MLAG Bond Mode Dormant

I have 2 SN2010 switches in MLAG. Peerlink is up, MLaG status shows that everything is in great shape. No issues, no conflicts etc.

But when I do ip link show, the non-peerlink bond shows UP but instead of default it says DORMANT, and the swp interfaces in the bond are up and default mode.

This is on both switches in the pair. It’s passing traffic and working as it should, so I am confused how the bond can be DORMANT if it’s passing traffic?!?

The docs seem to indicate that this is expected behavior because the non-peerlink bonds are “downlink” bonds but doesn’t elaborate or explicitly just come out and say it.

Thanks!

What does your 'nv show interface" output look like in this case?

First Switch in the Pair

cumulus@leaf3-1:mgmt:~$ nv show interface bond1
                          operational        applied
------------------------  -----------------  -----------------
type                      bond               bond
[acl]
bond
  down-delay              0                  0
  lacp-bypass             off                off
  lacp-rate               fast               fast
  mode                                       lacp
  up-delay                0                  0
  [member]                swp1               swp1
  mlag
    enable                                   on
    id                    1                  1
    peer-interface        bond1
    status                dual
bridge
  [domain]                br_default         br_default
evpn
  multihoming
    uplink                                   off
    segment
      enable                                 off
ptp
  enable                                     off
router
  adaptive-routing
    enable                                   off
  ospf
    enable                                   off
  ospf6
    enable                                   off
  pbr
    [map]
  pim
    enable                                   off
description               Cascade MLAG Bond  Cascade MLAG Bond
ip
  igmp
    enable                                   off
  ipv4
    forward                                  on
  ipv6
    enable                                   on
    forward                                  on
  neighbor-discovery
    enable                                   on
    [dnssl]
    home-agent
      enable                                 off
    [prefix]
    [rdnss]
    router-advertisement
      enable                                 on
      fast-retransmit                        on
      hop-limit                              64
      interval                               600000
      interval-option                        off
      lifetime                               1800
      managed-config                         off
      other-config                           off
      reachable-time                         0
      retransmit-time                        0
      router-preference                      medium
  vrrp
    enable                                   off
  vrf                                        default
  [gateway]
link
  auto-negotiate          off                on
  duplex                  full               full
  speed                   10G                auto
  fec                                        auto
  mtu                     9216               9216
  state                   up                 up
  stats
    carrier-transitions   3
    in-bytes              398.00 GB
    in-drops              6792
    in-errors             0
    in-pkts               672754661
    out-bytes             1273.58 GB
    out-drops             2255422
    out-errors            0
    out-pkts              1498809863
  mac                     b8:59:9f:60:a8:2c
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Second Switch in pair

cumulus@leaf3-2:mgmt:~$ nv show interface bond1
                          operational        applied
------------------------  -----------------  -------------
type                      bond               bond
[acl]
bond
  down-delay              0                  0
  lacp-bypass             off                off
  lacp-rate               fast               fast
  mode                                       lacp
  up-delay                0                  0
  [member]                swp1               swp1
  mlag
    enable                                   on
    id                    1                  1
    peer-interface        bond1
    status                dual
bridge
  [domain]                br_default         br_default
evpn
  multihoming
    uplink                                   off
    segment
      enable                                 off
ptp
  enable                                     off
router
  adaptive-routing
    enable                                   off
  ospf
    enable                                   off
  ospf6
    enable                                   off
  pbr
    [map]
  pim
    enable                                   off
description               bond1-on-swp1      bond1-on-swp1
ip
  igmp
    enable                                   off
  ipv4
    forward                                  on
  ipv6
    enable                                   on
    forward                                  on
  neighbor-discovery
    enable                                   on
    [dnssl]
    home-agent
      enable                                 off
    [prefix]
    [rdnss]
    router-advertisement
      enable                                 on
      fast-retransmit                        on
      hop-limit                              64
      interval                               600000
      interval-option                        off
      lifetime                               1800
      managed-config                         off
      other-config                           off
      reachable-time                         0
      retransmit-time                        0
      router-preference                      medium
  vrrp
    enable                                   off
  vrf                                        default
  [gateway]
link
  auto-negotiate          off                on
  duplex                  full               full
  speed                   10G                auto
  fec                                        auto
  mtu                     9216               9216
  state                   up                 up
  stats
    carrier-transitions   1
    in-bytes              2743.73 GB
    in-drops              491347
    in-errors             0
    in-pkts               4620730825
    out-bytes             5172.01 GB
    out-drops             5579200
    out-errors            0
    out-pkts              6050806929
  mac                     50:6b:4b:99:fd:2c
ifindex