[c-nsp] Inter-op with Juniper EX4200 Using LACP Link Protection

Michael Loftis mloftis at wgops.com
Sat Dec 20 16:15:19 EST 2014


Sorry was thinking ASR. Nexus should have lacp max-bundle int the interface
port-channel. Same behavior though -
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/interfaces/configuration/guide/if_cli/if_portchannel.html
<http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/5_x/nx-os/interfaces/configuration/guide/if_cli/if_portchannel.html#>

On Saturday, December 20, 2014, Michael Loftis <mloftis at wgops.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mloftis at wgops.com');>> wrote:

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> On Saturday, December 20, 2014, Devon True <devon at noved.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cisco-NSP,
>>
>> We have a pair of Cisco Nexus 7000s switches connecting into one Juniper
>> EX4200 switch using a vPC port-channel. On the Juniper side they are using
>> LACP Link Protection (
>> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos13.3/topics/task/configuration/lacp-link-protection-cli.html
>> <
>> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos13.3/topics/task/configuration/lacp-link-protection-cli.html>).
>> In the initial turn-up, it was determined that the Cisco side was sending
>> packets across either interface, but the Juniper side would drop any
>> packets sent to the “protected” port on their side.
>>
>> Has anyone successfully configured the same setup on the Cisco side? We
>> opened a TAC case but they said it was not possible.
>
>
> The LACP and link protection on EX are not mutual requirements, tell them
> to delete the link-protection  statement. If they really do want just
> failover then the equivalent cisco side is bundle maximum-active along with
> port-priority.
>
>
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>>> Devon
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