[189410] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: LACP Frames / Level3 Transport
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Laidlaw)
Tue May 24 15:58:24 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAMDdSzM+Un=+4FimBhCMFRnVw6wsh_XvyZebZ6muY8C0b-Ew6g@mail.gmail.com>
From: Rob Laidlaw <laidlaw@consecro.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 04:29:52 +0000
To: Colton Conor <colton.conor@gmail.com>,
Nevin Gonsalves <nevin@yahoo-inc.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Yes. Many vendors are using l2vpn/pseudo-wire services of one sort or
another to provide circuits and most do not transport LACP by default.
LACP uses slow-protocols address:
https://wiki.wireshark.org/LinkAggregationControlProtocol
If they are using ALU gear, they can enable this using the port command:
configure port <port> ethernet lacp-tunnel
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 12:08 AM Colton Conor <colton.conor@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What is performing the LACP? The Level3 transport system for the most part
> is purley optical, so I don't think it touches LACP. Did you check the hash
> values?
>
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Nevin Gonsalves via NANOG <
> nanog@nanog.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Nanog-ers,
> > Hoping someone may have come across a similar issue. Has anyone ever seen
> > a situation where maybe like a Level3 transport system could be possibly
> > dropping LACP frames..?
> > End point A - tx and rx counts incrementing for LACP
> > LACP info: Role System System Port Port
> > Port priority identifier priority
> > number key et-0/0/0.0 Actor 127 5c:45:27:6d:2a:c0
> > 127 56 16 et-0/0/0.0 Partner 1
> 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > 127 56 16 LACP Statistics: LACP Rx LACP Tx
> > Unknown Rx Illegal Rx et-0/0/0.0 6925
> 6922
> > 0 0
> > End Point B - no RX, partner macs are 0s..
> > LACP info: Role System System Port Port
> > Port priority identifier priority
> > number key et-9/1/0.0 Actor 127 5c:45:27:77:d6:c4
> > 127 68 16 et-9/1/0.0 Partner 1
> 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > 1 68 16 LACP Statistics: LACP Rx LACP Tx
> > Unknown Rx Illegal Rx et-9/1/0.0 0 6752
> > 0 0
> > Link works fine otherwise outside the aggregate and w/o LACP. Any inputs
> > will be greatly appreciated.
> > thanks,
> > -nevin
> >
>
