[c-nsp] CISCO ME3600X ARP ISSUE

Randy randy_94108 at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 3 23:14:50 EDT 2013


I think the shut/no shut on 3600 is a red herring and if you take a closer look at patton and the link/switch in between, you will find the answers. The pcaps show requests from both ; only one reply from 3600 - none from patton...




>________________________________
> From: Antonis Vosdoganis <avosdo at gmail.com>
>To: Pshem Kowalczyk <pshem.k at gmail.com> 
>Cc: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> 
>Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 12:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [c-nsp] CISCO ME3600X ARP ISSUE
> 
>
>Yes i have a valid mac address entry.
>If i do a shut - no shut on 3600  interface connectivity with patton is
>restored.
>Στις 3 Ιουλ 2013 10:18 μ.μ., ο χρήστης "Pshem Kowalczyk" <pshem.k at gmail.com>
>έγραψε:
>
>> 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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