Damien Arnodo Damien
  • Joined on 2025-08-22
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-29 17:33:55 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Debugging VLAN Interface Issue

Let me gather more diagnostic information:

Check 1: Is the 8021q module loaded?

docker exec clab-arista-evpn-fabric-host1 lsmod 
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-29 17:33:42 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

VLAN Interface Creation Failing

Current Problem

The VLAN sub-interface creation is failing on host1:

/ # ifup -a
ip: RTNETLINK answers: File exists
ifup: interface bond0 already…
Damien reopened issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-29 17:33:25 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#1 2025-11-29 17:30:47 +00:00
Fixes from fix-bgp-and-mlag branch integrated to main

🎉 Host Interface Configuration Complete - Ready for Deployment

New Work Completed (November 29, 2024)

All host interface configuration files have been created using persistent binds

Damien closed issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-29 17:30:09 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-29 17:29:51 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Host Interface Configuration Complete

All host interface configuration files have been created and the topology has been updated to use persistent configuration via binds.

Files…

Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:25:48 +00:00
c0f680a0b6 Add README for hosts directory explaining interface configuration files
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:25:29 +00:00
417b3fc245 Add comprehensive host interface configuration documentation
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:24:56 +00:00
383a631d92 Update topology to use binds for host interface configuration
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:24:01 +00:00
3eedb0786c Add host4 network interfaces config with LACP bonding for VLAN 78
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:23:56 +00:00
25cc7a4dae Add host3 network interfaces config with LACP bonding for VLAN 40
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:23:47 +00:00
7c5d65558b Add host2 network interfaces config with LACP bonding for VLAN 34
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:20:39 +00:00
9ddf594862 Add host1 network interfaces config with LACP bonding
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 17:04:34 +00:00
31b52d2417 Fix host bonding: use mode 4 instead of mode 802.3ad for Alpine Linux
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 16:53:11 +00:00
34b6b7bdd6 Fix command syntax - remove invalid 'show mlag interfaces Port-Channel1'
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 16:39:23 +00:00
c3aef36a8e Update troubleshooting guide
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-29 12:42:55 +00:00
fb682fdb19 Add comprehensive EVPN-VXLAN troubleshooting guide
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 16:20:59 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

LACP Fallback - Explanation

What Problem Does It Solve?

Without LACP Fallback:

  • Port-Channel waits for full LACP negotiation before forwarding ANY traffic
  • If LACP PDUs are delayed…
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 16:20:38 +00:00
ba3ed79363 Add LACP fallback configuration to leaf configs
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 16:17:57 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Status Update - Partial Fix Applied

Completed:

  • leaf1.cfg - LACP fallback added
  • leaf2.cfg - LACP fallback added

Remaining (need same 2-line addition to Port-Channel1): -…