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  • 1.  Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-09-2019 10:23

    Hello 

     

    I am new to Juniper and trying to do a simple thing which isn't working for me. 

     

    I have goe two EX4300 switches linked via LACP ether-channel (ae0) I have created IRBs on each switch and trying to ping IP address of one from the other and it is not working.

     

    I have got following configuration

     

    SWITCH 1

     

    set interfaces irb unit 100 family inet address 172.16.1.2/24
    set interfaces irb unit 110 family inet address 172.16.2.2/24
    set interfaces irb unit 120 family inet address 172.16.3.2/24
    set interfaces irb unit 130 family inet address 172.16.4.2/24
    
    set vlans Test1 vlan-id 100
    set vlans Test1 l3-interface irb.100
    set vlans Test2 vlan-id 110
    set vlans Test2 l3-interface irb.110
    set vlans Test3 vlan-id 130
    set vlans Test3 l3-interface irb.130
    set vlans Test4 vlan-id 120
    set vlans Test4 l3-interface irb.120
    
    set interfaces ae0 vlan-tagging
    set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options lacp active
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching interface-mode trunk
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test1
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test2
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test3
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test4

     

    Switch 2

    set interfaces irb unit 100 family inet address 172.16.1.1/24
    
    set vlans Test1 vlan-id 100
    set vlans Test1 l3-interface irb.100
    set vlans Test2 vlan-id 110
    set vlans Test3 vlan-id 130
    set vlans Test4 vlan-id 120
    
    set interfaces ae0 vlan-tagging
    set interfaces ae0 aggregated-ether-options lacp active
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching interface-mode trunk
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test1
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test2
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test3
    set interfaces ae0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members Test4

    Now if from switch  I try to ping 172.16.1.1 the ping fails and 100% of packets are lost.

     

    I have looked at "show interface terse" on both switches and ae0 and irb 100 are up. And "show vlan brief" shows that all vlans are active on ae0.

     

    I hope someone can help me with this.

     

    Thanks

     

     



  • 2.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-09-2019 11:02
    Hi Jam,

    To begin with,Can you check if you are able to learn the mac address on the ae0 interface

    show ethernet-switching table

    Also could you please provide the output of arp from both switches

    Show arp no-resolve

    Regards,
    Jibu


  • 3.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

     
    Posted 09-09-2019 11:06

    Hi,

     

    I think we are quite close to make it work since you already got you ae bundle and irb up.

     

    Let's check a few more things:

    1. Is arp learned? "show arp no-resolve |match irb"

    2. Use the source of irb interface to ping. For example "ping 

    ping 172.16.1.2 source 172.16.1.1  

    3. On some EX serials switch, the L3 interface is vlan.xxx. Check if this is your case 

    https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB10972&cat=EX4200_1&actp=LIST

     



  • 4.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-09-2019 17:05

    Hi,

     

    The config looks good. Are some IPs responding to the ping, can you try using the source and monitor the interface (monitor traffic interface irb.100)? did it work at any point? Maybe this could be related:

     

    [EX] Adding a second IRB to an AE and removing it causes the first IRB to stop working on EX4300 running Junos OS 17.3R3.10+

    https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB34070&cat=EX4300_1&actp=LIST



  • 5.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-10-2019 05:37

    Hello

     

     I am not getting any arp entries. I rebooted both switches and then after trying unsuccessful ping looked for the arp entries and there were none

     

    SWITCH 1

     

     

    ping 172.16.1.1 source 172.16.1.2
    PING 172.16.1.1 (172.16.1.1): 56 data bytes
    ^C
    --- 172.16.1.1 ping statistics ---
    10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
    

     

     

     

     

    root@Access-Stack> show arp no-resolve | match irb
    show interfaces ae0 terse
    Interface               Admin Link Proto    Local                 Remote
    ae0                     up    up
    ae0.0                   up    up   eth-switch
    ae0.32767               up    up
    

     

     

     

     show interfaces irb terse
    Interface               Admin Link Proto    Local                 Remote
    irb                     up    up
    irb.0                   up    down inet
    irb.10                  up    down inet     172.16.0.2/24
    irb.100                 up    up   inet     172.16.1.2/24
    irb.110                 up    up   inet     172.16.2.2/24
    irb.120                 up    up   inet     172.16.3.2/24
    irb.130                 up    up   inet     172.16.4.2/24
    irb.220                 up    down inet
    

    SWITCH 2

     

     

    > ping 172.16.1.2 source 172.16.1.1
    PING 172.16.1.2 (172.16.1.2): 56 data bytes
    ^C
    --- 172.16.1.2 ping statistics ---
    2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

     

     

     

    show arp no-resolve | match irb
    
    

     

     

    show interfaces irb terse
    Interface               Admin Link Proto    Local                 Remote
    irb                     up    up
    irb.100                 up    up   inet     172.16.1.1/24
    irb.220                 up    down inet
    
     show interfaces ae0 terse
    Interface               Admin Link Proto    Local                 Remote
    ae0                     up    up
    ae0.0                   up    up   eth-switch
    ae0.32767               up    up
    

     

    I started of something quite ambititious and setup Virtual Router configuration and tried to configure sub-interfaces on ae0 with each sub-interface in each Virtual router instance. When that didn't work as I then tried to implement something simple and then try more complex setup. But now even simple trunk configuration isn't working.

     

    Thanks 

     

    Thanks

     

     

     



  • 6.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-10-2019 08:24
    Can you provide the output of the below from both the switch while the ping is going on

    show ethernet-switching table
    show route

    Also can you paste the output of while doing a ping

    monitor traffic interface irb.100 <<<. From both the switch



    Regards,
    Jibu


  • 7.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-10-2019 09:25

    Hello

     

    I have the follwong output

     

    Sending Switch

     

    show ethernet-switching table
    
    show route
    
    inet.0: 12 destinations, 12 routes (12 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
    + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both
    
    0.0.0.0/0          *[Static/5] 06:20:19
                        > to 10.50.130.254 via vme.0
    10.50.130.0/24     *[Direct/0] 06:20:19
                        > via vme.0
    10.50.130.250/32   *[Local/0] 06:20:19
                          Local via vme.0
    172.16.0.2/32      *[Local/0] 06:20:20
                          Reject
    172.16.1.0/24      *[Direct/0] 06:17:54
                        > via irb.100
    172.16.1.2/32      *[Local/0] 06:20:19
                          Local via irb.100
    172.16.2.0/24      *[Direct/0] 06:17:54
                        > via irb.110
    172.16.2.2/32      *[Local/0] 06:20:19
                          Local via irb.110
    172.16.3.0/24      *[Direct/0] 06:17:54
                        > via irb.120
    172.16.3.2/32      *[Local/0] 06:20:19
                          Local via irb.120
    172.16.4.0/24      *[Direct/0] 06:17:54
                        > via irb.130
    172.16.4.2/32      *[Local/0] 06:20:19
                          Local via irb.130
    
    
    
    monitor traffic interface irb.100
    verbose output suppressed, use <detail> or <extensive> for full protocol decode
    Address resolution is ON. Use <no-resolve> to avoid any reverse lookup delay.
    Address resolution timeout is 4s.
    Listening on irb.100, capture size 96 bytes
    
    Reverse lookup for 172.16.1.1 failed (check DNS reachability).
    Other reverse lookup failures will not be reported.
    Use <no-resolve> to avoid reverse lookups on IP addresses.
    
    04:22:53.734501 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:54.434502 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:55.238670 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:56.038501 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:56.738494 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:57.638495 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:58.338496 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:59.243662 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:22:59.843496 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:23:00.543496 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:23:01.143495 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:23:01.943496 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:23:03.248018 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    04:23:03.847498 Out arp who-has 172.16.1.1 tell 172.16.1.2
    ^C
    14 packets received by filter
    0 packets dropped by kernel

    Receiving Switch

    root@Access-Stack> monitor traffic interface irb.100
    verbose output suppressed, use <detail> or <extensive> for full protocol decode
    Address resolution is ON. Use <no-resolve> to avoid any reverse lookup delay.
    Address resolution timeout is 4s.
    Listening on irb.100, capture size 96 bytes
    
    ^C
    0 packets received by filter
    0 packets dropped by kernel
    

    Lldp output to confirm I ahve got the right ports

    @Access-Stack> show lldp neighbors
    Local Interface    Parent Interface    Chassis Id          Port info          System Name
    me0                -                   c0:bf:a7:76:94:00   ge-2/0/38          R3-VC-EX-U
    ge-0/0/47          ae0                 cc:e1:94:e3:a3:40   ge-0/0/44          ClientNetwork
    ge-1/0/47          ae0                 cc:e1:94:e3:a3:40   ge-0/0/46          ClientNetwork
    
    
    
    @ClientNetwork> show lldp neighbors
    Local Interface    Parent Interface    Chassis Id          Port info          System Name
    me0                -                   c0:bf:a7:76:94:00   ge-2/0/39          R3-VC-EX-U
    ge-0/0/44          ae0                 cc:e1:94:e3:d6:40   ge-0/0/47          Access-Stack
    ge-0/0/46          ae0                 cc:e1:94:e3:d6:40   ge-1/0/47          Access-Stack
    

    Thanks



  • 8.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-10-2019 16:27

    Are they directly connected? Is this on a lab enviroment, if so will you be able to try with a single trunk link instead of an ae?



  • 9.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-11-2019 07:13

    These Switches are directly conneced and being used for testing. I tried two differnt ports. First tried them as access ports in VLAN 100 and ping worked. created a simplest trunk on both ends. 

     

    set interfaces <interface> unit 0 family ethernet-switching interface-mode trunk
    set interfaces <interface> unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members all

    Nothing else under the interface configuration. As soon as I move the configuration to trunk the ping stops working. Also tried the aeo port as access ports and that works too. It is onl when I create a trunk beween the two switches it stops working.

     

    Thanks

     



  • 10.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk

    Posted 09-19-2019 08:45

    Hi,

     

    configure this command 

    set chassis aggregated-devices ethernet device-count 10 and then commit

    Under both the ae0 configuration please remove "vlan-tagging". this is not needed.

     

    run "show ethernet-switching interface ae0"  command and check if all the VLANs defined under ae0 is tagged and then if the port is in forwarding state.

     

    Also run CLI command " show lacp interfaces ae0" to see if the state is "collecting and distributing"

     

    Run CLI command "show ethernet-switching table interface ae0" to check mac table is populated.

    Check CLI command "show arp no-resolve" and verify if ARP is resolved.

     

    Once all the above verification  is done. Ping should work, if not create JTAC case.



  • 11.  RE: Issues with IRB and trunk
    Best Answer

    Posted 09-20-2019 09:58

    I eventually founf ou what the problem was. It was this statement

     

    set interfaces ae0 vlan-tagging

    So my investigation is shown that if you add vlan tagging to a interface where you create a trunk it somwhow corrupts the vlan in a way that it can't be trunked anymore. Not even vlan-tagging command is removed. As I tested that. If you create a new vlan after that it works and also if you delete the old vlan and recreate the same vlan it starts working. I believe it is a bug here.

     

    If vlan-tagging is not acceptable with a trunk then it should not et me commit

    secondly after removing vlan-tagging it should revert back to as it was.


    #vlan-taggingontrunkinterface