Cisco Switching/Routing :: Understanding Existing Setup With Two 3750s
Jan 10, 2013
We've recently inherited a platform with little handover and also minimal networking experience.We're going 100 miles an hour in learning, but I'm a bit confused with the idea of a L2 switch with no IP assignments to ports, so using VLANs, and a L3 switch with IP assignments. And the combination of both.We have 2 Cisco 3750 switches, along with a whole host of other hardware, so we're starting at this "gateway" to start breaking things down.
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Jan 30, 2012
I've read the document (Document ID: 91672) on setting up WoL, but I had a few questions as this doesn't completely fit our situation.We have 4 3560 switches, 3 have only access to vlan 1, SW4 has access to vlan 1 and vlan 2, every switch is connected by fiber to a 3750.We want to enable every server/PC on vlan 2 to allow WoL packets to all PC's on the internal network (so WoL through all 5 switches). In the above document, it allows WoL to be executed only from a single IP/Server, is it possible to allow an entire vlan to execute WoL? or allow multiple IP's to execute WoL? Also, in the switch configuration it says to type
-"switchport mode access"
-"switchport access vlan4"
-"spanning-tree portfast"
We do not use STP and is disabled, is portfast required for WoL use? if Port Fast is disabled by default, could this also be blocking a WoL packet from vlan2 to vlan1 on the same switch?
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Jan 2, 2012
If we have 3 stacked 3750s# running Layer 3. Do we need license for every switch? or is it one license for the 3 switches? Also is the license associated with the MAC address of a specific switch? What i# am trying to know also, is if we have to install one license and it is associated# with one MAC and this switch failed.. will the Layer 3 be broken?
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Sep 5, 2012
I've got LACP-enabled port-channels between a Cisco 3750 stack and a few different switches (some Cisco 3750s and some Juniper EX2200s). The Ciscos are all sending slow LACP updates, the Junipers are sending fast LACP updates (but the Cisco they connect with is responding with slow LACP updates).
I have a couple of questions:
1) what are the pros and cons of slow vs fast updates? my research has led me to the conclusion that fast updates are better for network resiliency as long as you have plenty of bandwidth overhead (which I do at the moment). is there anything to add to this conclusion?
2) is there any way to configure the Cisco 3750s for fast updates?
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Dec 8, 2012
I've to enable it on 3750 and nexus 7K switches. what are the steps involved? can we enable jumbo frame per port instead of enabling globally? i.e. we will only have few ports that will be using jumbo frames, rest of the ports will be using default 1500 MTU size.
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Apr 16, 2012
I've been working on breaking down and understanding the default auto qos configuration on a Cisco 3750 in the hopes of putting together a QoS strategy that will fit our environment. I'm having some difficulty understanding how the "mls qos queue-set output" syntax works.
From another post, at [URL], the author offers the following example and explanation;
mls qos queue-set output <1/2> threshold 2 400 400 100 400thresshold 1: 400%
thresshold 2: 400%
thresshold 3: 100% (implicit, not configurable)
reserved: 100%
max: 400%
However, I'm having trouble understanding what is meant. Here, it looks like it's saying, for example;
mls qos queue-set output 1 threshold 2 400 400 100 400
How come there is syntax stating "threshold 2" when in the succeeding part the 400 refers to thresshold 1 and threshold 2 again? The syntax 400 400 is, apparently, already referring to thresshold 1 and 2, no?
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Jan 27, 2013
Here's what I'm trying to do. We are having new storage servers installed that will be using NFS. I'm being told that they need to have their connections port channeled. Right now, the servers have connections to 2 different 3750s for HA. Is it possible to configure a port channel between these 2 connections?
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May 6, 2013
can you stack a 3750 switch over fiber.....the answer is no, but the virtual switching supervisor 720-10G for the 6500 can create one virtual switch using two 6500s...
how can we get cisco to come up with a way for access switches to be stacked over fiber similar to above supervisor? i know of few of my site that would benefit from this...maybe they can come up with a vss appliance, similar to a media converter, to convert stackwise over fiber...then of course, you would need the same appliance on the other end....
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Dec 7, 2011
I want to capture RPS related alarm on SNMP server for RPS2300 and cisco 3750d switch
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May 5, 2012
I have a network with static routes witch I need to convert to OSPF.Never used OSPF, and do not have much experience in routing in general.The netvork is connected via some fiber links, but moastly wireless bridges.I have attached a drawing of how the network is.Routers are 3550, 3560 and 3750s.Each router is on a different physical site.
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Jun 1, 2011
Password has been resent but the connections is always limited and then disconnects shortly after making a connection.My iPhone can connect to the wifi but my computer can not.
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May 28, 2011
I'm learning about iptables, but I don't fully understand the chains of NAT table (prerouting, postrouting and output).I'm specially in doubt about prerouting and postrouting. As far as I know, DNAT can be made with prerouting and SNAT can be made with postrouting, so I think prerouting is for input and postrouting is for output, but the material I'm reading (and another sources) are not clear.
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Mar 3, 2013
I need your input on how to appropriately introduce an N5K with Jumbo enanbled to a prexisting Core Network (Stack of Cisco 3750G Switches) without making any major alteration on the Core configs (everything is happy). The idea is to move two High I/O servers to the N5K during a transitional phase. I already have a fair understanding of what Jumbo-Frames are and what it does. Keep Jumbo-Frames within the N5K ONLY.
Conditions:
- Traffic is Data traffic, not storage/iSCSI
- The servers host our ERP applications and MySQL that is accessed heavily by users
- N5K to C3750G connectivity is a Port-Channel consisting of 4x1GB ports
- The servers are to remain on VLAN 2 (Data VLAN)
- The Core Switch is L3 and the boundaries reside here
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Dec 4, 2012
I have configured a site to site VPN tunnel using my Cisco ISR 891 router. The tunnel connects between my network 10.88.10.0 to the remote network 10.210.65.0. When I ping the remote nnetwork my VPN tunnel comes up and all is well.
I have recently connected a second network to my 10.88.... network. The new local network is 192.168.0.0. I have now managed to get the two local networks pinging each other. I can also carry out RDP sessions between systems on both networks. Hence I am happy that both networks are communicating.
I used the Fastethernet Port 8 on my ISR 891 to physically connect to the new 192.168 network and then entered the appropraite 'Static Routes' on the 192.168 exisiting router(Netgear Router). Hence certain traffic arriving at the netgear will now be forwarded to Port FE8 on the cisco ISR 891.. See FE8 Port config at the bottom of this post. I have used tracert to ensure that the traffic does arrive at Port FE8,(192.168.0.235).
I cannot seem to ping any device on the remote 10.210.65.0 network from the 192.168 network. However, as stated above I can sucessfully ping the same remote device from the local 10.88 network. I must be missing something that allows the 192.168 traffic to use the existing VPN tunnel. I have added the following command to the IpSec rules for the VPN tunnel using the Cisco Configuration Professionla tool.
Permit 192.168.0.0/0.0.0.255 10.210.0.0/0.0.255.255 ip
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Mar 5, 2012
I have several cabinets with top-of-rack N2K's attached to N5K's via FEX's. 9 cabinets with 2 switches each.
Recently I added 3 more cabinets to the mix, for a total of 12 cabinets with 2 switches each.
I can get into the new switches and see the FEX's and configure ports, etc. but no device I attach to the 'new' N2K's is pingable over the network. I can take the same device, same cable, and attach it to a legacy N2K talking to the same N5K's, and it immediately joins and is pingable over the network
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Aug 2, 2012
I've a situation where I need to add a new 3750x to a existing stack of 3750. [code] When I tried to stack them together, I get a version mismatch error. Is this because of the difference in SW Image? What are my options next ? My ultimate goal is to make the new switch stack correctly with the exisitng switches.
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Aug 8, 2012
When you use the command switchport trunk allowed vlan add [vlan-id]There should be no drop in service to the existing VLANs, correct? I am trunking from a 7K to a 2960S via 2G PoCh.
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Oct 1, 2012
I need to add two additional 2960S switches to my stack. I saw a diagram that showed how a 4 switch stack can be connected, but I couldn't find much detail on adding a switch to an existing stack (besides master election). The output below shows how the existing stack is connected and its state
SW#sh switch detail
Switch/Stack Mac Address : 0011.2222.3333
H/W Current
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I will need to break one of the stack rings between SW1 and SW2 in order to connect the new switches. Does it really matter which ring I break to connect the additional switches? Does one ring act as primary? If so, I'd rather not break that ring so this process is transparent as possible. Also, is there any benefit to disabling the stack port vs just disconnecting the cable?
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Sep 29, 2012
I am a soon to be network admin and have never set up a network to an existing network. Steps you need to add a new location to a company's network. For example if they are using 8 Building with 7600 Routers and 6500 and you need another building and they are using MPLS or Private Network, or Internet.
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Sep 22, 2012
I have 3 3750 staking switch with the following configuration:
H/W Current
Switch# Role Mac Address Priority Version State
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1 Member 442b.0350.9400 1 1 Ready
2 Member 442b.0357.8780 2 1 Ready
3 Master 442b.036f.a800 3 1 Ready
The new switch is installed to be wired to the master switch. the swtich 3 (* 3 Master Ready 442b.036f.a800)my question is: if you disconnect the wiring from the master stack to connect to the new switch, it is possible that the new switch change the current configuration of stacking.
-Can I just add the new switch with clean configuration without changing the current configuration ?
-How is assigned the stack number? i need the new switch be with the GI4 / x?. I can I manually by assigning ports?
-If I want to the new 3750 member witch lower prioridad, can I change priority before adding to stack?
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Jan 7, 2013
We have a requirement to build a datacenter within a datacenter for a new project. The existing Core network is 2 x Cisco 6509 in VSS configuration. We would like to connect the new datacenter to the existing Core switch from the new low-end Core switch. This datacenter would have a SAN network and blader chassis.
Listing the Cisco Switches requirements and expansion module requirements ?
- What expansion module is required at existing 6509 ? Can we have one 10Gibit modules on each switches and crate a port-channel connection from new datacenter core switch ?
- Which model of Switch you recommend for the new Datacenter Core which is only going to have one SAN Enclosure and two blade chassis? Will it be a good option to use 3750E ? If yes do we need any additional modules there ?
- Which aggregation switch should we use for the blade enclosure ?
- Should we have a Cisco Embedded Switch module on the chassis to create trunk with aggregation switch ?
- How the SAN director switch is connecting to the LAN ? should we have any particular module at new Core switch ?
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Mar 25, 2012
in our network we were using three 3750-48-s switches with stacking one of the switch due to some hardware failure power problem,
now i want to add a new switch 3750-48-s in the existing Stack two switches , the old two switches ios version is = 12.2(25r)SEC the new Catalyst 3750 io verion is = 12.2(35)SE5
how to add this switch in the existing two stack switches , with documentation
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Mar 30, 2013
i am not able to add new 3750G switch into existing domain even after the domain name is correct and unable to authenticate with tacacs.
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Mar 23, 2012
Is it possible to rename an existing VDC on Nexus7000 without deleting it and creating it again with the new name ?
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Jun 5, 2012
some recommendations for product selection and overall infrastructure setup for our datacenter: We have an old, legacy setup, and are looking to replace equipment, improve performance, enhance security, and implement hardware redundancy (if cost effective).
1) We now have (2) IP blocks from our provider, and need to support both (because we have mailers on older IPs with a good reputation rating).
2) We have (2) aged Sonicwalls, one for each IP block, each connects to multiple internal subnets (some internal subnets need connectivity to eachother, some don't).
3) We have (mostly) public facing web servers (Linux/Apache), as well as database servers (with no external access).
Questions-
1) Should we implement a Cisco ASA 5520 w/ or w/o SSM modules for the new IP block (for webservers)?
1a) Should we implement a Cisco ASA 5510 or 5505 for the existing IP block (for mailers)?
1b) Or, can we have multiple public IP blocks connected to a single ASA 5520 (or 2 ASA's w/ failover)?
2) Can we connect both firewalls (5520 and 5510/5505) to a single Catalyst 3550 (or similar) using VLANs, and have 6 - 10 VLANs for webserver subnets, with ACLs controlling which subnets/servers can connect to eachother?
2a) Should we implement a second Catalyst 3550 (or similar) for redundancy (webservers have multiple network cards).
3) From our provider, we only have (1) dmark which both IP blocks connect through. Currently we have a switch connected to the dmark in order to 'splice' the connection, and have both existing firewalls connected. Is there a better approach to this?
4) We would like to implement SSL-VPN, and possibly site to site IPSec VPN, but only if there will not be significant performance degredation.
5) Other thoughts/recommendations for new features, enhanced security, or redundancy?
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Nov 23, 2011
I am looking to add a new 3750 Switcch to an existing stack shown below
Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image
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* 1 26 WS-C3750-24P 12.2(35)SE5 C3750-IPBASE-M
2 26 WS-C3750-24P 12.2(35)SE5 C3750-IPBASE-M
3 26 WS-C3750-24P 12.2(35)SE5 C3750-IPBASE-M
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I have looked on notes to add a switch to an existing stack and haven’t identified answers on how the IOS will be affected on the new switch – will it downgrade to the current stack version or will the current stack upgrade to its version. At this moment in time I would prefer if the new switch IOS downgraded to the current stack IOS version.The new switch is a 3750V2 – will this affect how it joins the stack?The new switch has the image of IPBASEK9-M – again will this affect how it joins the stack?
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Feb 27, 2013
I have to add a 2960s PoE switch to an existing stack of two 2960s PoE switches. If The new switch has no configuration on it and the existing stack is broken by pulling te stack cables and then new cables are added and everything re-cabled correctly will the new switch assume the configuration from the stack without any issues?
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Mar 1, 2011
I have a pair of Catalyst 3560 GB switches that are trunked with two of the standard ports, and that have trunk ports connecting to a failover pair of PIX 515e's. We're considering adding a pair of cluster database nodes and an iSCSI SAN, both of which would need a dedicated interconnect VLAN that I'd like to employ Jumbo frames on. I don't necessarily need the VLANs to traverse the firewall trunks since they're private interconnects, but I need each host to traverse the switch trunks.
Since it seems I can only enable Jumbo frames on the entire switch (current standard frame size is 1500 and jumbo is also 1500), when I enable it what kind of possible negative impact could this have on my trunked ports as well as my host connections? I've read mixed reviews of users with iSCSI SAN devices seeing terrible performance when enabling jumbo frames so I'm apprehensive about enabling them on an existing network.
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Dec 6, 2012
I am having an issue with adding a c3750x switch to an existing switch stack Currently there is 2 x WS-C3750X-48P and I am trying to add another WS-C3750X-48P to this switch I have cabled the switch to the stack using the stack cables and added the command to provision the switch on the exisitng stack. However when I turn the switch on it just goes on its own stack.
I noticed the new switch had a later version of IOS so have downgraded this to the same version as the other switches but still no joy Here is the sh ver from the exisitng stack
uptime is 4 weeks, 4 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes
System image file is "flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin"
License Level: ipbaseLicense Type: PermanentNext reload license Level: ipbase
cisco WS-C3750X-48P (PowerPC405) processor (revision A0) with 262144K bytes of memory.Processor board ID FDO1448Z0FJLast reset from power-on21 Virtual Ethernet interfaces1 FastEthernet interface156 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces6 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfacesThe password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
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Oct 16, 2012
I am attempting to add and Catalyst 3750 - 12 port Gigabit switch to an existing stack of 3750 48 port switches (non-X fabric). I am not sure how to proceed. These are the two questions/thoughts I have. Any additional perspective I should have before proceeding.
What kind of configuration should I apply to the Gig switch before adding it to the stack?I am sure I will need to assign priority to the new switch, ideally, it will act as master.
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Mar 7, 2013
On first floor, I have two stack switches and each stack has got 4 switches. they all are working fine.Now the client would like to add one more stack on the 2nd floor. But the second floor switches are different when compared to the 1st floor switches.
can you have differnt IOS among different stacks. I knew in a stack we need all the switches should have same IOS version. But in between two stacks to communicate do we need same IOS or they can be on differnet IOS?
1st floor switches have 15.0 version and 2nd floor new switches has 12.2.58. Is this ok ?
1st floor switches are 3500 series ( Note: only one one Vlan 20 we are using on the both stack switches and we would like add same Vlan 20 on to the new stack)
2nd floor switches aew 2 catalyst 2960 switches.
Note: on the second floor switches one is 24 port switch and the other one is 48 port switch. so can i make them as a stack?
We have already done cabling from 1st floor to second floor. So no problem with that at all.
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Apr 2, 2009
I have 1841, 2800 and 3800 routers and need to do IOS upgrade to all of them. Existing routers do not have enough flash to hold 2 IOS images.if the router has 12.4.13r ROM IOS, will I be able to boot the ISR router via Cisco brand USB? That means in case something goes wrong while I am uploading new IOS to the router via WAN and something wrong, now router in ROMMON mode. If a local site person has a Cisco USB with an IOS in it, can he just stick it to the router and reboot the router and router will go out of rommon and go into normal mode? After it is working, then I can put the running IOS onto the exisitng CF card so now I can remove the USB and the CF card has a good IOS and reboot the router again.I am just trying to find a safe way to upgrade the site when they don't have big enough flash to hold 2 IOS at the same time. The local person is not technical so asking him to setup tftp server and put the IOS in the computer and so I can do tftpdnld while in rommon mode to grab the IOS from his tftp will be difficult to have the local person to set it up.
If ISR can boot off of the IOS in USB only, then I assume the requiremetn is the ROM IOS needs to be 12.4.13r. Then what is a safe way to upgrade the ROM IOS to this then? I never upgrade ROM IOS before so don't know what kind of problem I may run into and whether it's higher risk to upgrade this than upgrading the regular ios? If it is, then all my routers won't have this ROM IOS version, so that means I can't use USB to boot then? Will that means I am down to tftp server option? ( I heard xmodem won't work as it will time out before the ios can load via the slow dialup link into the router to rescue it from rommon mode).
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Aug 29, 2012
I have some questions in regards to network equipment I want re-utilize for my distribution layer in one of my buildings.The choices at the moment are:
OPTION 1.) 2x WS-3550-12G's (HSRP)
OPTION 2.) 1x WS-6509 with cards:
What option would be better from a performance aspect? We want to have network, voice, and wireless data go through this distribution layer switch(es).This is exisiting equipment I already have and can not buy anything else at the moment.
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