Damien Arnodo Damien
  • Joined on 2025-08-22
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 16:17:41 +00:00
413960b8e0 Fix leaf2: Add LACP fallback to Port-Channel1 for dual-homing
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 16:16:51 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Fix Applied - Adding LACP Fallback to All Leafs

Fix: Add LACP fallback configuration to Port-Channel1 on all 8 leaf switches.

interface Port-Channel1
   port-channel lacp fallback…
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 16:16:28 +00:00
50434e7cc7 Fix leaf1: Add LACP fallback to Port-Channel1 for dual-homing
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 16:15:45 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

SOLUTION FOUND - LACP Fallback Configuration

After reviewing Arista MLAG best practices, the issue is that Port-Channel1 needs LACP fallback or the port-channel needs to allow the link to…

Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 16:15:30 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

NEW THEORY - Check LACP System Priority

Comparing with the working srl-evpn-mh-lab example, there might be missing LACP configuration on the switch side.

On Arista switches with MLAG,…

Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 16:13:35 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Root Cause Confirmed

Checking the configs and topology:

Topology (evpn-lab.clab.yml): Hosts are STILL configured for dual-homing with LACP bonding (mode 802.3ad) Leaf configs: All…

Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 16:01:15 +00:00
bcf76e4cac Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf8 - ALL CONFIGS COMPLETE
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 16:00:31 +00:00
05e8970753 Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf7
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 15:59:48 +00:00
8b837ac2fa Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf6
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 15:58:41 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Config Update Status

Completed:

  • leaf1.cfg - no shutdown added to Port-Channel1
  • leaf2.cfg - no shutdown added to Port-Channel1
  • leaf3.cfg - no shutdown added to…
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 15:58:15 +00:00
2e2c4e677c Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf5-8
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 15:57:34 +00:00
57b5766ac0 Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf4
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 15:56:55 +00:00
6efadaf510 Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf3
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 15:53:19 +00:00
b2f23fd803 Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf2
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 15:52:44 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

🔧 FOUND THE ISSUE: Port-Channel1 is administratively down

Root Cause: Port-Channel1 missing no shutdown command

Quick Fix - Run this now on all leafs:

for leaf in leaf1…
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 15:52:24 +00:00
326638fc8d Add 'no shutdown' to Port-Channel1 on leaf1
Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 15:48:43 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

Port-Channel Status Check Needed

Host bonding looks good (bond0 is UP with both eth1 and eth2 as members), but Port-Channel1 on the leaf switches likely needs verification.

**Run these…

Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#5 2025-11-28 14:50:33 +00:00
BGP EVPN neighbors stuck in Active state for leaf3, leaf4, leaf7, leaf8

Update: Dual-homing restored

The lab topology has been reverted from single-homed to dual-homed with LACP bonding as requested.

All 8 leaf configurations have been updated to support: -…

Damien commented on issue Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab#11 2025-11-28 14:49:22 +00:00
Host LACP bonding - Hybrid approach: ifupdown for bond + ip commands for VLAN

RESOLVED: Dual-homing restored with LACP bonding

Changes made:

  1. Topology updated - All hosts now dual-homed to MLAG pairs with LACP bonding
  2. Leaf configs updated - All…
Damien pushed to fix-bgp-and-mlag at Damien/arista-evpn-vxlan-clab 2025-11-28 14:48:16 +00:00
da1fffdb17 Restore LACP mode for Port-Channel1 on leaf8