Nexus VPC with Vmware VDS

Does anyone have any experience setting up VPC LACP connection with vmware virtual distributed switch?

I have 2 Nexus switches and 4 esx hosts with 2 10G nics each.

I've connected 1 10G nic per host to each nexus switch. 4 connections per nexus switch.

I created the LAG group on the VDS and added each nic into the port channel.

On the nexus switch only one link on each is coming up, the others are suspend.

Here is the config on the nexus side.
SW1
interface Ethernet1/5
description NTNX1
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface Ethernet1/6
description NTNX2
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface Ethernet1/7
description NTNX3
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface Ethernet1/8
description NTNX4
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface port-channel4
speed 10000
description NTNX1 VPC
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
vpc 4

Switch 2

interface Ethernet1/5
description NTNX1
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface Ethernet1/6
description NTNX2
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface Ethernet1/7
description NTNX3
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface Ethernet1/8
description NTNX4
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
channel-group 4 mode active
no shutdown

interface port-channel4
speed 10000
description NTNX1 VPC
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 106,116
spanning-tree port type edge trunk
vpc 4

and this is what I'm seeing with the sh port-channel summary

4 Po4(SU) Eth LACP Eth1/5(P) Eth1/6(s) Eth1/7(s)
Eth1/8(s)

Thanks in advance.

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Comments

networker050184

Yeah we have quite a few of these set up. Suspended usually mean it isn't receiving LACP packets on those ports. Have you made sure you VDS is all good to go?

sucanushie

It looks like it's setup on the VDS correctly.

I setup the nexus VPC config first, then the VDS after, I'm not sure if the order matters.

Unfortunately I didn't setup the VDS, the Vmware guys did it, and I only know a little bit from a few doc's I've read.

It's a net new setup, so I may as him to delete the VDS and start over with me watching.

I'm confident my config on the nexus side was correct, I just didn't know if maybe it was a limitation on the VDS side of things.

There isn't a whole lot of documentation out there regarding Nexus VPC and VDS Lag groups.

d4nz1g

sh lacp interface ex/x - see if the ports are receiving lacp pdus

show vpc consistency [global | interface] - make sure that your vpc is configured correctly

As networker050184 mentioned, LACP may be misconfigured on these ports...You can confirm it with the show lacp command.

sucanushie

Interface Ethernet1/7 is suspended
Channel group is 4 port channel is Po4
PDUs sent: 185246
PDUs rcvd: 4221
Markers sent: 0
Markers rcvd: 0
Marker response sent: 0
Marker response rcvd: 0
Unknown packets rcvd: 0
Illegal packets rcvd: 0
Lag Id: [ [(7f9b, 0-23-4-ee-be-1, 8004, 8000, 107), (ffff, c-c4-7a-49-8c-ce, b, ff, 8002)] ]
Operational as aggregated link since Wed Dec 31 20:00:00 1969

Local Port: Eth1/7 MAC Address= 0-23-4-ee-be-1
System Identifier=0x8000,0-23-4-ee-be-1
Port Identifier=0x8000,0x107
Operational key=32772
LACP_Activity=active
LACP_Timeout=Long Timeout (30s)
Synchronization=NOT_IN_SYNC
Collecting=false
Distributing=false
Partner information refresh timeout=Long Timeout (90s)
Actor Admin State=(Ac-1:To-1:Ag-1:Sy-0:Co-0:Di-0:De-0:Ex-0)
Actor Oper State=(Ac-1:To-0:Ag-1:Sy-0:Co-0:Di-0:De-0:Ex-0)
Neighbor: 0x8002
MAC Address= c-c4-7a-49-8c-ce
System Identifier=0xffff, Port Identifier=0xff,0x8002
Operational key=11
LACP_Activity=unknown
LACP_Timeout=Long Timeout (30s)
Synchronization=NOT_IN_SYNC
Collecting=false
Distributing=false
Partner Admin State=(Ac-0:To-1:Ag-0:Sy-0:Co-0:Di-0:De-0:Ex-0)
Partner Oper State=(Ac-1:To-0:Ag-1:Sy-0:Co-0:Di-0:De-0:Ex-0)
Aggregate or Individual(True=1)= 2

Legend:
Type 1 : vPC will be suspended in case of mismatch

Name Type Local Value Peer Value

----

Shut Lan 1 No No
STP Port Type 1 Edge Trunk Port Edge Trunk Port
STP Port Guard 1 None None
STP MST Simulate PVST 1 Default Default
lag-id 1 [(7f9b, [(7f9b,
0-23-4-ee-be-1, 8004, 0-23-4-ee-be-1, 8004,
0, 0), (ffff, 0, 0), (ffff,
c-c4-7a-49-8d-e, b, 0, c-c4-7a-49-8d-e, b, 0,
0)] 0)]
mode 1 active active
Speed 1 10 Gb/s 10 Gb/s
Duplex 1 full full
Port Mode 1 trunk trunk
Native Vlan 1 1 1
MTU 1 1500 1500
Admin port mode 1
Switchport MAC Learn 2 Enable Enable
vPC card type 1 Empty Empty
Allowed VLANs - 106,116 106,116
Local suspended VLANs - - -

d4nz1g

Well, you are receiving lacpdus but the state is not in sync...weird...

Do you see anything when issuing sh lacp neighbor interface port-channel xx?

sucanushie

Flags: S - Device is sending Slow LACPDUs F - Device is sending Fast LACPDUs
A - Device is in Active mode P - Device is in Passive mode
port-channel4 neighbors
Partner's information
Partner Partner Partner
Port System ID Port Number Age Flags
Eth1/5 65535,c-c4-7a-49-8d-e 0x8002 145003 SA

LACP Partner Partner Partner
Port Priority Oper Key Port State
255 0xb 0x3d

Partner's information
Partner Partner Partner
Port System ID Port Number Age Flags
Eth1/6 65535,c-c4-7a-49-8d-34 0x8002 148616 SA

LACP Partner Partner Partner
Port Priority Oper Key Port State
255 0xb 0x5

Partner's information
Partner Partner Partner
Port System ID Port Number Age Flags
Eth1/7 65535,c-c4-7a-49-8c-ce 0x8002 0 SA

LACP Partner Partner Partner
Port Priority Oper Key Port State
255 0xb 0x5

Partner's information
Partner Partner Partner
Port System ID Port Number Age Flags
Eth1/8 65535,c-c4-7a-4c-b-5a 0x8002 0 SA

LACP Partner Partner Partner
Port Priority Oper Key Port State
255 0xb 0xd

sucanushie

Just an update.

Was able to work on this today.

If I create a VPC for each host(1 link going to each switch) and created a lag group for each on the VDS and they all came up no issues.

I tried to lower the bundle down to 4 links and only 2 came up and 2 were suspended as I was seeing when I was trying to do 8.

sucanushie

starting to think that it's a limitation.

I took VPC out of the equation.

2 host plugged into the same switch. Both ports are members of the same port channel and both NICS on the esx side are members of the lag group.

I get the same result. One link up the other is suspended.

d4nz1g

It looks like everything is fine with your nexus boxes...

I'm not a vmware guy, but what version are you using? I know there was a limitation when creating LAGs with vmware dvs, but I don't recall what version solved this issue.

sucanushie

I was thinking the Distributed Switch acted as one logical switch for all host, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

You can only bundle physical nics from the same host.

So in my case with 4 hosts with 2 nics each, I would have to create 4 separate lag groups, one per host.

I was thinking the Distributed Switch acted almost like VSS.

We ended up just making all 8 links individual trunks and leveraged VMware to teaming and failover.

joelsfood

SOrry I missed this thread earlier. Yes, VDS is a management device, more than a virtual switch chassis. It allows you to create port groups once and have them configured on all hosts in the VDS, but for uplinks, each host is still addressed separately.

sucanushie

Yeah, my lack of Vmware knowledge heh.

Time to maybe tackle VCP:NV maybe haha

d4nz1g

sucanushie wrote: »

I was thinking the Distributed Switch acted as one logical switch for all host, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Oh boy, I missed this detail haha xD