Thanks Rick - Can you please confirm what version of IOS-XE you are running?
Mine are running 03.04.00.SG Cheers. > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:36:58 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 4500-X VSS %EC-5-CANNOT_BUNDLE2 > > I'm not ignoring this thread, I'm trying to remember what made it work > for me. My 4500Xs are in production now, so I can't just go in the back > and play with it. > > No one from Cisco out there can grab two in a lab and play with this? > > I remember having a really hard time making this work because there > wasn't a guide for building a vss pair of 4500Xs out there. I glued > things together from documentation for vss on a 6K and 7K to make it work. > > I will go through my saved ssh/serial logs and captures, I may have some > golden nuggets in there. > > -Rick > > > > > On 3/13/2013 4:47 PM, CiscoNSP List wrote: > > > > Hi Andras, > > > > Exactly the same result: > > > > > > sw1(config-if)#*Mar 13 12:45:50.936: %EC-5-CANNOT_BUNDLE2: Te1/16 is not > > compatible with Po5 and will be suspended (trunk mode of Te1/16 is dynamic, > > Po5 is trunk) > > > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:24:27 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 4500-X VSS %EC-5-CANNOT_BUNDLE2 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > > And if you add "switchport" and "switch virtual link 1" on the port-channel > > before adding Te1/16 as a member interface, like below? > > int po5 switchport > > switch virtual link 1 > > int te1/16 channel-group 5 mode on > > Best regards,Andras > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:57 AM, CiscoNSP List <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Andras - > > > > I removed portchan5, defaulted te1/16, re-added portchan5 and then only > > added "channel-group 5 mode on" under te1/16, and still get the following > > error: > > > > > > *Mar 12 19:51:33.155: %EC-5-CANNOT_BUNDLE2: Te1/16 is not compatible with > > Po5 and will be suspended (trunk mode of Te1/16 is dynamic, Po5 is trunk) > > > > > > These are 2 new switches, so dont have smartnet on them (yet)....Ill get > > smartnet this week and open a TAC case as it does look like it is a bug. > > > > Thanks again for your help. > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:14:14 +0100 > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 4500-X VSS %EC-5-CANNOT_BUNDLE2 > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > > > > > Those config lines are added because it's a VSL (Virtual Switch Link) > > between the two VSS boxes. > > When you configure VSL, all existing configurations are removed from the > > interface except for specific allowed commands. When you configure VSL, the > > system puts the interface into a restricted mode. This means that only > > specific configuration commands can be configured on the interface. > > > > > > The following VSL configuration commands are inserted automatically on all > > VSL member ports:switchport mode trunk > > switchport nonegotiate > > no lldp transmit > > > > > > no lldp receive > > no cdp enable > > service-policy output VSL-Queuing-Policy > > > > > > Also note the following:In VSL restricted mode, only these configuration > > commands are available: > > > > channel-group > > ... > > This seems to suggest that you should not try to configure switchport > > commands on your VSL link. Please see the Configuration Guide below for > > details: > > > > > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/15.1.2/XE_340/configuration/guide/vss.html > > > > > > > > > > If you still find that there's an error in the simple process of adding > > interfaces to the port-channel when it's used as a VSL, then I'd suggest to > > open a TAC case because it might be a new bug, given that VSS on 4500 is a > > pretty new feature, but it seems you just don't need to mess with > > switchport config on VSL ports. > > > > > > Best regards,Andras > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:39 AM, CiscoNSP List <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply Gert. > > > > > > > > On the 4500X, the sequence is (As you describe): > > > > > > > > Create portchan, then add portchan to physical/member Int. > > > > > > > > For VSS on the 4500X, it is: > > > > > > > > SW1(config)#int port-channel 5 > > > > SW1(config-if)#switchport > > > > SW1(config-if)#switch virtual link 1 > > > > SW1(config-if)#no shut > > > > SW1(config-if)#exit > > > > > > > > > > > > SW1(config)#int TenGigabitEthernet1/16 > > > > SW1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk > > > > SW1(config-if)#channel-group 5 mode on > > > > > > > > > > > > The 4500X then "automagically" adds the following to the physical Int (And > > also restricts what commands you can enter on the member Interface) > > > > > > > > switchport nonegotiate > > > > no lldp transmit > > > > no lldp receive > > > > no cdp enable > > > > service-policy output VSL-Queuing-Policy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:39:58 +0100 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; > >> [email protected] > > > > > >> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 4500-X VSS %EC-5-CANNOT_BUNDLE2 > >> Hi, > >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:42:46PM +1100, CiscoNSP List wrote: > >>> Portchan conf (That fails): (Hotmail will probably screw the formatting): > >>> interface Port-channel5 > >>> switchport > >>> switchport mode trunk > >>> switchport nonegotiate > >>> switch virtual link 1 > >>> And Int conf: > >>> interface TenGigabitEthernet1/16 switchport mode trunk > >>> switchport nonegotiate > >>> no lldp transmit > >>> no lldp receive > >>> no cdp enable > >>> channel-group 5 mode on > >>> service-policy output VSL-Queuing-Policy > >> Don't configure stuff on member interfaces after joining a channel. Ever. > >> (IOS should just disallow this in the first place) > >> The "right" sequence of things is: > >> int te1/16 > >> switchport > >> channel-group 5 mode on > >> no shut > >> and then *everything else* is configured under "int port-channel 5", > >> including > >> trunk/no trunk, vlans, service-policy, ... > >> (For some stupid reasons, switchport/no switchport needs to be set on the > >> interface first, before joining the channel) > >> gert > >> -- > >> USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW! > >> > >> //www.muc.de/~gert/ > >> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany > >> [email protected] > >> fax: +49-89-35655025 > >> [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > -- > Rick Coloccia, Jr. > Network Manager > State University of NY College at Geneseo > 1 College Circle, 119 South Hall > Geneseo, NY 14454 > V: 585-245-5577 > F: 585-245-5579 > > CIT will never ask for your password or other confidential information via > email. > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
