[c-nsp] CISCO ME3600X ARP ISSUE

Pshem Kowalczyk pshem.k at gmail.com
Wed Jul 3 15:17:41 EDT 2013


Hi Antonis,

When the loss of connectivity happens - do you still have a valid ARP
entry on the ME3600 for the Patton?
If so - what happens if you clear that ARP entry on ME3600 manually
and then try to ping the Patton?

kind regards
Pshem


On 4 July 2013 04:56, Antonis Vosdoganis <avosdo at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are 2 traces one from 3600 and one from 2960. The one you are
> refering is from 2960. With 2960 there is no problem.
> Στις 3 Ιουλ 2013 7:31 μ.μ., ο χρήστης "Aaron" <aaron1 at gvtc.com> έγραψε:
>
>> you mentioned...
>>
>> > Cisco ME3600X is not responding to Patton ARP request so Patton is
>> > losing ip connectivity since is thinking that Default Gateway is down.
>>
>> ...but i see in this wireshark sniff "ARP_WS-C2960G-8TC-L.pcapng" frame
>> number 14 that the cisco (i assume it's the me3600) does in fact arp reply
>> to the patton...
>>
>> 00 21 d7 cb 69 c1 - sender mac - cisco says i am 46.245.137.1
>>
>> 00 a0 ba 05 ad c3 - target mac - patton - 46.245.137.3
>>
>> to prove that the cisco me3600 is sending this maybe you could...
>>
>> sh interface | in bia
>>
>> look for "0021.d7cb.69c1"
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:nick at foobar.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 11:18 AM
>> To: Antonis Vosdoganis
>> Cc: Aaron; cisco-nsp
>> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] CISCO ME3600X ARP ISSUE
>>
>> Can't really tell much from the pcap files:
>>
>> http://cloudshark.org/captures/ac6ed1c8470a
>> http://cloudshark.org/captures/fda45ed488b0
>>
>> The timestamps don't overlap.
>>
>> If it works and then stops working, that could be an arp/L2 cam timeout.
>> Make sure that the arp timer on the switch is configured to be lower than
>> the cam timer on your 2960.
>>
>> me3600: show interfaces vlan 333 | i ARP
>> c2960: show mac address-table aging-time
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On 03/07/2013 17:05, Antonis Vosdoganis wrote:
>> > Sorry if i didn't make it clear. There is ip connectivity when i boot
>> > up the patton gateway. The problem appears 20 minutes after when
>> > patton sends the arp request.
>> >
>> > Also the traffic from patton is untagged that's why encapsulation
>> > untagged is applied under service instance.
>> >
>> > Patton has ip address 46.245.137.3 255.255.255.248 and static route
>> > 0.0.0.0
>> > 0.0.0.0 46.245.137.1
>> >
>> > I am not in the office to send you the 2960 configuration but i will
>> tomorrow.
>> >
>> > I am attaching again the traces.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Aaron <aaron1 at gvtc.com
>> > <mailto:aaron1 at gvtc.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     As Nick mentioned, given you are untagging on the patton side, since
>> you
>> >     should be since you are untagged on the me3600 service instance
>> 333...
>> >
>> >     Go to the " Patton SmartNode 4528 Voip Gateway Router" and check it's
>> ip
>> >     address, subnet mask and def gw .... make sure they are ...
>> >
>> >     Ip address - ip address 46.245.137.2 or .3 or .4 or .5 or .6
>> >     Mask - 255.255.255.248
>> >     Def gw - 46.245.137.1
>> >
>> >     Aaron
>> >
>> >
>> >     -----Original Message-----
>> >     From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> >     <mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net>] On Behalf Of Nick
>> >     Hilliard
>> >     Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:46 AM
>> >     To: Antonis Vosdoganis
>> >     Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net <mailto:cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
>> >     Subject: Re: [c-nsp] CISCO ME3600X ARP ISSUE
>> >
>> >     On 03/07/2013 13:30, Antonis Vosdoganis wrote:
>> >     > I am facing a issue with our Metro Ethernet switch. I have directly
>> >     > connected a Patton SmartNode 4528 Voip Gateway Router to the Cisco
>> >     > Switch which is the Default Gateway (46.245.137.1). Patton GW every
>> 20
>> >     > minutes sends an ARP request asking for default gateways mac
>> address.
>> >     >
>> >     > Cisco ME3600X is not responding to Patton ARP request so Patton is
>> >     > losing ip connectivity since is thinking that Default Gateway is
>> down.
>> >
>> >     Hi Antonis,
>> >
>> >     Your attachments didn't come through.  Can you post them on
>> >     http://cloudshark.org/ so that we can take a look?
>> >
>> >     > Routing Protocol is ISIS. I have made the some tests with a
>> Catalyst
>> >     > 2960G which is responding to Patton ARP request.
>> >
>> >     ISIS has nothing to do with default gateways.
>> >
>> >     You haven't provided enough configuration to determine what the
>> problem is.
>> >      What vlan is the patton device connected to, and what are the port
>> >     configuration settings on the Catalyst 2960G for the ports which
>> connect to
>> >     the ME3600 and the Patton device.
>> >
>> >     If the patton device is on vlan 333 and the 2960G-ME3600X link is
>> >     configured
>> >     as a dot1q trunk on the 2960 side, then you need to use this on the
>> ME3600X
>> >     side:
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     interface GigabitEthernet0/23
>> >     switchport trunk allowed vlan none
>> >     switchport mode trunk
>> >     service instance 333 ethernet
>> >      encapsulation dot1q 333
>> >      rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric
>> >      bridge-domain 333
>> >
>> >     interface Vlan333
>> >     [blah]
>> >     --
>> >
>> >     Nick
>> >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > Switch Port configuration
>> >     >
>> >     > interface GigabitEthernet0/23
>> >     >
>> >     > switchport trunk allowed vlan none
>> >     >
>> >     > switchport mode trunk
>> >     >
>> >     > load-interval 30
>> >     >
>> >     > service instance 333 ethernet
>> >     >
>> >     > encapsulation untagged
>> >     >
>> >     > service-policy input CORPORATE_IN_10MB
>> >     >
>> >     > service-policy output CORPORATE_OUT_10MB
>> >     >
>> >     > bridge-domain 333
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > interface Vlan333
>> >     >
>> >     > bandwidth 10000
>> >     >
>> >     > ip address 46.245.137.1 255.255.255.248
>> >     >
>> >     > load-interval 30
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > #show ip protocols
>> >     >
>> >     > *** IP Routing is NSF aware ***
>> >     >
>> >     > Routing Protocol is "isis"
>> >     >
>> >     > Outgoing update filter list for all interfaces is not set
>> >     >
>> >     > Incoming update filter list for all interfaces is not set
>> >     >
>> >     > Redistributing: static, isis
>> >     >
>> >     > Address Summarization:
>> >     >
>> >     >    None
>> >     >
>> >     >   Maximum path: 4
>> >     >
>> >     > Passive Interface(s):
>> >     >
>> >     >   Vlan333
>> >     >
>> >     >   Loopback0
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > Cisco ME3600X is running IOS me360x-universalk9-mz.153-1.S1.bin
>> >     >
>> >     > I have attached 2 wireshark traces one from 3600 and one from 2960.
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > Regards
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > Antonis.
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