6509 MAC behaviour

Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
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Hi,
Why would I have a different port for a same MAC-address on a different linecard?
For example this MAC is going to Te2/5 on all linecards except Linecard 7 that is going to Te7/5.


sh mac add add 0014.4fcb.b15a
Legend: * - primary entry
age - seconds since last seen
n/a - not available
S - secure entry
R - router's gateway mac address entry
D - Duplicate mac address entry
Displaying entries from DFC linecard [2]:
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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* 126 0014.4fcb.b15a dynamic Yes 0 Te2/5

Displaying entries from active supervisor:
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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126 0014.4fcb.b15a dynamic Yes 35 Te2/5

Displaying entries from standby supervisor:
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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126 0014.4fcb.b15a dynamic Yes 35 Te2/5

Displaying entries from DFC linecard [7]:
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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* 126 0014.4fcb.b15a dynamic Yes 0 Te7/5
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  • EdTheLadEdTheLad Member Posts: 2,111 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Is it an SVI interface? For vlan 126 do you have multiple SVI's as in:

    sw1
    sw2
    sw3

    sw1
    int vlan 126
    ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0

    sw2
    int vlan 126
    ip address 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0

    sw2
    int vlan 126
    ip address 10.0.0.3 255.255.255.0
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    It is not an SVI, it is the MAC of a server. There has been no MAC flapping notifications sent. In fact, we do not even see the MAC beeing learned on that downlink (Te7/5).
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    So is it possible to learn that MAC on that port? Have you cleared the table on that card to see if it's just out of sync?
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    We have cleared the MAC for that specific MAC as clearing the table would be too intrusive. The Linecard 7 switched back to correct behaviour for 1 second (Te2/5) and then switched back to Te7/5. Also the aging is always 0 suggesting that this MAC is beeing relearned constantly.
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    My next steps would be to figure out where 7/5 goes and if it is indeed actually learning the MAC there or if it is some kind of control plane issue.
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    We followed 7/5 and it is not learning the MAC.

    Edit:*I should also mention there is no static MAC configured on any of these switches. Only dynamic MAC's are learned.
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    With both DFCs showing aging time of 0 it seems unlikely traffic sourced with that MAC isn't arriving at both ports often. If you know 100% (I'd do a packet capture) that frames are not hitting that port with the source MAC then I guess a Cisco case would be my next move.
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    Cisco is already all over this.
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  • ScalesScales Member Posts: 95 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Dieg0M wrote: »
    Cisco is already all over this.

    Are you doing some sort of NIC teaming on the server?
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    Scales wrote: »
    Are you doing some sort of NIC teaming on the server?
    Yes we are doing standby/hot on the servers.
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  • ScalesScales Member Posts: 95 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Dieg0M wrote: »
    Yes we are doing standby/hot on the servers.

    Ok, I don't know alot about the NIC teaming software however, i have run into a lot of problems with it in the past.

    What software is it? Who is the manufacturer?
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    Found out this was caused by the bonding protocol (IPMP) that wasn't properly set up on these servers. The reason we didn't see it before is because we had a topology on our access and distribution layer that masked the problem and we recently made a change in this topology.
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  • ScalesScales Member Posts: 95 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Dieg0M wrote: »
    Found out this was caused by the bonding protocol (IPMP) that wasn't properly set up on these servers. The reason we didn't see it before is because we had a topology on our access and distribution layer that masked the problem and we recently made a change in this topology.

    Thats the NIC Teaming software on the server right?
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