Storm Control on Port-Channel Interfaces (6500 platform)

Hello.
I cannot find it anywhere in the documentation for the Cisco 6500 platform (IOS). The question is this: When calculating the percentage of broadcast passing through a Port-Channel interface, which total bandwidth figure is used by the switch? For example:
a. If we have a bundle of 4 Gig interfaces in a PortChannel with Storm-Control applied, the threshold will be calculated over 4Gb/s or 1Gb/s?
b. If the same PortChannel for some reason loses 2 of the uplinks in the Bundle, will the calculation be made over 4Gb/s, 2Gb/s or 1Gb/s?
Thanks!

Hi Leo,
I can't find any reference to this at the moment, but my thoughts are that it will be based on a single member port of the port-channel.
Remember that a port-channel is logically a single link and so a broadcast is only sent on one of the links of the port-channel and not all of them. The decision as to which link is used will be the same as for any other frame i.e., the broadcast address is used within the hashing calculation to choose the physical port.
If the storm-control values are determined based upon the aggregate bandwidth, and changes as links are added/removed from the agregate, then the suppression threshold values for link carrying the broadcasts is never going to be correct.
Regards

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Hi Brendan,
You said "i only get 900+ mbps which indicates that the GB ports are running fine. this also indicates to me that the traffic is not being "striped" across the port-channeled interfaces, thereby giving me the aggregated bandwidth of all interfaces in the LAG. i have found no options to use the balance-xor mode to create port-channels, which as i understand it, would aggregate the total bandwidth of all interfaces in the LAG."
As the Admin guide says on page 130, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/csbms/sf30x_sg30x/administration_guide/78-19308-01.pdf
Load Balancing
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non-IP packets.
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So your comment about achieving 900+mbps sounds normal   Yes LAG spreads the load, the benefit comes when lots of hosts on both sides of the switches.
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regards Dave

OSPF load balancing across multiple port channels

I have googled/searched for this everywhere but haven't been able to find a solution. Forgive me if I leave something out but I will try to convey all relevant information. Hopefully someone can provide some insight and many thanks in advance.
I have three switches (A, B, and C) that are all running OSPF and LACP port channelling among themselves on a production network. Each port channel interface contains two physical interfaces and trunks a single vlan (so a vlan connecting each switch over a port channel). OSPF is running on each vlan interface.
Switch A - ME3600
Switch B - 3550
Switch C - 3560G
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A and C port channel load balancing is configured for src-dst-ip. B is a 3550 and does not have this option, so it is set to src-mac.
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Switch A:
interface Port-channel1
description Link to B
port-type nni
switchport trunk allowed vlan 11
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interface Port-channel3
description Link to C
port-type nni
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10
switchport mode trunk
interface Vlan10
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interface Port-channel1
description Link to A
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 11
switchport mode trunk
interface Vlan11
ip address x.x.x.135 255.255.255.254
interface Port-channel2
description Link to C
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 12
switchport mode trunk
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interface Port-channel1
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switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
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switchport mode trunk
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Routing entry for 10.82.4.0/24
Known via "ospf 1", distance 110, metric 154, type extern 1
Last update from x.x.x.153 on Vlan10, 01:20:46 ago
Routing Descriptor Blocks:
x.x.x.153, from 10.82.15.1, 01:20:46 ago, via Vlan10
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* x.x.x.135, from 10.82.15.1, 01:20:46 ago, via Vlan11
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10.82.4.0/24
nexthop x.x.x.135 Vlan11
nexthop x.x.x.153 Vlan10
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10.82.4.0/24, epoch 0, RIB[I], refcount 5, per-destination sharing
sources: RIB
ifnums:
Vlan10(1157): x.x.x.153
Vlan11(1192): x.x.x.135
path 093DBC20, path list 0937412C, share 1/1, type attached nexthop, for IPv4
nexthop x.x.x.135 Vlan11, adjacency IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
path 093DC204, path list 0937412C, share 1/1, type attached nexthop, for IPv4
nexthop x.x.x.153 Vlan10, adjacency IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
output chain:
loadinfo 088225C0, per-session, 2 choices, flags 0003, 88 locks
flags: Per-session, for-rx-IPv4
16 hash buckets
< 0 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
< 1 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
< 2 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
< 3 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
< 4 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
< 5 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
< 6 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
< 7 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
< 8 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
< 9 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
<10 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
<11 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
<12 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
<13 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
<14 > IP adj out of Vlan11, addr x.x.x.135 08EE7560
<15 > IP adj out of Vlan10, addr x.x.x.153 093A4E60
Subblocks:
None

About n1000v with port channel

there is a n1000v connected to multiple upstream switches in the customer's production environment.
the following is from the Cisco Nexus 1000V Interface Configuration Guide, Release4.2(1)SV2(2.1).
You use vPC-HM mode to create a port channel when the switch is connected to multiple upstream switches
that are not clustered.
my question is,
can I use LACP with multiple upstream switches that are not clustered?
can I use LACP with multiple upstream switches that are stacked?
if I stack multiple upstream switches,does it mean clustered?
thanks.

Hi,
See some of the guidelines:
Guidelines and Limitations
Port channeling has the following guidelines and restrictions:
•All ports in the port channel must be in the same Cisco Nexus 1000V module; you cannot configure port channels across Cisco Nexus 1000V modules.
•Port channels can be formed with multiple upstream links only when they satisfy the compatibility requirements and under the following conditions:
–The uplinks from the host are going to the same upstream switch.
–The uplinks from the host going to multiple upstream switches are configured with vPC-HM.
•You can configure multiple port channels on a device.
•After you configure a port channel, the configuration that you apply to the port channel interface affects the port channel member ports. The configuration that you apply to the member ports affects only the member port where you apply the configuration.
•You must remove the port security information from a port before you can add that port to a port channel. Similarly, you cannot apply the port security configuration to a port that is a member of a channel group.
•You can configure ports that belong to a port channel group as PVLAN ports.
•Any configuration changes that you apply to the port channel is applied to every member interface of that port channel.
•Channel member ports cannot be a source or destination SPAN port.
That said LACP should work on switches that are not clustered and meet the conditions above.
A stack is treated as one unit which means that would be like you have just one big chassis.
Stacking does not the same as clustering it works different. so if you stack them that would be a stack not a cluster
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_2_1_s_v_1_4/interface/configuration/guide/n1000v_if_5portchannel.html#wp1270746
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Nexus 1000v - port-channel "refresh"

Hi All,
My question is, does anyone have any information on this 1000v command:
Nexus-1000v(config)# port-channel internal device-id table refresh
I am looking for a way for the port-channel interface to be automatically removed from the 1000v once the VEM has been deleted, currently the port-channel interface does not disappear when the VEM has been removed. This seems to be causing problems once the same VEM is re-added later on. Ports are getting sent into quarantine states and ending up in invalid states (eg. NoPortProfile state when there is actually a port-profile attached).
Anyway, if anyone can explain the above command or tell me how to find out more, it would be great, I can't find it documented anywhere and the context-sensitive help in the NXOS is vague at best.

Brendan,
I don't have much information on that command, but I do know it wont remove any unused port channels. They have to be manually deleted if they're no longer needed.
The port Channel ID will remain even after a VEM is removed in case the assigned VEM comes back. When a VEM is decommisioned permanently, I'll do a "no vem x" to also remove the Host entry for that VEM from the VSM. This way the module slot # can be re-assigned to the next new VEM inserted. After adding/removing VEMs just do a "show port-channel summary" to see any unused Port Channel IDs, and delete them. It's a quick & painless task.
I would hope this wouldn't be a common issue - how often are you deleting/removing VEMs?
Regards,
Robert

6880X VSS Port-Channel

Hi
I was trying to configure two 6800x switches as a VSS pair, Ive done this on 4500x switches before and worked a treat. when setting up a L2 port-channel, for some reason it puts the ports into routed mode and does not allow me to build a L2 port-channel.
So I add the following config for the port-channel
Interface port-channel 10
Description VSL_Link
switchport
switch virtual link 2
no shut
Interface range Tengig 1/1 – 1/2
Description VSL_Link
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 10 mode on
Now as soon as I type the channel-group 10 mode on, it gives an error
"Command rejected (Port-channel10): Either port is L2 and port-channel is L3, or vice-versa"
I managed to create a L2 port-channel on a 4500x, will the 6800x only allow me to create a l3 port channel.

Hi
I tried this config on the 4500x and it worked, now I have also added the switchport mode trunk command to both the port-channel and interface and still getting the same error.
When I do sh int status, the ports are showing as routed
I cleared the config and first set both interface as trunks, then when I do the channel-group 10 mode on command, it accepts the command an automatically creates the port-channel, but the interfaces show as routed.
This is my first time using a 6880x, when i logged into it, the default hostname is set to Router. I was expecting it to be named Switch, not that the hostname affects the config but makes me wonder, is the config different for the 6880x as opposed to other L3 switches

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