac-address use virtual
> > >
> > >  int port-channel 2
> > > switch virtual link 2
> > > no sh
> > > exit
> > >
> > > int range tengig5/4-5
> > > channel-group 2 mode on
> > > no sh
> > > exit
> > >
> > > switch convert mode virtual
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > KJ
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