Description

The switch's mac address shown in the Mist Portal does not match the local Bridge ID displayed on the command "show spanning-tree bridge" output.

 

Symptoms

root@EX2300# run show spanning-tree bridge

STP bridge parameters

Routing instance name              : GLOBAL

Context ID                         : 0

Enabled protocol                   : RSTP

 Root ID                          : 32768.54:4b:8c:16:79:10

 Hello time                       : 2 seconds

 Maximum age                      : 20 seconds

 Forward delay                    : 15 seconds

 Message age                      : 0

 Number of topology changes       : 0

 Local parameters

   Bridge ID                      : 32768.54:4b:8c:16:79:10

   Extended system ID             : 0

 

root@EX2300# run show chassis mac-addresses

FPC 0

   Base address    54:4b:8c:16:78:cc

   Count           75

 

 

root@EX2300# run show interfaces irb extensive | match hardware

 Current address: 54:4b:8c:16:78:cc, Hardware address: 54:4b:8c:16:78:cc

 

 

{master:0}[edit]

root@EX2300># run show interfaces extensive | match 54:4b:8c:16:79:10

<no output>

 

{master:0}[edit]

root@EX2300> show ethernet-switching table | match 54:4b:8c:16:79:10

<no output>

 

Solution

This is the expected behavior. The Junos OS will grab the same chassis mac-address and change it’s last octet or its last two octets and then assign it to the local bridge ID. This newly generated mac-address does not belong to any of the interfaces living in the switch, it’s simply used for STP.

Modification History

2023-11-10 : Article Created