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Troubleshooting VFP and VCP Connection Establishment

date_range 19-Nov-20

Purpose

When the VCP and VFP connection is established, the show interfaces terse command in the VCP CLI displays the ge-0/0/x interfaces and the following messages appear in the VFP syslog file:

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RPIO: Accepted connection from 128.0.0.1:50896 <-> vPFE:3000 
RPIO: Accepted connection from 128.0.0.1:56098 <-> vPFE:3000
HOSTIF: Accepted connection

If the VCP cannot connect to the VFP, the VFP syslog file does not display the RPIO and HOSTIF messages.

Action

Run the request chassis fpc slot 0 restart command from the VCP CLI to restart the FPC. If an FPC is in transition error message is displayed, then run restart chassis-control.

If these commands do not correct the problem, verify whether the VCP can ping the VFP from the routing-instance __juniper_private1__. The three management interfaces (for the host, VCP VM, and VFP VM) connected to the internal bridge should be able to reach each other. For example:

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root> ping 128.0.0.16 routing-instance __juniper_private1__
PING 128.0.0.16 (128.0.0.16): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 128.0.0.16: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.273 ms
64 bytes from 128.0.0.16: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.606 ms

If the VCP cannot ping the VFP, perform these tasks:

  1. Make sure that both the VCP and VFP have the network adapter connected to the internal bridge vSwitch (br-int).

  2. Verify that the MAC address of em1 on the VCP matches the MAC address shown in the Virtual Machine Properties.

    To determine the MAC address of the em1 interface:

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    root@% ifconfig em1 | grep "curr media" | awk '{print $NF}'
  3. Verify that the MAC address of the interface on the VFP matches the MAC address shown in the Virtual Machine Properties.

    To determine the MAC address of the interface:

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    root@localhost:/var/log# ifconfig int | grep "HWaddr" | awk '{print $NF}'

If the problem persists, contact the Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center (JTAC).

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