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Member port is up but IFGRP ports are down

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
  • Interface Group (IFGRP)

Issue

  • Although the member port(s) is physically up, the ifgrp show command output indicates the port(s) is down.

::> network port show
Node: node-01
                                                                       Ignore
                       Speed(Mbps) Health   Health
Port      IPspace      Broadcast Domain Link MTU  Admin/Oper  Status Status
--------- ------------ ---------------- ---- ---- ----------- -------- ------
a0a       Default      -                down 9000     -/-     -        false
a0a-106   Default      test_bd_data1    down 9000     -/-     -        false
e0M       Default      test_bd_mgmt1    up   1500  auto/1000  healthy  false
e1a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/100000 healthy false
e1b       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -        false
e2a       Default      -                up   9000  auto/25000 healthy  false
e2b       Default      -                up   9000  auto/25000 healthy  false
e2c       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -        false
e2d       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -        false
e3a       Default      -                up   9000  auto/25000 healthy  false
e3b       Default      -                up   9000  auto/25000 healthy  false
e3c       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -        false
e3d       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -        false
e7a       Cluster      Cluster          up   9000  auto/100000 healthy false
e7b       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -      　false

::> ifgrp show -ins

                 Node: Node1
 Interface Group Name: a0a
Distribution Function: ip
        Create Policy: multimode_lacp
          MAC Address: ##:##:##:##:##:##
   Port Participation: none
        Network Ports: e2a, e2b, e3c, e3d
             Up Ports: -
           Down Ports: e2a, e2b, e3a, e3b 

  • The output  of ifconfig -v contains:

laggport: e2a flags= 20000<DEFAULT> state=41<ACTIVITY,DEFAULTED>
                [(8000,02-A0-98-9E-B1-72,800E,8000,000E),
                 (FFFF,00-00-00-00-00-00,0000,FFFF,0000)]

Note: The highlighted MAC address should be switch.

  • The connected switch is powered on and is operational.

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