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Emulab FAQ: Testbed Operations: How do I deal with "ERROR - unable to find channel information"?

> TIMESTAMP: 13:08:30:645860 rebooting/reloading finished
> Waiting for local testbed nodes to finish rebooting ...
> TIMESTAMP: 13:08:30:647433 Local node waiting started
>   Creating VLAN 252683 as VLAN #320 on cisco8 ... Succeeded.
>     Applying VLAN changes on cisco8 ... Succeeded
>   Creating VLAN 252683 as VLAN #320 on cisco3 ... Succeeded.
>     Applying VLAN changes on cisco3 ... Succeeded
> ERROR - unable to find channel information on cisco3 for cisco3-cisco8 EtherChannel
> *** snmpit: Failed to create VLAN with id 252683
> *** tbswap: Failed to set up VLANs.
> Cleaning up after errors.
> Waiting for os_setup to finish

I turned trunking on and off on cisco3 as Rob described he did the last time cisco3 had trouble finding the channel info. I submitted an experiment with links that crossed the cisco3-cisco8 and cisco3-cisco5 trunks and it came up fine (links test OK). Teardown succeeded as well.