We are using a QFX5100 switch and multiple servers are connected to it. Each server has two connections to the switch the first connection is working fine, the second connection does not the switch shows that the link state is always down. In fact, traffic arrives at the physical interface of the switch, and the link negotiation was complete.
The logical interface is always down:
uniscon@DCUA02-SW01> show interfaces xe-0/0/20 terse
# interface connected to a server X (eth1)
Interface Admin Link Proto Local Remote
xe-0/0/20 up up
xe-0/0/20.0 up up eth-switch
uniscon@DCUA02-SW01> show interfaces xe-0/0/19 terse
# interface connected to a server X (eth0)
Interface Admin Link Proto Local Remote
xe-0/0/19 up down
xe-0/0/19.0 up down eth-switch
here are the non-working interface details:
show interfaces xe-0/0/19 extensive
Physical interface: xe-0/0/19, Enabled, Physical link is Up
Interface index: 672, SNMP ifIndex: 533, Generation: 163
Description: eth0 on appsrv5
Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 9188, LAN-PHY mode, Link-mode: Auto, Speed: 10 Gbps, BPDU Error: None, Loop Detect PDU Error: None, Ethernet-Switching Error: None,
MAC-REWRITE Error: None, Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Disabled, Auto-negotiation: Enabled, Remote fault: Offline, Media type: Copper
Device flags : Present Running
Interface flags: Link-Layer-Down SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
Link flags : None
CoS queues : 12 supported, 12 maximum usable queues
Hold-times : Up 0 ms, Down 0 ms
Current address: 44:f4:77:b5:4a:96, Hardware address: 44:f4:77:b5:4a:96
Last flapped : 2020-07-01 16:35:39 CEST (17:59:55 ago)
Statistics last cleared: 2020-07-01 14:26:51 CEST (20:08:43 ago)
Traffic statistics:
Input bytes : 1005534 0 bps
Output bytes : 0 0 bps
Input packets: 2959 0 pps
Output packets: 0 0 pps
IPv6 transit statistics:
Input bytes : 0
Output bytes : 0
Input packets: 0
Output packets: 0
Input errors:
Errors: 0, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 0, Runts: 0, Bucket drops: 0, Policed discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, FIFO errors: 0,
Resource errors: 0
Output errors:
Carrier transitions: 16, Errors: 0, Drops: 0, Collisions: 0, Aged packets: 0, FIFO errors: 0, HS link CRC errors: 0, MTU errors: 0, Resource errors: 0, Bucket drops: 0
Egress queues: 12 supported, 5 in use
Queue counters: Queued packets Transmitted packets Dropped packets
0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
7 0 0 0
8 0 0 0
Queue number: Mapped forwarding classes
0 best-effort
3 fcoe
4 no-loss
7 network-control
8 mcast
Active alarms : None
Active defects : None
PCS statistics Seconds
Bit errors 0
Errored blocks 0
Ethernet FEC statistics Errors
FEC Corrected Errors 0
FEC Uncorrected Errors 0
FEC Corrected Errors Rate 0
FEC Uncorrected Errors Rate 0
MAC statistics: Receive Transmit
Total octets 1005534 0
Total packets 2959 0
Unicast packets 0 0
Broadcast packets 2890 0
Multicast packets 69 0
CRC/Align errors 0 0
FIFO errors 0 0
MAC control frames 0 0
MAC pause frames 0 0
Oversized frames 0
Jabber frames 0
Fragment frames 0
VLAN tagged frames 0
Code violations 0
MAC Priority Flow Control Statistics:
Priority : 0 0 0
Priority : 1 0 0
Priority : 2 0 0
Priority : 3 0 0
Priority : 4 0 0
Priority : 5 0 0
Priority : 6 0 0
Priority : 7 0 0
Filter statistics:
Input packet count 0
Input packet rejects 0
Input DA rejects 0
Input SA rejects 0
Output packet count 0
Output packet pad count 0
Output packet error count 0
CAM destination filters: 1, CAM source filters: 0
Autonegotiation information:
Negotiation status: Complete
Link partner:
Link mode: Full-duplex, Flow control: Symmetric/Asymmetric, Remote fault: OK, Link partner Speed: 10 Gbps
Local resolution:
Flow control: None, Flow control tx: Disabled, Flow control rx: Disabled, Remote fault: Link OK
Packet Forwarding Engine configuration:
Destination slot: 0 (0x00)
CoS information:
Direction : Output
CoS transmit queue Bandwidth Buffer Priority Limit
% bps % usec
0 best-effort 5 500000000 5 0 low none
3 fcoe 35 3500000000 35 0 low none
4 no-loss 35 3500000000 35 0 low none
7 network-control 5 500000000 5 0 low none
8 mcast 20 2000000000 20 0 low none
Interface transmit statistics: Disabled
Logical interface xe-0/0/19.0 (Index 579) (SNMP ifIndex 575) (Generation 194)
Flags: Device-Down SNMP-Traps 0x24024000 Encapsulation: Ethernet-Bridge
Traffic statistics:
Input bytes : 0
Output bytes : 0
Input packets: 0
Output packets: 0
Local statistics:
Input bytes : 0
Output bytes : 0
Input packets: 0
Output packets: 0
Transit statistics:
Input bytes : 0 0 bps
Output bytes : 0 0 bps
Input packets: 0 0 pps
Output packets: 0 0 pps
Protocol eth-switch, MTU: 9188, Generation: 217, Route table: 5
Input Filters: storage-dst
For comparison sake, here is the working interface that is connected to the server:
show interfaces xe-0/0/20 extensive
Physical interface: xe-0/0/20, Enabled, Physical link is Up
Interface index: 673, SNMP ifIndex: 534, Generation: 164
Description: eth1 on appsrv5
Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 9188, LAN-PHY mode, Link-mode: Auto, Speed: 10 Gbps, BPDU Error: None, Loop Detect PDU Error: None, Ethernet-Switching Error: None,
MAC-REWRITE Error: None, Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Disabled, Auto-negotiation: Disabled, Remote fault: Offline, Media type: Copper
Device flags : Present Running
Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
Link flags : None
CoS queues : 12 supported, 12 maximum usable queues
Hold-times : Up 0 ms, Down 0 ms
Current address: 44:f4:77:b5:4a:97, Hardware address: 44:f4:77:b5:4a:97
Last flapped : 2020-07-01 11:50:55 CEST (22:44:58 ago)
Statistics last cleared: Never
Traffic statistics:
Input bytes : 142019669 0 bps
Output bytes : 4069747174 4584 bps
Input packets: 1569096 0 pps
Output packets: 5075888 1 pps
IPv6 transit statistics:
Input bytes : 0
Output bytes : 0
Input packets: 0
Output packets: 0
Input errors:
Errors: 0, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 0, Runts: 0, Bucket drops: 0, Policed discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, FIFO errors: 0,
Resource errors: 0
Output errors:
Carrier transitions: 189, Errors: 0, Drops: 0, Collisions: 0, Aged packets: 0, FIFO errors: 0, HS link CRC errors: 0, MTU errors: 0, Resource errors: 0, Bucket drops: 0
Egress queues: 12 supported, 5 in use
Queue counters: Queued packets Transmitted packets Dropped packets
0 2108741 2108741 0
3 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
7 0 0 0
8 262441 262441 0
Queue number: Mapped forwarding classes
0 best-effort
3 fcoe
4 no-loss
7 network-control
8 mcast
Active alarms : None
Active defects : None
PCS statistics Seconds
Bit errors 0
Errored blocks 0
Ethernet FEC statistics Errors
FEC Corrected Errors 0
FEC Uncorrected Errors 0
FEC Corrected Errors Rate 0
FEC Uncorrected Errors Rate 0
MAC statistics: Receive Transmit
Total octets 142019669 4069726772
Total packets 1569096 5075849
Unicast packets 1521520 2461348
Broadcast packets 47370 2110717
Multicast packets 206 503784
CRC/Align errors 0 0
FIFO errors 0 0
MAC control frames 0 0
MAC pause frames 0 0
Oversized frames 0
Jabber frames 0
Fragment frames 0
VLAN tagged frames 0
Code violations 0
MAC Priority Flow Control Statistics:
Priority : 0 0 0
Priority : 1 0 0
Priority : 2 0 0
Priority : 3 0 0
Priority : 4 0 0
Priority : 5 0 0
Priority : 6 0 0
Priority : 7 0 0
Filter statistics:
Input packet count 0
Input packet rejects 0
Input DA rejects 0
Input SA rejects 0
Output packet count 0
Output packet pad count 0
Output packet error count 0
CAM destination filters: 1, CAM source filters: 0
Autonegotiation information:
Negotiation status: Complete
Link partner:
Link mode: Full-duplex, Flow control: Symmetric/Asymmetric, Remote fault: OK, Link partner Speed: 10 Gbps
Local resolution:
Flow control: None, Flow control tx: Disabled, Flow control rx: Disabled, Remote fault: Link OK
Packet Forwarding Engine configuration:
Destination slot: 0 (0x00)
CoS information:
Direction : Output
CoS transmit queue Bandwidth Buffer Priority Limit
% bps % usec
0 best-effort 5 500000000 5 0 low none
3 fcoe 35 3500000000 35 0 low none
4 no-loss 35 3500000000 35 0 low none
7 network-control 5 500000000 5 0 low none
8 mcast 20 2000000000 20 0 low none
Interface transmit statistics: Disabled
Logical interface xe-0/0/20.0 (Index 580) (SNMP ifIndex 576) (Generation 165)
Flags: Up SNMP-Traps 0x24024000 Encapsulation: Ethernet-Bridge
Traffic statistics:
Input bytes : 25166180
Output bytes : 19934
Input packets: 42806
Output packets: 39
Local statistics:
Input bytes : 25166180
Output bytes : 19934
Input packets: 42806
Output packets: 39
Transit statistics:
Input bytes : 0 0 bps
Output bytes : 0 0 bps
Input packets: 0 0 pps
Output packets: 0 0 pps
Protocol eth-switch, MTU: 9188, Generation: 186, Route table: 5
Any help is appreciated