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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      The complete output from show lag on the switch contains the Partner info and PDU stats at the end which show what is connected and on which port. It also shows the system wide lag parameters at the top on my switch. It would be good to compare those.
      Your switches are different to mine though, the output is very similar but not identical.

      You posted a more complete output here: https://forum.netgate.com/post/947906

      Steve

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        cyberbot @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

        The complete output from show lag on the switch contains the Partner info and PDU stats at the end which show what is connected and on which port. It also shows the system wide lag parameters at the top on my switch. It would be good to compare those.
        Your switches are different to mine though, the output is very similar but not identical.

        You posted a more complete output here: https://forum.netgate.com/post/947906

        Steve

        Hi Steve,

        Are you referring to these?

        === LAG "LAN" ID 1 (dynamic Deployed) ===
        LAG Configuration:
           Ports:         e 1/1/2 e 2/1/2
           Port Count:    2
           Primary Port:  1/1/2
           Trunk Type:    hash-based
           LACP Key:      20001
           LACP Timeout:  long
        Deployment: HW Trunk ID 1
        Port       Link    State   Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri MAC             Name
        1/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.606d  LAN1
        2/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.606d  LAN2
        
        Port       [Sys P] [Port P] [ Key ] [Act][Tio][Agg][Syn][Col][Dis][Def][Exp][Ope]
        1/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
        2/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
        
        
         Partner Info and PDU Statistics
        Port          Partner         Partner     LACP      LACP
                     System ID         Key     Rx Count  Tx Count
        1/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0    237550
        2/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0    237550
        
        lagg0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                options=800008<VLAN_MTU>
                ether e8:39:35:11:fa:ab
                inet6 fe80::ea39:35ff:fe11:faab%lagg0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb
                inet 192.168.73.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.73.255
                laggproto lacp lagghash l2,l3,l4
                lagg options:
                        flags=10<LACP_STRICT>
                        flowid_shift: 16
                lagg statistics:
                        active ports: 2
                        flapping: 291
                lag id: [(8000,E8-39-35-11-FA-AB,016B,0000,0000),
                         (0001,60-9C-9F-4B-80-8C,4E21,0000,0000)]
                laggport: em2 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> state=3d<ACTIVITY,AGGREGATION,SYNC,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
                        [(8000,E8-39-35-11-FA-AB,016B,8000,0003),
                         (0001,60-9C-9F-4B-80-8C,4E21,0001,0002)]
                laggport: em3 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> state=3d<ACTIVITY,AGGREGATION,SYNC,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
                        [(8000,E8-39-35-11-FA-AB,016B,8000,0004),
                         (0001,60-9C-9F-4B-80-8C,4E21,0001,0102)]
                groups: lagg
                media: Ethernet autoselect
                status: active
                nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        
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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @cyberbot
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          Ok so from that we can see that the system ID the switch sees on both those ports matches the ID pfSense has set on it's lagg ports.

          However we cannot see the switch system ID. pfSense sees it as: 0001,60-9C-9F-4B-80-8C

          That info is at the top of the show lag output from the switch as I showed above:

          SSH@ICX6450-24P Switch>show lag
          Total number of LAGs:          1
          Total number of deployed LAGs: 1
          Total number of trunks created:1 (123 available)
          LACP System Priority / ID:     1 / 609c.9f54.14f2
          LACP Long timeout:             90, default: 90
          LACP Short timeout:            3, default: 3
          

          It obviously should match but....

          What we can see is that the switch has recorded precisely 0 lacpdus received.

          Steve

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            cyberbot @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

            Ok so from that we can see that the system ID the switch sees on both those ports matches the ID pfSense has set on it's lagg ports.

            However we cannot see the switch system ID. pfSense sees it as: 0001,60-9C-9F-4B-80-8C

            That info is at the top of the show lag output from the switch as I showed above:

            SSH@ICX6450-24P Switch>show lag
            Total number of LAGs:          1
            Total number of deployed LAGs: 1
            Total number of trunks created:1 (123 available)
            LACP System Priority / ID:     1 / 609c.9f54.14f2
            LACP Long timeout:             90, default: 90
            LACP Short timeout:            3, default: 3
            

            It obviously should match but....

            What we can see is that the switch has recorded precisely 0 lacpdus received.

            Steve

            what are you suggesting ?
            if i connect a different switch the ports comes online and shows the LACP is fine.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @cyberbot
              last edited by

              To that switch or to pfSense?

              I have once seen a similar issue to this that was eventually resolved by simply rebooting the switch stack. Something no-one had thought to do because generally switches do not require that sort of thing.

              Beyond that I would try a lagg to ports on the same switch to remove the cross-chassis LACP as an issue.

              Then I'm out of suggestions. You probably need to get Brocade/Rukus/Commscope support involved at that point.

              Steve

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                cyberbot @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                To that switch or to pfSense?

                I have once seen a similar issue to this that was eventually resolved by simply rebooting the switch stack. Something no-one had thought to do because generally switches do not require that sort of thing.

                Beyond that I would try a lagg to ports on the same switch to remove the cross-chassis LACP as an issue.

                Then I'm out of suggestions. You probably need to get Brocade/Rukus/Commscope support involved at that point.

                Steve

                Hi Steve
                I can do the reboot tonight. When I am logged in shut reboot its will reboot both switches ?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  I can't answer that I only have a single Brocade switch. I would hope there is some failover happens. I've never configured that.
                  Be sure to have saved the running config. Have a recovery plan etc....

                  Steve

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                    cyberbot @stephenw10
                    last edited by cyberbot

                    @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                    I can't answer that I only have a single Brocade switch. I would hope there is some failover happens. I've never configured that.
                    Be sure to have saved the running config. Have a recovery plan etc....

                    Steve

                    I have rebooted the switch stack, but unfortunately it still shows blocked.

                    1000 MHz ARM processor ARMv7 88 MHz bus
                    8192 KB boot flash memory
                    2048 MB code flash memory
                    2048 MB DRAM
                    STACKID 1  system uptime is 3 minute(s) 34 second(s)
                    STACKID 2  system uptime is 3 minute(s) 31 second(s)
                    The system : started=warm start   reloaded=by "reload"
                    My stack unit ID = 1, bootup role = active
                    
                    === LAG "LAN" ID 10 (dynamic Deployed) ===
                    LAG Configuration:
                       Ports:         e 1/1/2 e 2/1/2
                       Port Count:    2
                       Primary Port:  1/1/2
                       Trunk Type:    hash-based
                       LACP Key:      20001
                       LACP Timeout:  long
                    Deployment: HW Trunk ID 1
                    Port       Link    State   Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri MAC             Name
                    1/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.606d  LAN1
                    2/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.606d  LAN2
                    
                    Port       [Sys P] [Port P] [ Key ] [Act][Tio][Agg][Syn][Col][Dis][Def][Exp][Ope]
                    1/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
                    2/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
                    
                    
                     Partner Info and PDU Statistics
                    Port          Partner         Partner     LACP      LACP
                                 System ID         Key     Rx Count  Tx Count
                    1/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0        59
                    2/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0        66
                    

                    I saw the error of the mismatch

                    Dec  7 23:47:37:I:Stack: Stack unit 2 has been assigned as STANDBY unit of the stack system
                    Dec  7 23:46:41:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 2/1/2 is down.
                    Dec  7 23:46:41:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 2/1/11 is up.
                    Dec  7 23:46:41:I:System: Interface ethernet 2/1/11, state up
                    Dec  7 23:46:40:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 2/1/12 is up.
                    Dec  7 23:46:40:I:System: Interface ethernet 2/1/12, state up
                    Dec  7 23:46:40:I:Trunk: Group (1/1/11, 1/1/12, 2/1/11, 2/1/12) created by 802.3ad link-aggregation module.
                    Dec  7 23:46:38:I:System: Logical link on dynamic lag interface ethernet 2/1/2 is down.
                    Dec  7 23:46:38:I:System: dynamic lag interface 2/1/2's peer info (priority=32768,id=e839.3511.faab,key=363) mis-matches with lag's peer info (priority=32768,id=609c.9f4b.808c,key=363), set to mismatch Error
                    Dec  7 23:46:36:I:System: Interface ethernet 2/1/48, state up
                    

                    but after it disappear it didn't comes back.

                    I know freebsd is using the key 363

                    peer-info sys-mac MAC of the LACP sys-pri 32768 key 363
                    

                    fix the problem of the mismatch but the ports are still blocked

                    I cannot seems to see if lag interface on the pfsense is using the fast or long timeout

                    lagg0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=800008<VLAN_MTU>
                            ether e8:39:35:11:fa:ab
                            inet6 fe80::ea39:35ff:fe11:faab%lagg0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb
                            inet 192.168.73.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.73.255
                            laggproto lacp lagghash l2,l3,l4
                            laggport: em2 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
                            laggport: em3 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
                            groups: lagg
                            media: Ethernet autoselect
                            status: active
                            nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                    
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by stephenw10

                      The only thing I have not seen from your switch is the LACP ID value. My switch shows that at the top of the show lag output but either yours doesn't or you're just not including it here.

                      We can guess it's 609c.9f4b.808c because that's what the error logs show and the ifconfig from pfSense. But if it isn't that it would be mismatched.

                      Steve

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                        cyberbot @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                        609c.9f4b.808c

                        Thank you for your answer Steve,
                        i have managed to get the 609c.9f4b.808c corrected. it was the second Mac of a different LAG.
                        i've remvoed that lag and the issue is fixed.
                        both Pfsense and Switch share the same LACP ID now.
                        what information do you need from the switch?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Ah, so the lag to pfSense came up correctly with the 2nd lag removed?

                          On my switch the first lines of output from show lag are:

                          SSH@ICX6450-24P Switch>show lag
                          Total number of LAGs:          1
                          Total number of deployed LAGs: 1
                          Total number of trunks created:1 (123 available)
                          LACP System Priority / ID:     1 / 609c.9f54.14f2
                          LACP Long timeout:             90, default: 90
                          LACP Short timeout:            3, default: 3
                          

                          I was hoping to compare that output with what you switch(es) show. But they are not the same as mine it may not show that.

                          This seems like it could be something like different lacp IDs between the two switches in the stack. I have no way to test that.

                          Steve

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                            cyberbot @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                            Ah, so the lag to pfSense came up correctly with the 2nd lag removed?

                            On my switch the first lines of output from show lag are:

                            SSH@ICX6450-24P Switch>show lag
                            Total number of LAGs:          1
                            Total number of deployed LAGs: 1
                            Total number of trunks created:1 (123 available)
                            LACP System Priority / ID:     1 / 609c.9f54.14f2
                            LACP Long timeout:             90, default: 90
                            LACP Short timeout:            3, default: 3
                            

                            I was hoping to compare that output with what you switch(es) show. But they are not the same as mine it may not show that.

                            This seems like it could be something like different lacp IDs between the two switches in the stack. I have no way to test that.

                            Steve

                            Hi Steve,

                            i thought those info werent relevant apologies.
                            see below.

                            SSH@Ruckus@Berlin#show lag
                            Total number of LAGs:          2
                            Total number of deployed LAGs: 2
                            Total number of trunks created:2 (254 available)
                            LACP System Priority / ID:     1 / 609c.9f4b.808c
                            LACP Long timeout:             120, default: 120
                            LACP Short timeout:            3, default: 3
                            
                            === LAG "LAN" ID 1 (dynamic Deployed) ===
                            LAG Configuration:
                               Ports:         e 1/1/2 e 2/1/2
                               Port Count:    2
                               Primary Port:  1/1/2
                               Trunk Type:    hash-based
                               LACP Key:      20001
                               LACP Timeout:  long
                            Deployment: HW Trunk ID 1
                            Port       Link    State   Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri MAC             Name
                            1/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.808d  LAN1
                            2/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.808d  LAN2
                            
                            Port       [Sys P] [Port P] [ Key ] [Act][Tio][Agg][Syn][Col][Dis][Def][Exp][Ope]
                            1/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
                            2/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
                            
                            
                             Partner Info and PDU Statistics
                            Port          Partner         Partner     LACP      LACP
                                         System ID         Key     Rx Count  Tx Count
                            1/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0     49297
                            2/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0     49303
                            
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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Ok, so it's still down there. Removing the other lag did not allow it to come up?

                              We see the LACP ID though and as expected it matches what pfSense is seeing.

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                                cyberbot @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                                Ok, so it's still down there. Removing the other lag did not allow it to come up?

                                We see the LACP ID though and as expected it matches what pfSense is seeing.

                                What lag are you referring to ? Do you mean recreate the lag ?

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @cyberbot
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                                  @cyberbot said in LACP not working:

                                  i have managed to get the 609c.9f4b.808c corrected. it was the second Mac of a different LAG.
                                  i've remvoed that lag and the issue is fixed.

                                  Whatever you removed there that fixed it.

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                                    cyberbot @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                                    @cyberbot said in LACP not working:

                                    i have managed to get the 609c.9f4b.808c corrected. it was the second Mac of a different LAG.
                                    i've remvoed that lag and the issue is fixed.

                                    Whatever you removed there that fixed it.

                                    i am not sure i can follow sorry :)
                                    i havent removed anything and its not fixed yet.
                                    my question was do you meant i have to remove the already created LAG and create it again?

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      You may well have to re-deploy it on the switches to have it use the new settings.

                                      I can only make an educated guess at this point. 😉

                                      What exactly did you do before then when you said that was fixed? And what was it that was fixed?

                                      Steve

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                                        cyberbot @stephenw10
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                                        @stephenw10 said in LACP not working:

                                        You may well have to re-deploy it on the switches to have it use the new settings.

                                        I can only make an educated guess at this point. 😉

                                        What exactly did you do before then when you said that was fixed? And what was it that was fixed?

                                        Steve

                                        I have deleted and created the LAG over.
                                        but long time but it still blocking it.

                                        lagg0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                                options=800008<VLAN_MTU>
                                                ether e8:39:35:11:fa:ab
                                                inet6 fe80::ea39:35ff:fe11:faab%lagg0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb
                                                inet 192.168.77.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.77.255
                                                laggproto lacp lagghash l2,l3,l4
                                                laggport: em2 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
                                                laggport: em3 flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
                                                groups: lagg
                                                media: Ethernet autoselect
                                                status: active
                                                nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                        

                                        in the firewall or switch I don't see any logs about the LACP.
                                        what are we missing?😞

                                        === LAG "LAN" ID 1 (dynamic Deployed) ===
                                        LAG Configuration:
                                           Ports:         e 1/1/2 e 2/1/2
                                           Port Count:    2
                                           Primary Port:  1/1/2
                                           Trunk Type:    hash-based
                                           LACP Key:      20001
                                           LACP Timeout:  long
                                        Deployment: HW Trunk ID 1
                                        Port       Link    State   Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri MAC             Name
                                        1/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.808d  LAN1
                                        2/1/2      Up      Blocked Full 1G    1     Yes N/A  0   609c.9f4b.808d  LAN2
                                        
                                        Port       [Sys P] [Port P] [ Key ] [Act][Tio][Agg][Syn][Col][Dis][Def][Exp][Ope]
                                        1/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
                                        2/1/2           1        1   20001   Yes   L   Agg  Syn  Col  Dis  Def  No   Err
                                        
                                        
                                         Partner Info and PDU Statistics
                                        Port          Partner         Partner     LACP      LACP
                                                     System ID         Key     Rx Count  Tx Count
                                        1/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0        61
                                        2/1/2    32768-e839.3511.faab      363        0        61
                                        
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