Cisco Etherchannel and Nortel Trunking

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Cisco Etherchannel and Nortel Trunking cconnell_1 09-27-2006
Posted by on September 27, 2006, 6:20 am
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Hi,
Does anyone know where can I find a document of how to set up the two
together? or some more information or experiences of doing this?
The cisco people here say that it doenst behave as expected, in that
when we remove a cable from the trunk and re-connect it again, we
notice a real server health check interuption, whereas it should be
completely transparent. We are running .1q vlans over the trunk.
Thanks


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Posted by MC on September 27, 2006, 5:54 am
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cconnell_1@lycos.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know where can I find a document of how to set up the two
> together? or some more information or experiences of doing this?
> The cisco people here say that it doenst behave as expected, in that
> when we remove a cable from the trunk and re-connect it again, we
> notice a real server health check interuption, whereas it should be
> completely transparent. We are running .1q vlans over the trunk.
> Thanks
>
I have not had to do for a while, seems like Nortel in some
products/code had support for this.

Also may be able to use LACP which should be standard if your code level
supports it.


Posted by Dophi on September 27, 2006, 9:16 pm
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Just simply use Etherchannel mode on to connect with Nortel MLT with
Nortel STP off.

cconnell_1@lycos.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know where can I find a document of how to set up the two
> together? or some more information or experiences of doing this?
> The cisco people here say that it doenst behave as expected, in that
> when we remove a cable from the trunk and re-connect it again, we
> notice a real server health check interuption, whereas it should be
> completely transparent. We are running .1q vlans over the trunk.
> Thanks


Posted by Dophi on September 27, 2006, 9:58 pm
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BTW, the "Nortel STG disable" function is only available in Passport
1600 and 8600 platform.

cconnell_1@lycos.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know where can I find a document of how to set up the two
> together? or some more information or experiences of doing this?
> The cisco people here say that it doenst behave as expected, in that
> when we remove a cable from the trunk and re-connect it again, we
> notice a real server health check interuption, whereas it should be
> completely transparent. We are running .1q vlans over the trunk.
> Thanks


Posted by Dophi on September 27, 2006, 10:21 pm
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For BayStack, you can use LACP with 802.1Q to connect with Cisco LACP.

Here is the configuration example.

BayStack 470 (Port 18-19 LACP) <--> Cisco 3550 ( port 0/18 - 0/19)
VLANs 10 and 20 will be tagged across the LAG (Link Aggregation Group)
LACP key = 3
MLT ID = 2
LACP Timeout = Long

For BayStack 470,
470-48T(config)#vlan members remove 1 ALL
470-48T(config)#vlan ports 18,19 tagging tagall
470-48T(config)# vlan create 10 type port
470-48T(config)#vlan create 20 type port
470-48T(config)# vlan members add 10 18-20
470-48T(config)#vlan members add 20 18-20
470-48T(config)# interface fastEthernet all
470-48T(config-if)#no spanning-tree port 18,19 stp 1
470-48T(config-if)# lacp key port 18,19 3
470-48T(config-if)# lacp mode port 18,19 active
470-48T(config-if)# lacp aggregation port 18,19 enable
470-48T(config-if)# exit

For Cisco 3550,

Add VLANs 10 and 20
C3550#vlan data
C3550(vlan)#vlan 10 state active
C3550(vlan)#vlan 20 state active
C3550(vlan)#exit

!
spanning-tree mode pvst
spanning-tree extend system-id
no spanning-tree vlan 2,4,10,20
spanning-tree vlan 4,100-102 priority 8192
!
vlan dot1q tag native
!
interface Port-channel3
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 10
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20
switchport mode trunk
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/18
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 10
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 3 mode active
channel-protocol lacp
!
interface FastEthernet0/19
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 10
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 3 mode active
channel-protocol lacp
!
interface FastEthernet0/20
switchport access vlan 10
switchport mode access






cconnell_1@lycos.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know where can I find a document of how to set up the two
> together? or some more information or experiences of doing this?
> The cisco people here say that it doenst behave as expected, in that
> when we remove a cable from the trunk and re-connect it again, we
> notice a real server health check interuption, whereas it should be
> completely transparent. We are running .1q vlans over the trunk.
> Thanks


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