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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      It's possible to set the peer-info value in the switch and that will break the lag if it doesn't match what the peer is actually sending.
      Without any peer-info set it accepts the first info it sees as dynamic.

      Check the lag config on the switch.

      Steve

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        cyberbot @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

        It's possible to set the peer-info value in the switch and that will break the lag if it doesn't match what the peer is actually sending.
        Without any peer-info set it accepts the first info it sees as dynamic.

        Check the lag config on the switch.

        Steve

        Thank you Steve,
        to be honest i am a Cisco guy so dont know how to do this peer-info.
        as i understand i have to run this command on the lag ?

        peer-info sys-mac 609c.609c.609c sys-pri 10 key 29999
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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, interesting. That doesn't match this:

          priority=4,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0

          Also unclear how the ports there appear to have a different priority set.

          What you are seeing appears to be the Brocade end MAC also.

          This is not something I've ever had to deal with either. 😉

          Steve

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            cyberbot @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10

            where this comes from ?

            priority=4,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0
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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              From your switch log.

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                cyberbot @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                From your switch log.

                I just spoke with our ISP and they thing the Pfsense is running a strict mode and we have to disable it on the lag.
                I tried this command

                net.link.lagg.0.lacp.lacp_strict_mode

                but it s comes back command not found.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by stephenw10

                  It's now global so use:

                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@244dev.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl net.link.lagg.lacp.default_strict_mode=0
net.link.lagg.lacp.default_strict_mode: 1 -> 0

                  Is the switch not yours then?

                  Steve

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                    cyberbot @stephenw10
                    last edited by cyberbot

                    @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                    It's now global so use:

                    [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@244dev.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl net.link.lagg.lacp.default_strict_mode=0
net.link.lagg.lacp.default_strict_mode: 1 -> 0

                    Is the switch not yours then?

                    Steve

                    on the system>>tunnel I've created net.link.lagg.0.lacp.lacp_strict_mode and value 0
                    I've created the runnable file and applied value 1, after I've run the command to change it to 0 using the command line but it didn't change it to 0.
                    running the command

                    [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@244dev.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl net.link.lagg.lacp.default_strict_mode=0

                    would overnight the system tuneable?

                    the LACP on the switch still shows blocked unfortunately

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      The switch should be in active mode by default too so strict LACP should still allow the interface to come up. It is possible to set it to passive mode but I don't think yours is.

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                        cyberbot @stephenw10
                        last edited by cyberbot

                        @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                        The switch should be in active mode by default too so strict LACP should still allow the interface to come up. It is possible to set it to passive mode but I don't think yours is.

                        do I have to do something to force the LAGG to come online ?
                        this the LAG config on the switch.

                        1/1/1      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     No  141  0   609c.9f4b.808c  WAN1
2/1/1      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     No  141  0   609c.9f4b.808c  WAN2

                        and log on the switch

                        Nov 27 05:19:39:I:System: dynamic lag interface 1/1/1's peer info (priority=4,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0) mis-matches with lag's peer info (priority=32768,id=e839.3511.faab,key=715), set to mismatch Error
Nov 27 05:19:38:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is up.
Nov 27 05:19:38:I:Trunk: Group (1/1/1, 2/1/1) created by 802.3ad link-aggregation module.
Nov 27 05:19:35:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:32:I:System: dynamic lag interface 2/1/1's peer info (priority=3,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0) mis-matches with lag's peer info (priority=32768,id=e839.3511.faab,key=715), set to mismatch Error
Nov 27 05:19:32:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:32:I:Trunk: Group (1/1/1, 2/1/1) removed by 802.3ad link-aggregation module.
Nov 27 05:19:32:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 2/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:32:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:32:I:System: dynamic lag interface 1/1/1's peer info (priority=4,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0) mis-matches with lag's peer info (priority=32768,id=e839.3511.faab,key=715), set to mismatch Error
Nov 27 05:19:31:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is up.
Nov 27 05:19:31:I:Trunk: Group (1/1/1, 2/1/1) created by 802.3ad link-aggregation module.
Nov 27 05:19:28:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:25:I:System: dynamic lag interface 2/1/1's peer info (priority=3,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0) mis-matches with lag's peer info (priority=32768,id=e839.3511.faab,key=715), set to mismatch Error
Nov 27 05:19:25:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:25:I:Trunk: Group (1/1/1, 2/1/1) removed by 802.3ad link-aggregation module.
Nov 27 05:19:25:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 2/1/1 is down.
Nov 27 05:19:25:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is down.

                        I come some forum which they said to run those commands

                        > sysctl net.link.lagg.default_use_flowid=0 
> sysctl net.link.lagg.0.use_flowid=0 
> sysctl net.link.lagg.1.use_flowid=0

                        can you advies wither to do this won't crash a production firewall.

                        thank you

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Reviewing this there seem to be some differences in your early replies here.
                          The lagg has a different MAC and seems to be connected to the same switch...

                          Are you 100% confident on these are connected to the correct ports?

                          Those values are defaults as far as I know so that should make no difference.
                          What I have here:

                          [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@7100.stevew.lan]/root: sysctl net.link.lagg
net.link.lagg.default_flowid_shift: 16
net.link.lagg.default_use_flowid: 0
net.link.lagg.failover_rx_all: 0
net.link.lagg.lacp.default_strict_mode: 1
net.link.lagg.lacp.debug: 0

                          Steve

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                            cyberbot
                            last edited by cyberbot

                            @cyberbot said in LACP not working:

                            1/1/1 Up Blocked Full 1G 1 No 141 0 609c.9f4b.808c WAN1
                            2/1/1 Up Blocked Full 1G 1 No 141 0 609c.9f4b.808c WAN2

                            Hi Steve,
                            when I google the error it comes back with wrong ports, but I am very confident that are connected to the correct ports
                            as showen here

                            1/1/1      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     No  141  0   609c.9f4b.808c  WAN1
2/1/1      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     No  141  0   609c.9f4b.808c  WAN2

                            port 1 of Switch 1 and Port 1 of Switch 2 are the LACP.
                            I can see them when I do show interface brief

                            now somehow port 1 just went into forward.

                            === LAG "WAN" ID 1 (dynamic Deployed) ===
LAG Configuration:
   Ports:         e 1/1/1 e 2/1/1
   Port Count:    2
   Primary Port:  1/1/1
   Trunk Type:    hash-based
   LACP Key:      20001
Deployment: HW Trunk ID 1
Port       Link    State   Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri MAC             Name
1/1/1      Up      Forward Full 1G    1     No  141  0   609c.9f4b.808c  WAN1
2/1/1      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     No  141  0   609c.9f4b.808c  WAN2

Port       [Sys P] [Port P] [ Key ] [Act][Tio][Agg][Syn][Col][Dis][Def][Exp][Ope]
1/1/1           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  No   No   Ope
2/1/1           1        1   20001   Yes   S   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  No   No   Ina


 Partner Info and PDU Statistics
Port          Partner         Partner     LACP      LACP
             System ID         Key     Rx Count  Tx Count
1/1/1    32768-e839.3511.faab      715        4         8
2/1/1    32768-e839.3511.faab      715        5         9
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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by stephenw10

                              Port 1 is set as Long timeouts, that same as pfSense. Port 2 is set to Short and it still blocked.

                              That definitely looks like the problem. If you have not yet, redeploy it to take the Long setting. I assume Switch 1 may have rebooted or something.

                              Steve

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                                cyberbot @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                                Port 1 is set as Long timeouts, that same as pfSense. Port 2 is set to Short and it still blocked.

                                That definitely looks like the problem. If you have not yet, redeploy it to take the Long setting. I assume Switch 1 may have rebooted or something.

                                Steve

                                Thank you Steve for your answers.
                                do i have to do this on the port or LAG?

                                device(config)# lag blue dynamic id 1
device(config-lag-blue)# lacp-timeout short
LAG blue un-deployed successfully!
LAG blue deployed successfully!
device(config-lag-blue)#

                                this hwat i do and it still shows the diferrences on the TIO.

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                                  cyberbot
                                  last edited by cyberbot

                                  i have managed to set the long TIO on the LAG, but unfortunately it still shows blocked

                                  LAG.PNG

                                  and switch log

                                  Nov 27 23:17:46:I:System: dynamic lag interface 1/1/1's peer info (priority=4,id=e839.3511.faab,key=0) mis-matches with lag's peer info (priority=32768,id=e839.3511.faab,key=715), set to mismatch Error
Nov 27 23:17:45:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 1/1/1 is up.
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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Ok this is what my lacp config section looks like in the switch from show running:

                                    lag lacp1 dynamic id 2047
 ports ethernet 1/2/1 ethernet 1/2/3 
 primary-port 1/2/1
 lacp-timeout long 
 deploy

                                    Very simple.
                                    You must have something else in there to generate that mis-match error.

                                    Steve

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                                      cyberbot @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                                      running

                                      this what show running show

                                      !
lag WAN dynamic id 1
 ports ethernet 1/1/1 ethernet 2/1/1
 primary-port 1/1/1
 lacp-timeout long
 deploy
 port-name WAN1 ethernet 1/1/1
 port-name WAN2 ethernet 2/1/1
!
lag wan dynamic id 5
 lacp-timeout long
!
!
!
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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Hmm, well hard to see how that could be affecting anything.

                                        No idea where you switch is getting those priority 3 and 4 valuss from then.

                                        Did you test a lagg to two ports on the same switch?

                                        Just test the ports without a lagg at all?

                                        Steve

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                                          cyberbot @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                                          Hmm, well hard to see how that could be affecting anything.

                                          No idea where you switch is getting those priority 3 and 4 valuss from then.

                                          Did you test a lagg to two ports on the same switch?

                                          Just test the ports without a lagg at all?

                                          Steve

                                          I havent test it yet with same switch,
                                          do you mean create a LAGG with LACP on the same switch?
                                          I have to drive 1hr to get to the switch :)

                                          on both switches I have a LACP LAGG already working with Synology port 5 and 6 on switch 1 and port 5 and 6 on switch two.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Like both cross-chassis?

                                            Maybe check the port settings in the running config then. Something is generating that mismatch. The incoming 'lag's peer info' looks normal, similar to what I see. There is almost nothing to set in pfSense anyway beyond the strict setting, which should work anyway since the switch is using active lacp.

                                            My Brocade knowledge is exhausted it this point though. 😕

                                            Steve

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