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ifgrp member ports down

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Last Updated:
4/21/2025, 7:54:37 AM

Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • IFGRP
  • Link Aggregation (LACP)
  • CISCO

Issue

  • Physical status of the ports were showing as down as below
e1a       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -
e1b       Default      -                down 1500  auto/-     -

 
  • Below is the ifgrp configuration
node-01
         a0a        ip           d2:39:ea:bd:df:a1 partial e0e, e1a
         a0b        ip           d2:39:ea:bd:df:b1 partial e0g, e1b
node-02
         a0a        ip           d2:39:ea:bd:cf:a2 partial e0e, e1a
         a0b        ip           d2:39:ea:bd:cf:b2 partial e0g, e1b
  • ifconfig status:

e1a: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500

       
        options=7ec07bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6,TXRTLMT,HWRXTSTMP,NOMAP>
        ether 9c:12:c0:ad:e1:a1
        media: Ethernet autoselect <rxpause,txpause> (autoselect <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
        status: no carrier (Negotiation failure)
        plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 10G Base-SR (LC)
        vendor: FINISAR CORP. PN: FTLX1234D3BCL SN: NC11111 DATE: 2024-07-13
        module temperature: 32.60 C voltage: 3.33 Volts
        lane 1: RX power: 0.00 mW (-26.78 dBm) TX bias: 6.11 mA
e1b: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=7ec07bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6,TXRTLMT,HWRXTSTMP,NOMAP>
        ether 9c:12:c0:ad:e1:b1
        media: Ethernet autoselect <rxpause,txpause> (autoselect <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
        status: no carrier (Negotiation failure)
        plugged: SFP/SFP+/SFP28 10G Base-SR (LC)
        vendor: FINISAR CORP. PN: FTLX1234D3BCL SN: NC12222 DATE: 2024-07-13
        module temperature: 32.81 C voltage: 3.33 Volts
lane 1: RX power: 0.00 mW (-26.78 dBm) TX bias: 6.10 mA

  • Event logs:
[node-02: intr: net.ifgrp.lacp.key.mismatch:error]: Partner mismatch occured on ifgrp "a0a", port "e1a". Expected by aggregate: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "00:23:04:ee:be:0c", and key "0x8047". Found at Port: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8098".
[node-02: intr: net.ifgrp.lacp.key.mismatch:error]: Partner mismatch occured on ifgrp "a0b", port "e1b". Expected by aggregate: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8098". Found at Port: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8047".
[node-01: intr: net.ifgrp.lacp.key.mismatch:error]: Partner mismatch occured on ifgrp "a0a", port "e1a". Expected by aggregate: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8046". Found at Port: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8097".
[node01: intr: net.ifgrp.lacp.key.mismatch:error]: Partner mismatch occured on ifgrp "a0b", port "e1b". Expected by aggregate: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8097". Found at Port: system-priority "0x9b7f", system-ID "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX", and key "0x8046".
  • Cisco switch shows
Ethernet1/47 is down (vpc compatibility check failed)

 

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