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Samson
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Dec 06, 2011

Trunk Between 3600 and OmniSwitch 9700

We currently have a functional trunk between the F5 3600 & a Cisco 2960G. The configuration is basic:

 

 

trunk Gateway-Trunk {

 

lacp enable

 

interfaces {

 

1.1

 

1.2

 

1.3

 

}

 

}

 

 

On Cisco:

 

 

interface Port-channel6

 

description Etherchannel to motdr-f53600-01 gateway

 

switchport trunk native vlan 21

 

switchport trunk allowed vlan 21

 

switchport mode trunk

 

 

interface GigabitEthernet0/20

 

description to motdr-f53600-01 1.1

 

switchport trunk native vlan 21

 

switchport trunk allowed vlan 21

 

switchport mode trunk

 

channel-group 6 mode active

 

!

 

interface GigabitEthernet0/21

 

description to motdr-f53600-01 1.2

 

switchport trunk native vlan 21

 

switchport trunk allowed vlan 21

 

switchport mode trunk

 

channel-group 6 mode active

 

!

 

interface GigabitEthernet0/22

 

description to motdr-f53600-01 1.3

 

switchport trunk native vlan 21

 

switchport trunk allowed vlan 21

 

switchport mode trunk

 

channel-group 6 mode active

 

!

 

 

 

We are replacing multiple Cisco switches with this one 9700 so I need to get this to work.

 

 

The OmniSwitch has two options for creating aggregation groups, either static or dynamic. The Static configuration is pretty straightforward but the dynamic method appears to be the one that allows for LACP definitions.

 

 

I tried both, removing LACP from the F5 side and going with a static agg on the Omni and then going back to LACP on the F5 and with dynamic configuration on the Omni, neither of which worked.

 

 

Anyone ever done this successfully?

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

-Samson
  • Samson's avatar
    Samson
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    Indeed it does:

     

     

    -> show 802.1q 1

     

     

    Tagged VLANS Internal Description

     

    -------------+------------------------------------------+

     

    21 TAG AGGREGATE 1 VLAN 21

     

     

    I believe there is a basic, simple, piece that I'm missing here ... I'm new to the Omni switches so... yea... fun.