Description

This article provides an example of an expected behavior where the same MAC address is learned in multiple ports of the switch.

Symptoms

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root@QFX-1# run show ethernet-switching table

  TI-BMW-VnA fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx  D       -      et-0/0/48.0      0     0

  TI-BMW-VnB fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx  D       -      et-0/0/49.0      0     0

  TI-BMW-VnC fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx  D       -      et-0/0/50.0      0     0

Solution

This behavior is expected in the below scenario:

 

irb.20 EX3400 --- et-0/0/48 vlan VnA--- QFX5100

irb.22 EX3400 --- et-0/0/49 vlan VnB --- QFX5100

irb.24 EX3400 --- et-0/0/50 vlan VnC --- QFX5100

 

The EX3400 is going to use the MAC of the irb interface, and since the ports et-0/0/48, et-0/0/49 and et-0/0/50 are passing different vlans, the bridge domain is different and therefore the MAC is not considered duplicate.

 

 

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root@EX3400> show interfaces irb | match current

 Current address: fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx, Hardware address: fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx

 

 

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root@QFX-1# run show arp no-resolve

MAC Address    Address     Interface        Flags

fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx 1.31.20.2    irb.20 [et-0/0/48.0]  none

fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx 1.31.22.2    irb.22 [et-0/0/49.0]  none

fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx 1.31.24.2    irb.24 [et-0/0/50.0]  none  

 

 

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root@QFX-1# run show ethernet-switching table

  TI-BMW-VnA fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx  D       -      et-0/0/48.0      0     0

  TI-BMW-VnB fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx  D       -      et-0/0/49.0      0     0

  TI-BMW-VnC fc:96:43:xx:xx:xx  D       -      et-0/0/50.0      0     0

Modification History

2024-12-18 : Article Created