[ipxe-devel] LACP issues

[Michael Brown]

On 16/02/15 02:54, Alex Orange wrote:
> I'm trying to use iPXE with an LACP setup on a Foundry GS648P switch.
> The switch is setup in active mode (a requirement for iPXE if I
> understand correct). I'm not exactly sure what's going on because I'm
> not sure how to determine what packets are getting sent back and forth,
> but the switch reports the LACP links as being inactive (not down which
> is what happens when nothing's plugged in).
>
> Any suggestions? In particular what can I do to further diagnose this
> issue (can I watch packets that iPXE is sending/receiving)? I'm using
> the iPXE cdrom at the moment.

iPXE has a totally passive LACP implementation.  It will never initiate 
LACP traffic, only respond to LACP packets sent by the peer.

You can build iPXE with DEBUG=eth_slow to see what iPXE is receiving and 
sending.

Michael