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Do we have radio/ port redundancy on AP LACP GRE striping IP and how to configure AP LACP profile? 

Jun 10, 2015 06:57 AM

Q:

Do we have radio/port redundancy on AP LACP GRE striping feature and what changed in config from AOS 6.4.2.0?



A:

This article is applied to code 6.4.2.0 and above. Tested on code 6.4.2.6.

In Aruba OS 6.4.1 releases GRE striping IP address was defined in the global AP system profile, which did not allow APs to maintain GRE striping tunnels if the AP failed over to a backup controller in a different L3 network.

However from Aruba OS 6.4.2.0 The AP LACP LMS map information profile is a local profile that maps a LMS IP address (defined in the AP system profile) to a GRE striping IP address and supported across L3 networks as well. 

The GRE striping IP address parameter is deprecated from the AP system profile in Aruba OS 6.4.2.0 and above. Here is the below command to configure it.

In Aruba OS 6.4.1 &6.3

(host) (config) #ap system-profile LACP

(host) (AP system profile "LACP") #lms-ip 10.32.1.11

(host) (AP system profile "LACP") #gre-striping-ip 10.32.1.11

From Aruba OS 6.4.2.0 and above

For deployments running ArubaOS 6.4.2.x and later, execute the following commands to configure LACP and AP LACP LMS map information settings.

(host) (config) #ap system-profile LACP

(host) (AP system profile "LACP") #lms-ip 10.32.1.11

(host) (AP system profile "LACP") #exit

(host) (config) #ap-lacp-striping-ip

(host) (AP LACP LMS map information) #striping-ip 10.32.1.11

Keypoints:

  • GRE striping ip address should be the management controller address +1. In case of VRRP configured it should be VRRP address + 1.
  • GRE Striping IP does not belong to any physical or virtual interface on the controller, but the controller can transmit or receive packets using this IP.
  • Ensure that the gre-striping-ip is unique and not used by any other host on the subnet.
  • LACP cannot be enabled if wired AP functionality is enabled on the second port.

There is NO radio port redundancy with AP LACP GRE striping feature. If radio 0 the first port is down; AP will be down and no radio/port redundancy or no traffic will be passed so E0/uplink to swich needs to be always up.

From below set up you could notice “s” flag which indicates “ GRE striping ip is configured”

(WC01.SF02) #show ap database

 

AP Database

-----------

Name               Group    AP Type  IP Address   Status      Flags  Switch IP  Standby IP

----               -----    -------  ----------   ------      -----  ---------  ----------

18:64:72:c7:08:72  default  225      10.32.1.253  Up 42m:35s  s      10.32.1.8  0.0.0.0

 

Flags: U = Unprovisioned; N = Duplicate name; G = No such group; L = Unlicensed

       I = Inactive; D = Dirty or no config; E = Regulatory Domain Mismatch

       X = Maintenance Mode; P = PPPoE AP; B = Built-in AP; s = LACP striping

       R = Remote AP; R- = Remote AP requires Auth; C = Cellular RAP;

       c = CERT-based RAP; 1 = 802.1x authenticated AP; 2 = Using IKE version 2

       u = Custom-Cert RAP; S = Standby-mode AP; J = USB cert at AP

how to check both “eo and “e1” is up ?

(WC01.SF02) # show ap debug lacp ip-addr 10.32.1.253

AP LACP GRE Striping IP: 10.32.1.11

 

AP LACP Status

--------------

Link Status  LACP Rate  Num Ports  Actor Key  Partner Key  Partner MAC

-----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------

Up           slow       2          17         11           00:1a:1e:09:92:00

Slave Interface Status

----------------------

Slave I/f Name  Permanent MAC Addr  Link Status  Member of LAG  Link Fail Count

--------------  ------------------  -----------  -------------  ---------------

eth0            18:64:72:c7:08:72   Up           Yes            3

eth1            18:64:72:c7:08:73   Up           Yes            3

GRE Radio Traffic Received on Enet Ports

----------------------------------------

Radio Num  Enet 0 Rx Count  Enet 1 Rx Count

---------  ---------------  ---------------

0          405              1872

1          23               0

Traffic Sent on Enet Ports

--------------------------

Radio Num  Enet 0 Tx Count  Enet 1 Tx Count

---------  ---------------  ---------------

0          61               0

1          23               0

non-wifi   2                5275

 

Below output indicates there are two GRE tunnels established one for 5 Ghz and another for 2.4 GHz.

 

show datapath tunnel table

 

#          Source       Destination    Prt  Type  MTU   VLAN       Acls                BSSID          Decaps     Encaps   Heartbeats Flags  EncapKBytes  DecapKBytes

------  --------------  --------------  ---  ----  ----  ---- -------------------  ----------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----- ------------- -----------

9       10.32.1.11      10.32.1.253     47   8300  1500  0    0    0    2    0     18:64:72:F0:87:20         17          0          0 IMSPa

10      10.32.1.10      10.32.1.253     47   9000  1500  0    0    0    0    0     18:64:72:C7:08:72       1751          0       1734 TES

12      SPI06DC4700 in  10.32.1.8       50   IPSE  1500  0    routeDest 01F4                                536          0                              0           0

11      10.32.1.10      10.32.1.253     47   8200  1500  0    0    0    2    0     18:64:72:F0:87:30         47          0          0 IMSPa

13      SPIF6B1C500out  10.32.1.9       50   IPSE  1500  0    routeDest 01F4                                  0        434                              0           0

 

(WC01.SF02) #    show ap bss-table

 

fm (forward mode): T-Tunnel, S-Split, D-Decrypt Tunnel, B-Bridge (s-standard, p-persistent, b-backup, a-always)

 

Aruba AP BSS Table

------------------

bss                ess       port  ip           phy   type  ch/EIRP/max-EIRP  cur-cl  ap name            in-t(s)  tot-t    mtu   acl-state  acl  fm

---                ---       ----  --           ---   ----  ----------------  ------  -------            -------  -----    ---   ---------  ---  --

18:64:72:f0:87:20  aruba-ap  N/A   10.32.1.253  g-HT  ap    11/9/21           0       18:64:72:c7:08:72  0        29m:54s  1500  -          2    T

18:64:72:f0:87:30  aruba-ap  N/A   10.32.1.253  a-HT  ap    40-/15/21         0       18:64:72:c7:08:72  0        29m:54s  1500  -          2    T

 

What happens when you brought E1 port second port goes down?

 

AP is still up and all traffic will go through EO port uplink however you will notice LACP e1 port is down. Find below highlighted.

AP LACP GRE Striping IP: 10.32.1.11

AP LACP Status

--------------

Link Status  LACP Rate  Num Ports  Actor Key  Partner Key  Partner MAC

-----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------

Up           slow       1          17         11           00:1a:1e:09:92:00

Slave Interface Status

----------------------

Slave I/f Name  Permanent MAC Addr  Link Status  Member of LAG  Link Fail Count

--------------  ------------------  -----------  -------------  ---------------

eth0            18:64:72:c7:08:72   Up           Yes            3

eth1            18:64:72:c7:08:73   Down         No             4

What happens when EO port is down ?

AP will go down and AP will lose the GRE tunnel and will not come up until it come back online.

Caveat is LACP helps in terms of load balancing and increasing then throughput for better performance and reliability however it doesn’t give you the option of port redundancy.

Striping IP should be VRRP+1 IP address which is 10.32.1.11 in this case.

Useful commands

show ap debug lacp ap-name <ap-name>
shoe ap database
show datapath tunnel
show datapath user
show datapath route-cache


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