IJ38296: PING TO REMOTE HOST FAILED MSG IN MULTIPATH ROUTE ETHERCHANNELS

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The cause of "PING TO REMOTE HOST FAILED" message could
  be
  that the ping monitoring packet of the EtherChannel
  does not respond within the "Number of Retries"
  in an environment where the ping monitoring packet of
  the connected EtherChannel is trying to communicate via
  the unconnected EtherChannel. In this case the message
  is harmless and does not indicate a real problem but
  it would make it difficult to diagnose a real failure.
  

Local fix

• a possible workaround would be to use a separate "address
  to ping" for each etherchannel and add a specific
  host route with the right etherchannel interface name
  for the destination IP to the routing table
  

Problem summary

• PING TO REMOTE HOST FAILED MSG IN MULTIPATH ROUTE ETHERCHANNELS
  

Problem conclusion

• ping monitoring is not supported in multipath routing
  environments
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

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