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# sk169760 - The output of "cat /proc/net/bonding/bond" shows "Partner Churn State: churned"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk169760 |
| Date Created | 2020-09-30 |
| Last Modified | 2024-01-26 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * The output of "cat /proc/net/bonding/bond" shows "Partner Churn State: churned", for example:

  ```
  
  # cat /proc/net/bonding/bond0
   
   
   Bonding Mode: IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation
   Transmit Hash Policy: layer2 (0)
   MII Status: up
   MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
   Up Delay (ms): 200
   Down Delay (ms): 200
   
   802.3ad info
   LACP rate: fast
   Min links: 0
   Aggregator selection policy (ad_select): stable
   System priority: 65535
   System MAC address: 70:10:6f:51:88:8c
   Active Aggregator Info:
       Aggregator ID: 2
       Number of ports: 1
       Actor Key: 9
       Partner Key: 14
       Partner Mac Address: 54:4b:8c:c9:51:c0
   
   Slave Interface: eth0
   MII Status: up
   Speed: 1000 Mbps
   Duplex: full
   Link Failure Count: 0
   Permanent HW addr: 70:10:6f:51:88:8c
   Slave queue ID: 0
   Aggregator ID: 1
   Actor Churn State: churned
   Partner Churn State: churned
   Actor Churned Count: 1
   Partner Churned Count: 1
   details actor lacp pdu:
   system priority: 65535
   system mac address: 70:10:6f:51:88:8c
   port key: 9
   port priority: 255
   port number: 1
   port state: 71
   details partner lacp pdu:
   system priority: 65535
   system mac address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
   oper key: 1
   port priority: 255
   port number: 1
   port state: 1
   
   Slave Interface: eth1
   MII Status: up
   Speed: 1000 Mbps
   Duplex: full
   Link Failure Count: 0
   Permanent HW addr: 70:10:6f:51:88:8d
   Slave queue ID: 0
   Aggregator ID: 2
   Actor Churn State: none
   Partner Churn State: none
   Actor Churned Count: 0
   Partner Churned Count: 0
   details actor lacp pdu:
   system priority: 65535
   system mac address: 70:10:6f:51:88:8c
   port key: 9
   port priority: 255
   port number: 2
   port state: 63
   details partner lacp pdu:
   system priority: 127
   system mac address: 54:4b:8c:c9:51:c0
   oper key: 14
   port priority: 127
   port numb
  ```

* No LACP communication issues are present from the Check Point side and the Check Point machine is sending LACP packets normally

## Cause

One of the peer's LACP (etherchannel) interfaces is suspended or is otherwise no longer active as an LACP interface.

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