MAC moves observed on NetScaler when more than one interface is in same VLAN.
The following entries are seen in newnslog:
current time is Mon Jun 5 17:03:55 2017
Channel 0/1 has been muted (conflict MAC 00:1d:45:24:b3:68)
Channel 1/1 has been muted (conflict MAC 00:1d:45:24:b3:68)
current time is Mon Jun 5 17:39:18 2017
Channel 0/1 has been unmuted now
Channel 1/1 has been unmuted now
current time is Mon Jun 5 17:40:07 2017
AWS: Master Forcefail
current time is Mon Jun 5 18:16:29 2017
Channel 0/1 has been muted (conflict MAC 00:50:56:b9:74:b2)
Channel 1/1 has been muted (conflict MAC 00:50:56:b9:74:b2)
current time is Mon Jun 5 18:24:49 2017
Channel 0/1 has been unmuted now
Channel 1/1 has been unmuted now
current time is Mon Jun 5 18:24:56 2017
From the above logs we can conclude that NetScaler is experiencing very high layer 2 loops on Interface 0/1 & 0/2. These loops leads the interfaces to be muted several times.
To resolve this issue:
Refer to "nic_tot_bdg_mac_moved" counter to confirm this issue.
See Also:
Basic Design Guidelines and Principles on NetScaler Routing, Default Routes, Interfaces and Channels, VLANs, and GARP
NetScaler Networking and VLAN Best Practices