IRF - Physical Port after Rebbot Down

[tomrazz]

Hi

I am using two HP FF 5700-40XG-2QSFP+ Switches and want to form an IRF fabric. Both Switches are running with the same system image.

System image: flash:/5700-cmw710-system-r2310.bin
System image version: 7.1.045, Release 2310

After I am done with the configuration the second member (standy) reboots which is ok and i see this log messages

Switch 1 (Master):

[*******-FortyGigE1/0/41]%Jan 19 15:16:37:370 2011 ******* IFNET/3/PHY_UPDOWN: FortyGigE1/0/41 link status is up.
%Jan 19 15:16:37:371 2011 ******* IFNET/5/LINK_UPDOWN: Line protocol on the interface FortyGigE1/0/41 is up.
%Jan 19 15:16:37:454 2011 ******* STM/6/STM_LINK_STATUS_UP: IRF port 1 is up.
%Jan 19 15:16:37:940 2011 ******* STM/4/STM_LINK_RECOVERY: Merge occurs.
%Jan 19 15:16:42:216 2011 ******* STM/3/STM_LINK_STATUS_DOWN: IRF port 1 is down.
%Jan 19 15:16:42:218 2011 ******* IFNET/3/PHY_UPDOWN: FortyGigE1/0/41 link status is down.
%Jan 19 15:16:42:219 2011 ******* IFNET/5/LINK_UPDOWN: Line protocol on the interface FortyGigE1/0/41 is down.

Switch 2 (Member):

[*******-FortyGigE2/0/41]undo shutdown
[*******-FortyGigE2/0/41]%Jan 19 15:16:47:149 2011 ******* IFNET/3/PHY_UPDOWN: FortyGigE2/0/41 link status is up.
%Jan 19 15:16:47:150 2011 ******* IFNET/5/LINK_UPDOWN: Line protocol on the interface FortyGigE2/0/41 is up.
%Jan 19 15:16:47:258 2011 ******* STM/6/STM_LINK_STATUS_UP: IRF port 2 is up.

Starting......
Press Ctrl+D to access BASIC BOOT MENU

After Switch 2 finished the reboot the physical interface on Switch 2 which I use for the IRF link is administratively shut down and no IRF fabric has been formed

Interface            Link Speed   Duplex Type PVID Description
FGE2/0/41            ADM  40G     F      --   --

Switch1:

[*******]display irf
MemberID    Role    Priority  CPU-Mac         Description
 *+1        Master  32        7848-596a-1621  ---
--------------------------------------------------
 * indicates the device is the master.
 + indicates the device through which the user logs in.

 The Bridge MAC of the IRF is: 7848-596a-1620
 Auto upgrade                : yes
 Mac persistent              : 6 min
 Domain ID                   : 1
[*******]display irf topology
                              Topology Info
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
               IRF-Port1                IRF-Port2
 MemberID    Link       neighbor      Link       neighbor    Belong To
 1           DOWN       ---           DIS        ---         7848-596a-1621
[*******]display irf configuration
 MemberID NewID    IRF-Port1                     IRF-Port2
 1        1        FortyGigE1/0/41               disable

Switch2:

[*******]display irf
MemberID    Role    Priority  CPU-Mac         Description
 *+2        Master  1         7848-596a-1785  ---
--------------------------------------------------
 * indicates the device is the master.
 + indicates the device through which the user logs in.

 The Bridge MAC of the IRF is: 7848-596a-1784
 Auto upgrade                : yes
 Mac persistent              : 6 min
 Domain ID                   : 0
[*******]display irf to
[*******]display irf topology
                              Topology Info
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
               IRF-Port1                IRF-Port2
 MemberID    Link       neighbor      Link       neighbor    Belong To
 2           DIS        ---           DOWN       ---         7848-596a-1785
[*******]display irf c
[*******]display irf configuration
 MemberID NewID    IRF-Port1                     IRF-Port2
 2        2        disable                       FortyGigE2/0/41

I have used the FortyGigE interface for the IRF link but this problem also occurs when i use the  Ten-GigabitEthernet interace.

thanks in advance

tom

[TerjeAFK]

Did you disable the physical interfaces before creating the IRF ports and then enable them afterwards? Here is the procedure we used for our IRF ring (on 5900 switches):

On member 1:

interface FortyGigE 1/0/53
shutdown
quit

irf-port 1/1
port group interface FortyGigE 1/0/53
quit

interface FortyGigE 1/0/53
undo shutdown
quit

On member 2:

interface FortyGigE 2/0/53
shutdown
quit

irf-port 2/1
port group interface FortyGigE 2/0/53
quit

interface FortyGigE 2/0/53
undo shutdown
quit

[tomrazz]

Yes, I did it in the same way.

[TerjeAFK]

What do the commands "display irf link" and "display irf topology" give you?

[tomrazz]

Switch1:

<*******>display irf topology
                              Topology Info
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
               IRF-Port1                IRF-Port2
 MemberID    Link       neighbor      Link       neighbor    Belong To
 1           DOWN       ---           DIS        ---         7848-596a-1621
<*******>displ
<*******>display irf li
<*******>display irf link
Member 1
 IRF Port  Interface                             Status
 1         FortyGigE1/0/41                       DOWN
 2         disable   

Switch2:

<*******>display irf topology
                              Topology Info
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
               IRF-Port1                IRF-Port2
 MemberID    Link       neighbor      Link       neighbor    Belong To
 2           DIS        ---           DOWN       ---         7848-596a-1785
<*******>display irf link
Member 2
 IRF Port  Interface                             Status
 1         disable                               --
 2         FortyGigE2/0/41                       ADM

[sdide]

Hi Tomrazz.

Did you remember to save the configuration after you did the

] undo shutdown

on Forty 1/0/41 ?

and before the reboot?

Otherwise the switch will boot with the last saved (i.e shutdown).

Regards