[j-nsp] [EXT] EX4300: Framing error with macsec enabled

james list jameslist72 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 26 03:55:12 EDT 2020


For info, the issue was related to a carrier mediaconverter sending frames
with a private unknown ethertype not decoded by EX4300.

Thanks for your help all

Cheers
James

Il Lun 20 Apr 2020, 01:31 Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> ha scritto:

> Well, that was an easy fix on my MX480s:
>
> set protocols lldp interface xe-0/0/1 disable
>
> Now I'm not seeing CRC errors incrementing 2-3 times per minute on the
> EX3400s connected directly to the MX480s.
>
> I'm not excluding any protocols from MACsec--LLDP runs end-to-end between
> the EX3400s just fine.
>
> Check if the carrier is running LLDP or CDP or similar.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 07:16:46PM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > Yes, I see CRC errors on EX3400s with MACsec termination, but only on
> one side.
> >
> > Here is my topology:
> >
> > From A to B:
> >
> > [EX3400-A]-->--[push-vlan-tag-on-MX480]-->-L2
> vlan-->-[Carrier-ASR9k-pop-vlan-tag]-->--[EX3400-B]
> >   MACsec             L2 connection                          L2 xconnect
>               MACsec
> >
> > From B to A:
> >
> > [EX3400-A]--<--[pop-vlan-tag-on-MX480]--<-L2
> vlan--<-[Carrier-ASR9k-push-vlan-tag]--<--[EX3400-B]
> >   MACsec             L2 connection                          L2 xconnect
>               MACsec
> >
> > I also have a redundant path with EX3400-C (different local switch) and
> EX3400-B (same remote switch).
> >
> > I see the CRC errors increasing at a rate of about 2-3 per minute, but
> only on EX3400-A and EXX3400-C.
> >
> > All EX3400s were initially running 15.1X53-D57.  Now A and C are running
> 18.2R3-S2 and B is running 15.1X53-D592.  But the problem has been
> consistent throughout all releases, no improvement with upgrades.
> >
> > I wonder if something the carrier's ASR9k is sending down the VLAN
> towards EX3400-A and -C is causing this?  If not, maybe it is the MX480s
> sending something locally to EX3400-A and -C?
> >
> > The following PRs don't seem relevant--I'm not doing anywhere close to
> 60% utilization:
> >
> >
> https://prsearch.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=prcontent&id=PR1261567
> >
> > And I'm not seeing "runts":
> >
> >
> https://prsearch.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=prcontent&id=PR1469663
> >
> > I'm only seeing Framing errors (CRC/Align errors):
> >
> > admin at ex3400-a> show interfaces extensive xe-0/2/0 |match 22791
> >     Errors: 227911, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 227911, Runts: 0, Policed
> discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts:
> 0, FIFO errors: 0, Resource errors: 0
> >     CRC/Align errors                    227911                0
> >
> > A few seconds later, it increased to 227913:
> >
> >   MAC statistics:                      Receive         Transmit
> >     Total octets                17953647117156    3221741316352
> >     Total packets                  13200126465       7010832956
> >     Unicast packets                13194022205       7004785539
> >     Broadcast packets                     5272                0
> >     Multicast packets                  6098988          6047417
> >     CRC/Align errors                    227913                0
> >     FIFO errors                              0                0
> >     MAC control frames                       0                0
> >     MAC pause frames                         0                0
> >     Oversized frames                         0
> >     Jabber frames                            0
> >     Fragment frames                          0
> >     VLAN tagged frames             13196813130
> >     Code violations                          0
> >
> > Rate is only 24 Mbps, 2200 pps:
> >
> > admin at ex3400-a> show interfaces extensive xe-0/2/0 |match "bps|pps"
> >   Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 9192, LAN-PHY mode, Speed: 10Gbps,
> BPDU Error: None, Loop Detect PDU Error: None, Ethernet-Switching Error:
> None, MAC-REWRITE Error: None,
> >    Input  bytes  :       17954037433802             24242136 bps
> >    Output bytes  :        3221749625049               498504 bps
> >    Input  packets:          13200416854                 2190 pps
> >    Output packets:           7010941872                  830 pps
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 09:37:23AM +0200, james list wrote:
> > > Dear experts,
> > > I've an EX4300 (Junos 17.3R3-S3.3) which have a constant Framing error
> > > counter increase also if the traffic is very low.
> > > Interface is connected to a WAN link from a carrier and bw is 1 Gbs but
> > > traffic max is actually 100 Mbs and on average 10 Mbs.
> > > On this interface I've enabled macsec, if I disable macsec the issue
> is not
> > > in place but unfortunately macsec is mandatory to be kept enabled.
> > >
> > > I cannot sniff since the packet is encrypted but to me it seems that
> > > traffic is not lost, if I have 100 Mbs inside from WAN I see 100 Mbs
> > > outside to DataCenter.
> > >
> > > Due to the fact that monitoring system contantly raise an alert, I'd
> like
> > > to know how to fix it or at least let the EX4300 do not raise the
> counter
> > > increase.
> > >
> > > I've opened a JTAC case but they found a PR which is currently related
> to a
> > > Broadcom chipset raising framing errors during spikes (ie 70% of the
> > > interface bandwidth).
> > >
> > >
> https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB32264&actp=METADATA
> > >
> > > Also enabling flow-control as described in the KB do not change the
> > > behaviour.
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if there could the option we're receiving some sort on
> > > "unknown protocol" from the carrier (I remeber Cisco has something like
> > > that) or could be an harware issue..
> > >
> > > On the other side of the link, the other EX4300 (side B) do not
> experience
> > > the same issue but the traffic is mostly from side B to side A.
> > >
> > > Here an example of the output, statistics cleared and after 1 minute I
> get
> > > 12 framing errors with 2 Mbs running on the WAN link:
> > >
> > > @EX4300-A> show interfaces ae0 extensive
> > > Physical interface: ae0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
> > >   Interface index: 220, SNMP ifIndex: 549, Generation: 131
> > >   Description: xxx
> > >   Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 9192, Speed: 1Gbps, BPDU Error: None,
> > > Ethernet-Switching Error: None, MAC-REWRITE Error: None,
> > >   Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control:
> Enabled,
> > > Minimum links needed: 1, Minimum bandwidth needed: 1bps
> > >   Device flags   : Present Running
> > >   Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x0
> > >   Current address: cc:e5:94:11:43:23, Hardware address:
> cc:e5:94:11:43:23
> > >   Last flapped   : 2020-04-19 02:05:05 CEST (06:50:45 ago)
> > >   Statistics last cleared: 2020-04-19 09:11:22 CEST (00:01:00 ago)
> > >   Traffic statistics:
> > >    Input  bytes  :             10014863              2205456 bps
> > >    Output bytes  :              4095720               582456 bps
> > >    Input  packets:                33292                  624 pps
> > >    Output packets:                33023                  568 pps
> > >    IPv6 transit statistics:
> > >     Input  bytes  :                   0
> > >     Output bytes  :                   0
> > >     Input  packets:                   0
> > >     Output packets:                   0
> > >   Input errors:
> > >     Errors: 12, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 12, Runts: 0, Giants: 0,
> Policed
> > > discards: 0, Resource errors: 0
> > >   Output errors:
> > >     Carrier transitions: 0, Errors: 0, Drops: 0, MTU errors: 0,
> Resource
> > > errors: 0
> > >   Egress queues: 12 supported, 11 in use
> > >
> > >
> > > @EX4300-A> show interfaces ge-0/0/0 extensive
> > > Physical interface: ge-0/0/0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
> > >   Interface index: 649, SNMP ifIndex: 509, Generation: 140
> > >   Description: WAN link
> > >   Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 9192, LAN-PHY mode, Link-mode:
> > > Full-duplex, Speed: 1000mbps, BPDU Error: None, Loop Detect PDU Error:
> None,
> > >   Ethernet-Switching Error: None, Source filtering: Disabled
> > >   Ethernet-Switching Error: None, MAC-REWRITE Error: None, Loopback:
> > > Disabled, Flow control: Enabled, Auto-negotiation: Enabled,
> > >   Remote fault: Online, Media type: Copper, IEEE 802.3az Energy
> Efficient
> > > Ethernet: Disabled, Auto-MDIX: Enabled
> > >   Device flags   : Present Running
> > >   Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x0
> > >   Link flags     : None
> > >   CoS queues     : 12 supported, 12 maximum usable queues
> > >   Hold-times     : Up 0 ms, Down 0 ms
> > >   Current address: cc:e5:94:11:43:23, Hardware address:
> cc:e5:94:11:43:23
> > >   Last flapped   : 2020-03-28 18:43:04 CET (3w0d 13:30 ago)
> > >   Statistics last cleared: 2020-04-19 09:11:18 CEST (00:02:18 ago)
> > >   Traffic statistics:
> > >    Input  bytes  :             21782579               932296 bps
> > >    Output bytes  :             17898068               498704 bps
> > >    Input  packets:                76844                  569 pps
> > >    Output packets:                82594                  590 pps
> > >    IPv6 transit statistics:
> > >     Input  bytes  :                   0
> > >     Output bytes  :                   0
> > >     Input  packets:                   0
> > >     Output packets:                   0
> > >   Input errors:
> > >     Errors: 28, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 28, Runts: 0, Policed
> discards:
> > > 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0,
> > >     L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, FIFO errors: 0, Resource errors: 0
> > >
> > >
> > > Here part of the config:
> > >
> > > @EX4300-A> show configuration interfaces ge-0/0/0 | display set
> > > set interfaces ge-0/0/0 ether-options auto-negotiation
> > > set interfaces ge-0/0/0 ether-options flow-control
> > > set interfaces ge-0/0/0 ether-options 802.3ad ae0
> > >
> > >
> > > @EX4300-A> show configuration interfaces ae0 | display set
> > > set interfaces ae0 mtu 9192
> > > set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options flow-control
> > > set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options lacp active
> > > set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options lacp periodic fast
> > > set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching interface-mode
> trunk
> > > set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members 2228
> > > set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members
> 2552-2553
> > > set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching filter input QOS
> > >
> > >
> > > @EX4300-A> show configuration security macsec | display set
> > > set security macsec connectivity-association MAC security-mode
> static-cak
> > > set security macsec connectivity-association MAC pre-shared-key ckn
> xxxx
> > > set security macsec connectivity-association MAC pre-shared-key cak
> > > "tttttvvvv"
> > > set security macsec connectivity-association MAC exclude-protocol lldp
> > > set security macsec connectivity-association MAC exclude-protocol lacp
> > > set security macsec interfaces ge-0/0/0 connectivity-association MAC
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear all, an help is appreciated and welcomme, please let me thank in
> > > advance anyone will give an hint.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > James
>


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