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Same Mac address shared by two paloalto firewalls

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Hi,

I have seen strange behaviour between two palo alto firewalls.

I have pair of PA-3020 and Pair of PA-500 in Active/standby scenario. They serve two different networks but to provide interconnect between two networks they (Eth 1/3) are connected to Cisco Nexus switch via FEX (VLAN 129). Has anyone seen a case where two different models of the firewall connected via same vlan share same mac address?

admin@CFWL02(active)> show arp all

interface         ip address      hw address        port         status   ttl 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ethernet1/3.129   10.224.63.33    00:1b:17:00:01:12 ethernet1/3    c      1487

admin@MFWL02(active)> show arp all

interface         ip address      hw address        port         status   ttl 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ethernet1/3.129   10.224.63.36    00:1b:17:00:01:12 ethernet1/3    c      1627

L2S01# sh mac address-table vl 129

Legend:

        * - primary entry, G - Gateway MAC, (R) - Routed MAC, O - Overlay MAC

        age - seconds since last seen,+ - primary entry using vPC Peer-Link

   VLAN     MAC Address      Type      age     Secure NTFY   Ports/SWID.SSID.LID

---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------

+ 129      001b.1700.0112    dynamic   0          F    F  Po1000

L2S01# sh mac address-table vl 129

Legend:

        * - primary entry, G - Gateway MAC, (R) - Routed MAC, O - Overlay MAC

        age - seconds since last seen,+ - primary entry using vPC Peer-Link

   VLAN     MAC Address      Type      age     Secure NTFY   Ports/SWID.SSID.LID

---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------

* 129      001b.1700.0112    dynamic   10         F    F  Eth122/1/47

I will appreciate your help if you advise me.

Thanks

RT

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L7 Applicator

In this case, you have set Group-ID =1 for both HA pairs.

00:1b:17:00:01:12    ethernet1/3 

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L7 Applicator

Hello good morning,

As you mentioned before, both pairs are part of high-availability. Could you please confirm if HA "group ID" also same in both HA environments. If "group-ID" is same for both pairs, there there is s possibility to have an identical virtual MAC.

How to Calculate a Virtual MAC Address

It is recommended to have different "group-ID" inside a same network for different HA pair, in order to avoid packet loss.

Hope this helps. Smiley Happy

Thanks

L7 Applicator

In this case, you have set Group-ID =1 for both HA pairs.

00:1b:17:00:01:12    ethernet1/3 

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Spot on !!!! Thanks for your help.

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