Cannot Trunk Broacade 16G ISL's when connecting to a Ciena DWDM
Applies to
- MetroCluster
- Ciena
- Brocade
- Broadcom
Issue
- When connecting Brocade 16G ISL'S to a Ciena DWDM the ports will not trunk.
- The
switchshow
command on the Brocade switch will show one of the ISL ports online and the other in a no sync state:
Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto
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40 40 062800 id 16G Online FC LS G-Port
41 41 062900 id 16G No_Sync FC LS Disabled
- You may see errors similar to these:
2024/08/17-09:23:19, [PORT-1010], 32248, FID 128, INFO, <Switch name>, Port (ID: 41) QoS is disabled.
2024/08/17-09:23:39, [MAPS-1003], 32249, FID 128, WARNING, <Switch name>, port41, U-Port 41, Condition=NON_E_F_PORTS(STATE_CHG/min>11), Current Value:[STATE_CHG, 22], RuleName=defNON_E_F_PORTSSTATE_CHG_11, Dashboard Category=Port Health.
2024/08/17-09:23:57, [MAPS-1003], 32250, FID 128, WARNING, <Switch name>, port41, U-Port 41, Condition=ALL_PORTS(LF/min>5), Current Value:[LF, 6], RuleName=defALL_PORTSLF_5, Dashboard Category=Port Health.
- You will see that the ports are set for FEC:
Switchname:root> portcfgshow 41
Area Number: 40
Octet Speed Combo: 1(16G|8G|4G|2G)
FC Speed Level: 16G
AL_PA Offset 13: OFF
Trunk Port ON
Long Distance LS
VC Link Init ON
Desired Distance 65 Km
Reserved Buffers 526
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port ON
Disabled E_Port OFF
Locked E_Port OFF
ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
LOS TOV mode 0(OFF)
DWDM losync mode OFF
NPIV capability ON
QOS Port OFF
Port Auto Disable: OFF
Rate Limit OFF
EX Port OFF
Mirror Port OFF
SIM Port OFF
Credit Recovery ON
F_Port Buffers OFF
E_Port Credits OFF
Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
NPIV PP Limit: 126
NPIV FLOGI Logout: OFF
CSCTL mode: OFF
TDZ mode: OFF
Clean Address Bit: OFF
D-Port mode: OFF
D-Port over DWDM: OFF
Compression: OFF
Encryption: OFF
10G/16G FEC: ON
16G FEC via TTS: OFF
8G Non-DFE: OFF(Auto)