protocol based VLAN not working

[Wanderley_Benac]

Configuration done to perform packet filter based on "Protocol Based VLAN", traffic was captured via mirroring and I see packets are not forwarding to correct VLAN.

Configuration for port 7:
Summit48si:18 # show port 7 vlan info
Name VID Protocol Addr Flags Proto Ports
Payload 333 10.10.20.130 /25 ------f------- mnet 11/20
OM_Node 332 10.10.20.50 /28 v-----f------- ANY 10/20
OM_RPP 192 192.168.0.2 /24 ------f------- mnet 11/20
Internal 46 ------------------ -------- p1 7/36

Mirror Results:
1) Using "enable mirror add port 7 vlan "Payload" I just see traffic to network 10.10.20.128/25. There is no traffic from network 10.10.20.128/25

2) Using "enable mirror add port 7 vlan OM_Node" I am able to see traffic from network 10.10.20.128/25, but traffic is been received by different VLAN than expected which proves mnet protocol based is not working for some reason!

Additional Information:
- It happens for swiches Summit 48si running EOS "7.8.4.1 patch1-r4" & EOS "7.8.4.1".
- "enable multinet" is configured
- "create protocol mnet" is configured

Someone can help me uinderstand what is wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Wanderley Benacchio Junior

[Erik_Auerswald]

Hi Brandon,

there seem to be examples using an "mnet" protocol filter as a dummy in the ExtremeWare 7.8 User Guide regarding Multinetting. But I have never used this feature and I do not know why this dummy protocol is needed.

I would suggest Wanderley to take a look at the examples there and try to follow them as close as possible.

Erik

[Erik_Auerswald]

Hi Wanderley,

as far as I understand it, you need to configure the manually created protocol with name mnet:
configure protocol mnet PARAMETERSThe parameters describe the layer 2 (Ethernet) values that define this protocol.

I am quite sure that this mechanism does not consider IP addresses.

Br,
Erik

[Wanderley_Benac]

Hi Brandon,

I suppose mnet is a predefined protocol where is performed a comparation of Packet Source IP Address against VLAN network and in case it matches packet will be addmited on that VLAN. Anyway see printout for mnet protocol:
SW# show protocol mnet
Protocol Name Type Value
---------------- ----- ------
mnet
SW#

[Wanderley_Benac]

Hi Henrique,

Port 7 is added to all VLANs as untag. That is why we need "protocol based" to coorectly decide to which VLAN packet shall be addimited.

[Wanderley_Benac]

I would say thanks for your time & help 😉

As I have commented with Brandon, I suppose "mnet" is a predefined protocol where is performed a comparation of Packet Source IP Address against VLAN network and in case it matches packet will be addmited on that VLAN, but I do not see so much references to "mnet".
Do you have docs that explain how "mnet" works?
When I do a "mnet" printout I see this:

SW# show protocol mnet
Protocol Name Type Value
---------------- ----- ------
mnet
SW#