Symptom

If the vPC is down, two faults will be raised: 1) F0546 is raised on object topology/pod-1/node-101/sys/aggr-[po7]/aggrif 2) F1296 is raised on topology/pod-1/node-101/sys/vpc/inst/dom-1/if-684 After you disable the port channel, fault F0546 will be cleared, but F1296 will remain on the Cisco APIC.

Conditions

Workaround

There are multiple ways to clear the fault: a) Configure a monitor policy on Fabric Policies and squelch fault F1296 b) Put the interface into admin. down state and re-associate the interface profile In the future, to prevent the fault from generating, admin down the interface before powering down the remote device

Further Problem Description