Bug #14401
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Changing from Switchport to Discrete Interface in VGA/Serial Console Breaks Port Status Monitoring
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Description
If you have an interface on a switchport device, like the 7100, and reassign the interface to a discrete interface like an igb interface using the VGA or Serial console, the Status --> Dashboard and Status --> Interfaces pages will continue to use the old switchport monitor setting until you save and apply the interface, thus always showing the port as down after moving the cable. Since the Interfaces --> WAN/LAN/OPT/etc selection does not show a port monitor setting if it's using a discrete interface, there is no way to eliminate it without just saving the interface and applying.
Updated by Kris Phillips over 1 year ago
Tested this on 23.05-RELEASE and it's still present in the release version like the RC.
Updated by Jordan G 11 months ago
possibly related? https://redmine.netgate.com/issues/12480
Updated by Jordan G 8 months ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
7100 on 24.03, reassigning WAN or LAN to ix0/1 from the console appears correctly adjust the port monitoring such that it actively shows when media is connected/disconnected
we should confirm the other switch-inclusive devices behave similarly
Updated by Kris Phillips 6 months ago
Jordan G wrote in #note-3:
7100 on 24.03, reassigning WAN or LAN to ix0/1 from the console appears correctly adjust the port monitoring such that it actively shows when media is connected/disconnected
we should confirm the other switch-inclusive devices behave similarly
Jordan,
Did you test moving from a switchport with a switchport number assigned to a physical interface? Because this was historically when the issue would happen.
I'll re-test with a few devices.
Updated by Jordan G 2 months ago
Kris Phillips wrote in #note-4:
Jordan,
Did you test moving from a switchport with a switchport number assigned to a physical interface? Because this was historically when the issue would happen.
I'll re-test with a few devices.
That appears to have been the caveat I had overlooked previously. With an interface using a switch-port AND numbered port monitor assigned, if the interface is reassigned (via console) to a discrete interface, the previously assigned interface's port monitor is still reflecting port status for the previously configured switch port.
Updated by Kris Phillips 23 days ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Confirmed
Moving this to Confirmed, as Jordan was able to confirm this behavior.