Could someone check this configuration please?

[Paul Hutchings]

I have 3 Procurve switches each connected to each other to form a redundant loop.

Everything appears to work however I'm seeing some funny stuff going on with arp caching and vsphere if I pull a switch to simulate a failure.

I'd really appreciate a sanity check that I'm not doing something stupid with the switch configuration.

All I need is a VLAN (100 in this instance) for iSCSI that is tagged/trunked so it spans all the switches.

Site A Startup configuration:

; J9145A Configuration Editor; Created on release #W.14.49

hostname "Site A P4000 2910al"
module 1 type J9145A
module 2 type J9008A
interface 1
flow-control
exit
interface 2
flow-control
exit
interface 3
flow-control
exit
interface 4
flow-control
exit
interface 5
flow-control
exit
interface 6
flow-control
exit
interface 7
flow-control
exit
interface 8
flow-control
exit
interface 9
flow-control
exit
interface 10
flow-control
exit
interface 11
flow-control
exit
interface 12
flow-control
exit
interface 13
flow-control
exit
interface 14
flow-control
exit
interface 15
flow-control
exit
interface 16
flow-control
exit
interface 17
flow-control
exit
interface 18
flow-control
exit
interface 19
flow-control
exit
interface 20
flow-control
exit
interface 21
flow-control
exit
interface 22
flow-control
exit
interface 23
flow-control
exit
interface 24
flow-control
exit
interface A1
flow-control
exit
interface A2
flow-control
exit
ip default-gateway 10.65.254.254
ip arp-age 1
vlan 1
name "DEFAULT_VLAN"
untagged 1,13-22,24,A2
ip address 10.65.128.144 255.255.0.0
no untagged 2-12,23,A1
exit
vlan 100
name "iSCSI"
untagged 2-12,23
tagged A1
no ip address
exit
vlan 200
name "vMotion"
tagged 2-12,A1
no ip address
exit
vlan 666
name "no-use"
untagged A1
no ip address
exit
snmp-server community "public" unrestricted
spanning-tree
spanning-tree priority 0


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Site B Startup configuration:

; J9145A Configuration Editor; Created on release #W.14.49

hostname "Site B P4000 2910al"
module 1 type J9145A
module 2 type J9008A
interface 1
flow-control
exit
interface 2
flow-control
exit
interface 3
flow-control
exit
interface 4
flow-control
exit
interface 5
flow-control
exit
interface 6
flow-control
exit
interface 7
flow-control
exit
interface 8
flow-control
exit
interface 9
flow-control
exit
interface 10
flow-control
exit
interface 11
flow-control
exit
interface 12
flow-control
exit
interface 13
flow-control
exit
interface 14
flow-control
exit
interface 15
flow-control
exit
interface 16
flow-control
exit
interface 17
flow-control
exit
interface 18
flow-control
exit
interface 19
flow-control
exit
interface 20
flow-control
exit
interface 21
flow-control
exit
interface 22
flow-control
exit
interface 23
flow-control
exit
interface 24
flow-control
exit
interface A1
flow-control
exit
interface A2
flow-control
exit
ip default-gateway 10.65.254.254
vlan 1
name "DEFAULT_VLAN"
untagged 1,13-23,A2
ip address 10.65.128.143 255.255.0.0
no untagged 2-12,24-A1
exit
vlan 100
name "iSCSI"
untagged 2-12,24
tagged A1
no ip address
exit
vlan 200
name "vMotion"
tagged A1
no ip address
exit
vlan 666
name "no-use"
untagged A1
no ip address
exit
snmp-server community "public" unrestricted
spanning-tree
spanning-tree priority 4



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Site C Startup configuration:

; J9279A Configuration Editor; Created on release #Y.11.16

hostname "Site C P4000 2510g"
snmp-server location "Site C"
interface 1
flow-control
exit
interface 2
flow-control
exit
interface 3
flow-control
exit
interface 4
flow-control
exit
interface 5
flow-control
exit
interface 6
flow-control
exit
interface 7
flow-control
exit
interface 8
flow-control
exit
interface 9
flow-control
exit
interface 10
flow-control
exit
interface 11
flow-control
exit
interface 12
flow-control
exit
interface 13
flow-control
exit
interface 14
flow-control
exit
interface 15
flow-control
exit
interface 16
flow-control
exit
interface 17
flow-control
exit
interface 18
flow-control
exit
interface 19
flow-control
exit
interface 20
flow-control
exit
interface 21
flow-control
exit
interface 22
flow-control
exit
interface 23
flow-control
exit
interface 24
flow-control
exit
ip default-gateway 10.65.254.254
sntp server 10.65.3.252
ip arp-age 1
timesync sntp
sntp unicast
snmp-server community "public" Unrestricted
vlan 1
name "DEFAULT_VLAN"
untagged 1,13-22
ip address 10.65.128.131 255.255.0.0
no untagged 2-12,23-24
exit
vlan 100
name "iSCSI"
untagged 2-12,23-24
exit
spanning-tree

[Mohammed Faiz]

Hi,

Could you confirm what ports your switches are interlinked on?
Also, it's generally a good idea to tag vlans on switch-switch links and use untagged ports for just access ports.

[Paul Hutchings]

Sure,

A1 on Site A and A1 on Site B.

23 on Site A to 23 on Site C.

24 on Site B to 24 on Site C.

Thanks.

[Mohammed Faiz]

Ok, well that looks fine as far as connectivity on VLAN 100 goes. Obviously you haven't got the same redundancy setup for VLAN 1.
When you say "pull a switch" are you powering off a whole switch or simulating a link failure?
What is the odd behaviour you experience?