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Switchover testing in M-LAG environment.

Created: Oct 11, 2021 10:32:58Latest reply: Oct 21, 2021 14:49:44 210 3 0 0 0
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Hi All,


I have a small scenario in which I need your help. 


I am planning on testing switchover of two CE-6800 switches that are running in M-LAG environment.


Details of interfaces are as follows:


Eth-Trunk0: Peer-link

Eth-Trunk1: Uplink device

Eth-Trunk2: Downlink device.


I will shut Eth-Trunks 1 and 2. Do I need to shut Eth-Trunk 0 as well to test the switchover of services?


Any answer with an explanation would be really appreciated.

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Admin Created Oct 12, 2021 06:42:51

Hi,
If you mean to test the master/backup switch, yes, you also should shut down the Eth-Trunk 0, so that the backup switch can be able to switch to the master role.
Actually, no matter the uplink or downlink M-LAG member interface fails(the peer-link works normally), the DFS group master and backup states do not change, in other words, though you shut down both uplink and downlink, the role switching mechanism wouldn't be triggered. To simulate that switchover, the backup switch should notice that the master device is down, in other words, the M-LAG DAD packets shouldn't be detected on the backup switch. What's more, the DAD link down but peer-link normal wouldn't cause the switchover, so you should shutdown the peer-link too.
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Hi,
If you mean to test the master/backup switch, yes, you also should shut down the Eth-Trunk 0, so that the backup switch can be able to switch to the master role.
Actually, no matter the uplink or downlink M-LAG member interface fails(the peer-link works normally), the DFS group master and backup states do not change, in other words, though you shut down both uplink and downlink, the role switching mechanism wouldn't be triggered. To simulate that switchover, the backup switch should notice that the master device is down, in other words, the M-LAG DAD packets shouldn't be detected on the backup switch. What's more, the DAD link down but peer-link normal wouldn't cause the switchover, so you should shutdown the peer-link too.
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