HP VC Flexfabric- All links are showing as Linked-Standby issue



Recently I was working on implementing HP VC Flexfabric for one of my customers, its straight forward to implement but I was in trouble with the following issue (But it’s not an issue:-))

I have created two SUS groups with 2 uplink ports ((B1X4, B1X5, B2X4, B2X5) attached to them. But while I was reviewing configuration which I have created, I found both of the SUSs are showing as “Linked- Standby”. I was surprised why both links are showing as “Active- Standby” even though I am implementing solution as Active- active at VC level. In the following screenshot, you can see only one uplink port per SUS but in my case I had two with the same symptom.

Shared Uplink Set - HP Virtual connect Flexfabric

After spending bit of time to troubleshoot the issue, I realized that it shows as “Linked- Standby” until you create a VLAN as part of the SUS. I know it’s not a problem but I was freaking out why both ports are showing as Standby :-)

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6 comments:

  1. Am also Facing the same issue like you

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  2. After spending bit of time to troubleshoot the issue, I realized that it shows as “Linked- Standby” until you create a VLAN as part of the SUS. I know it’s not a problem but I was freaking out why both ports are showing as Standby :-)

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  3. I have two links connected to a Nexus switch. The vlans are configured but no traffic is passing because the servers have not been migrated. Is this ok given this scenario?

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    1. Not sure how and where you are checking the traffic but It seems reasonable not to see traffic as there are no servers on SUS/ VLANs migrated yet

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    2. I did not add in my question is that my links are in the Linked-Standby state. Thanks for your reply

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