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IPv6 Neighbor Discovery over aggregated links

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  • 1.  IPv6 Neighbor Discovery over aggregated links

    Posted 13 days ago

    I have a Cisco switch connected to an Aruba switch with an aggregated link. The Cisco is configured as router and has a L3 ether-channel:

    interface GigabitEthernet1/0/23

     no switchport

     channel-group 23 mode active

    end

    interface GigabitEthernet1/0/23

    no switchport

     channel-group 23 mode active

    end

    interface Port-channel23

     no switchport

    ipv6 address FDDA:577C:1965:420::81/64

    ipv6 enable

    ipv6 ospf 81 area 1

    end

    On the Aruba side the trunk is configured as an access port.

    trunk 1/1-1/2 trk1 lacp

    interface 1/1

       untagged vlan 420

       trunk trk1 lacp

       exit

    interface 1/2

       untagged vlan 420

       trunk trk1 lacp

       exit

    My Cisco switch reports to receive IPv6 ND DAD packets for address fdda:577c:1965:420::81, as well as its auto configured address fe80::3e26:e4ff:fe14:a7ff that exists on the same interface. These packets can only have originated from itself, so apparently the packets sent out by the Cisco are somehow returned to it by the Aruba. (There is no way another device is sending out these packets, there is no duplicate address.)

    My guess is that, since ND packets are flooded, the Aruba receives the packet on one physical interface of the aggregated link and floods it out of the other physical interface, so the Cisco has its own packet returned.

    My other guess is that this is not how things should behave...

    Is there anything missing or wrong with above configuration? Or is this a bug on the Aruba side?

    Timo



  • 2.  RE: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery over aggregated links

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted 13 days ago

    Can't imagine that the Aruba returns packets over another link in the trunk. Does everything work if you bring down one of the links and run on a single link?



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  • 3.  RE: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery over aggregated links

    Posted 12 days ago

    Hello Herman,

    You seem to be right. Bringing down one of the interfaces makes no difference: I still receive my own DAD packets.

    I have to look into this further. I have another switch that has the same function and configuration, but here no DAD packets are received back (or they are not logged).

    If I have an update I'll post it here.



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