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September 2nd, 2011 10:00
PowerConnect 5424 High CPU
I have a Dell 5424 PowerConnect switch that runs almost constantly at 100% utilization. I use it for our SAN iSCSI traffice as well as some LAN traffice. The VLANs are as follows:
VLAN1 = iSCSI storage processor A
VLAN722 = iSCSI storage processor B
VLAN14 = LAN traffic
VLAN10 = management VLAN
The 5424 is connect to a Cisco 3750 switch for VLAN10 and VLAN14 using an Ethernet port for each.
I have read a lot of posts on this forum and others to try and resolve the problem. I suspect it is related to how I have the switch connected to the Cisco switch and STP but have not been able to get a change to work. Any ideas of what I need to disable to get the CPU utilization down?
Thanks
ry-n-sw4# show running-config
spanning-tree mode rstp
interface range ethernet g(2-5,7,9,11-18,20-24)
spanning-tree portfast
exit
interface range ethernet g(2-5,12-18,20-24)
spanning-tree cost 4
exit
interface range ethernet g(7,9,11)
spanning-tree cost 19
exit
interface ethernet g21
description SPA-PORT1
exit
interface ethernet g22
description SPB-PORT0
exit
interface ethernet g23
description SPB-PORT1
exit
interface ethernet g24
description SPA-PORT0
exit
interface range ethernet g(3-5,13-14,16,19-24)
flowcontrol on
exit
bridge aging-time 600
vlan database
vlan 10,14,60,721-722
exit
interface range ethernet g(2,6-9,11-12,15,17-18)
switchport access vlan 14
exit
interface ethernet g10
switchport access vlan 60
exit
interface range ethernet g(14,20,22-23)
switchport access vlan 722
exit
interface vlan 10
name MGMT
exit
interface vlan 14
name 1415
exit
interface vlan 60
name 10MGMT
exit
iscsi target port 860 address 0.0.0.0
iscsi target port 3260 address 0.0.0.0
no iscsi enable
interface vlan 60
ip address 10.10.10.5 255.255.255.0
exit
interface vlan 14
ip address 10.10.15.20 255.255.255.0
exit
ip default-gateway 10.10.10.1
no qos
hostname ry-n-sw4
management access-list 14-source
permit ip-source 10.10.14.26
permit ip-source 10.10.14.2
permit ip-source 10.10.14.84
permit ip-source 10.10.14.9
permit ip-source 10.10.15.2
exit
management access-class 14-source
logging console debugging
logging file notifications
username user1 password e10adc3949ba0f883e level 15
encrypted
username user2 password 6ae00c07556ad02e6b2 level 15 encrypted
username user3 password 0096b497ed72b5fa6 level 15 encry
pted
snmp-server engineID local 800002a203c98cf456
snmp-server location RY
snmp-server contact support@domain.net
no snmp-server enable traps
no snmp-server trap authentication
snmp-server view ViewAll system included
snmp-server view ViewAll interfaces included
snmp-server view ViewAll ip included
snmp-server view ViewAll icmp included
snmp-server view ViewAll tcp included
snmp-server view ViewAll udp included
snmp-server view ViewAll transmission included
snmp-server view ViewAll snmp included
snmp-server view ViewAll rmon included
snmp-server view ViewAll dot1dBridge included
snmp-server view ViewAll ifMIB included
snmp-server view ViewAll dns included
snmp-server view ViewAll entityMIB included
snmp-server view ViewAll radiusMIB included
snmp-server view ViewAll traceRouteMIB included
snmp-server view interfaces interfaces included
snmp-server view snmp snmp included
snmp-server community opensssnmp ro 10.10.14.26 view
DefaultSuper
snmp-server group Dellaccote v3 auth read ViewAll
clock timezone 3
sntp unicast client enable
sntp unicast client poll
sntp server 10.10.14.9 poll
ip domain-name domain.net
ip name-server
10.10.14.9 10.10.14.2
Default settings:
Service tag: 2L5xxxF1
SW version 2.0.0.46 (date
14-Apr-2011 time 13:10:53)
Gigabit Ethernet Ports
=============================
no shutdown
speed 1000
duplex full
negotiation
flow-control off
mdix auto
no back-pressure
interface vlan 1
interface port-channel 1 - 8
spanning-tree
spanning-tree mode STP
qos basic
qos trust cos
ry-n-sw4#


ksa9255
2 Posts
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September 15th, 2011 09:00
I figured out the solution myself even after opening a ticket with Dell. I needed to disable Fast Link on the ports connect to the VMware Host Virtual Machine Network ports. Fast Link is Dell’s version of Cisco’s Spanning-Tree Portfast, which should only be enabled on ports connected to a single host. Connecting hubs, concentrators, switches, bridges, etc. to a fast start port can cause temporary spanning tree loops (according to Cisco). In my case, the Virtual Machine Network ports are virtual switches connecting all the VMware guests but it only applied for hosts running VMware 4.1 as far as I can tell (not 4.0 as far as I can tell but I did not thoroughly test this).