LACP ifgrp Port Participation changes to "partial" after ONTAP reboot
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.3
- ONTAP 9.5
- ONTAP 9.6
- Link Aggregation Group(LAG)
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Issue
- After ONTAP rebooting, LACP ifgrp shows partial participation for one of the port:
- NOTE: ONTAP rebooting can be due to any reason such like panic/planned takeover/ONTAP upgrade etc..
::*> ifgrp show -node node01 -ifgrp a0a
Node: node01
Interface Group Name: a0a
Distribution Function: ip
Create Policy: multimode_lacp
MAC Address: 92:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Port Participation: partial
Network Ports: e0c, e0d
Up Ports: e0c
Down Ports: e0d
- This issue is not seen when we change to static multimode ifgrp:
With multimode ports show full participation:
::*> ifgrp show -node node01 -ifgrp a0a
Node: node01
Interface Group Name: a0a
Distribution Function: ip
Create Policy: multimode
MAC Address: 92:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Port Participation: full
Network Ports: e0c, e0d
Up Ports: e0c, e0d
Down Ports: -
- This issue is seen only with CNA card 8324:
slot 0: 1G/10G Ethernet Controller CNA EP 8324
(Dual-port, QLogic CNA 8324(8362) rev. 2)
e0c MAC Address: 92:e2:ba:b9:da:9c (auto-10g_sr-fd-up)
e0d MAC Address: 92:e2:ba:b9:da:9c (auto-10g_sr-fd-up)
Device Type: EP8324N
Firmware Version: 5.4.66.0
- There is no change in the switch side configuration, Also physically the port is UP.