How to configure lag on a EOS Switches like securestack B5 for esx teaming nic

[Robert_J]

We try to connect 2 teaming nics on a esxi V6 to a B5 securestack configured with static lag but after connecting the second link we loose our connectivity.
Does anyone has an Idea for our problem ? Is it a problem in the esx ? With an HP switch we can connect the esxi but not with the securestack.

B5_Stack(su)->show port status lag.0.3
Alias Oper Admin Speed
Port (truncated) Status Status (bps) Duplex Type
--------- ------------ ------- ------- --------- ------- ------------
lag.0.3 Mgmnt Up Up 2.0G full lag
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->show port status ge.2.42
Alias Oper Admin Speed
Port (truncated) Status Status (bps) Duplex Type
--------- ------------ ------- ------- --------- ------- ------------
ge.2.42 dormant Up 1.0G full BaseT RJ45/PoE
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->show lacp
Global Link Aggregation state: enabled
Single Port LAGs: enabled

Aggregator: lag.0.1
Actor Partner
System Identifier: 20:B3:99:97:64:94 00:1F:45:77:74:00
System Priority: 32768 32768
Admin Key: 1
Oper Key: 1 1
Attached Ports: ge.1.47
ge.2.47

Aggregator: lag.0.2
Actor Partner
System Identifier: 20:B3:99:97:64:94 E0:07:1B:DF:0D:40
System Priority: 32768 3392
Admin Key: 2
Oper Key: 2 211
Attached Ports: ge.1.45
ge.2.45
ge.3.45

Aggregator: lag.0.3
Actor Partner

System Identifier: 20:B3:99:97:64:94 00:00:00:00:00:00
System Priority: 32768 32768
Admin Key: 3
Oper Key: 3 1
Attached Ports: ge.2.42
ge.3.42

[Erik_Auerswald]

Hi Robert,

the ESXi host should not send STP BPDUs, both Standard and Distributed vSwitch do not support STP and do not switch between uplinks.

A virtual machine running on the host might do this, e.g. a GNU/Linux system using a bridge (as opposed to open-vswitch or normal ethernet interfaces). Before disabling STP you should verify that there is no loop inside the ESXi host created by virtual machines running on it.

Since your outputs show BPDUs received on ge.2.42 and lag.0.3, but you did not show any on ge.3.42, I'd assume that BPDUs are only sent on one of the two links. That link is blocked by STP (you verify this using "show spantree stats active"); if the two links are aggregated into one, the only link is blocked.

In my opinion it is worth investigating why STP BPDUs are received from an ESXi host, instead of just ignoring said BPDUs.

Erik

[Robert_J]

Hi Erik,
I dont know why I recieve bpdu on this port and I cannot show you any new output, as i am not near the switch now. Are there any stp configs in the esxi to be disabled or should we disable stp on the lag physical ports ?

Vlan config should be correct for physical and lag port

set vlan egress 160 ge.1.42;ge.1.45;ge.2.42;ge.2.45;ge.3.42;ge.3.45;lag.0.2-3 tagged

[Erik_Auerswald]

Hi Robert,

why does the LAG to an ESXi server receive spanning tree BPDUs? What is the output of "show spantree stats active"?

Erik

[Robert_J]

Hello,
yes the lag has the proper vlan config. The ping to the esxi is working, as long as i use only one link. I'm not shure, if there is any problem with the lag algorithm in the esxi (we used "hashing" ) and the securestack, but any other algorithm than hash didnt worked although.

And the esx teaming nic config work well with HP static trunk, but for redundancy of the esx with should connect 1 host to the securestack.

Is there any tested combination of lag configs for securestack and esxi v6. Maybe it is better to use lacp than static lag.

lag.0.1 and 0.2 are working well, lag.0.3 has problems

B5_Stack(su)->set lacp static lag.0.3

Issuing :
set lacp static lag.0.3
set lacp aadminkey lag.0.3 3

----> config
#lacp
set lacp aadminkey lag.0.1 1
set lacp aadminkey lag.0.2 2
set lacp aadminkey lag.0.3 3
set lacp singleportlag enable
!

set port lacp port ge.1.45 aadminkey 2
set port lacp port ge.1.47 aadminkey 1
set port lacp port ge.2.42 aadminkey 3
set port lacp port ge.2.45 aadminkey 2
set port lacp port ge.2.47 aadminkey 1
set port lacp port ge.3.42 aadminkey 3
set port lacp port ge.3.45 aadminkey 2
set port lacp port ge.1.45 enable
set port lacp port ge.1.47 enable
set port lacp port ge.2.45 enable
set port lacp port ge.2.47 enable
set port lacp port ge.3.45 enable

B5_Stack(su)->show port status lag.0.3
Alias Oper Admin Speed
Port (truncated) Status Status (bps) Duplex Type
--------- ------------ ------- ------- --------- ------- ------------
lag.0.3 Mgmnt Up Up 2.0G full lag
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->
B5_Stack(su)->show port status ge.2.42
Alias Oper Admin Speed
Port (truncated) Status Status (bps) Duplex Type
--------- ------------ ------- ------- --------- ------- ------------
ge.2.42 dormant Up 1.0G full BaseT RJ45/PoE

B5_Stack(su)->show spantree debug port ge.2.42
STP Diagnostic Common Counters
----------------------------------
Topology Change Count - 59
Message Expiration Count - 138
Invalid BPDU Count - 118
STP BPDU Rx Count - 138
STP BPDU Tx Count - 22829470
STP TCN BPDU Rx Count - 114
STP TCN BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Tx Count - 189
RST BPDU Rx Count - 876364
RST BPDU Tx Count - 514299684
RST TC BPDU Rx Count - 63
RST TC BPDU Tx Count - 366
MST BPDU Rx Count - 5507485
MST BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Rx Count - 232
MST CIST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0

STP Diagnostic Port Counters for SID 0 Port ge.2.42
---------------------------------------------------------
Port Role - Disabled
Message Expiration Count - 0

Invalid BPDU Count - 0
STP BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TCN BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TCN BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Tx Count - 0
RST BPDU Rx Count - 0
RST BPDU Tx Count - 5715096
RST TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
RST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST BPDU Rx Count - 0
MST BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0
B5_Stack(su)->show spantree debug port ge.2.42
STP Diagnostic Common Counters
----------------------------------
Topology Change Count - 59
Message Expiration Count - 138
Invalid BPDU Count - 118
STP BPDU Rx Count - 138
STP BPDU Tx Count - 22829478
STP TCN BPDU Rx Count - 114
STP TCN BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Tx Count - 189
RST BPDU Rx Count - 876366
RST BPDU Tx Count - 514299853
RST TC BPDU Rx Count - 63
RST TC BPDU Tx Count - 366
MST BPDU Rx Count - 5507487
MST BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Rx Count - 232
MST CIST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0

STP Diagnostic Port Counters for SID 0 Port ge.2.42
---------------------------------------------------------
Port Role - Disabled
Message Expiration Count - 0

Invalid BPDU Count - 0
STP BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TCN BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TCN BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Tx Count - 0
RST BPDU Rx Count - 0
RST BPDU Tx Count - 5715096
RST TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
RST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST BPDU Rx Count - 0
MST BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0
B5_Stack(su)->show spantree debug port lag.0.3
STP Diagnostic Common Counters
----------------------------------
Topology Change Count - 59
Message Expiration Count - 138
Invalid BPDU Count - 118
STP BPDU Rx Count - 138
STP BPDU Tx Count - 22829528
STP TCN BPDU Rx Count - 114
STP TCN BPDU Tx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Rx Count - 0
STP TC BPDU Tx Count - 189
RST BPDU Rx Count - 876378
RST BPDU Tx Count - 514300968
RST TC BPDU Rx Count - 63
RST TC BPDU Tx Count - 366
MST BPDU Rx Count - 5507500
MST BPDU Tx Count - 0
MST CIST TC BPDU Rx Count - 232
MST CIST TC BPDU Tx Count - 0