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LACP ifgrp port showing as down due to same switch ID and Switch Port key Value

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2/27/2025, 1:57:34 PM

Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • LACP
  • Networking

Issue

  • LACP output for one of the nodes showing as down
Node: Node_name
Interface Group Name: a0a
Distribution Function: ip
Create Policy: multimode_lacp
MAC Address: d2:xx:xa:xx:xx:xx
Port Participation: none
Network Ports: e2a, e2b
Up Ports: -
Down Ports: e2a, e2b
  • Ports are physically up but they are showing down in ifgrp.
  • The output for ifconfig -v contains for both the nodes as follows:

For Node 1 a0a :
a0a: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 9000
       uuid: 31xxxx044-excx-1xcxf-axc-d039eabce243
       lagg statistics:
               active ports: 2
               flapping: 0
       lag id: [(8XX0,DX-3X-EX-BX-EX-4X,08XX,0000,0000),
                (007F,00-00-00-04-0X-X0,00X8,0000,0000)]
       laggport: e2a flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> state=3d<ACTIVITY,AGGREGATION,SYNC,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
               [(8000,DX-3X-EX-BX-EX-4X,08XX,8000,000A),          🡺ONTAP
                (007F,00-00-00-04-01-40,0028,007F,8011)]          🡺Switch
               input/output LACPDUs: 9 / 148
       laggport: e2b flags=1c<ACTIVE,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING> state=3d<ACTIVITY,AGGREGATION,SYNC,COLLECTING,DISTRIBUTING>
               [(8000,DX-3X-EX-BX-EX-4X,0828,8000,000B),          🡺ONTAP
                (007F,00-00-00-04-01-40,0028,007F,0011)]          🡺Switch
               input/output LACPDUs: 9 / 148
 
For Node 2 a0a:
a0a: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 9000
       uuid: 36XXX6cd-eXXe-11XX-8XX6-d03XXX0695c
               active ports: 0
               flapping: 0
       lag id: [(0000,00-00-00-00-00-00,0000,0000,0000),
                (0000,00-00-00-00-00-00,0000,0000,0000)]
       laggport: e2a flags=0<> state=d<ACTIVITY,AGGREGATION,SYNC>
               [(8000,DX-3X-EX-CX-6X-5X,0XX8,8000,000A),         🡺ONTAP
                (007F,00-00-00-04-01-40,0028,007F,8010)]         🡺Switch
               input/output LACPDUs: 7 / 162
       laggport: e2b flags=0<> state=d<ACTIVITY,AGGREGATION,SYNC>
               [(8000,DX-3X-EX-CX-6X-5X,0XX8,8000,000B),         🡺ONTAP
                (007F,00-00-00-04-01-40,0028,007F,0010)]         🡺Switch
               input/output LACPDUs: 7 / 162

     

 

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