[f-nsp] Double-switched (looped) traffic on Netiron MLX

[Franz Georg Köhler]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 10:00:56PM +0100, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have no solution for that beside using vpls/vll-local. I don't think
> there is one.

Interesting. vll-local could be a better solution than
transparent-hw-flooding. I am going to test it.


> We had that issue many years ago, we had to remove "router mpls" from an
> MLX config because of not enough RAM and ran into the same issue.
> We opened a support ticket and got an answer like "that is not a supported
> setup".
> They did not even tell us that transparent-hw-flooding solves this (we
> found out later and used it).

I am suprised to hear that. However, that explains why the setup does not work
with switching enabled. I suspected that the system gets irritated by seeing
the same packet/source mac on two different vlans and that there is some
configuration option to convince the system that this is OK.


Best regards,

Franz Georg Köhler