i'm trying to type the command (config)#spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst on my Cisco 2950, but (config)#spanning-tree mode ? only shows me one option - pvst. I've checked the Cisco support page which suggests my version of IOS should support rapid-pvst.
Switch_1#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6Q4L2-M), Version 12.1(13)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
As a part of a major network cleanup/standardization project I have been working on for several weeks, I am now looking at spanning-tree and trying to get my company into line with Cisco Best Practice. I currently have 3 switches in the data center that are spanning-tree root for different vlans. Before I changing vlan priorities in spanning-tree, I feel that I should change from PVST that everything is on now to Rapid-PVST. To minimize the momentary network disruptions from making the change, should I do the edge switches first and do the switches in the data center at the last ?
Related to this process is something that I want to do probably after the PVST to Rapid-PVST change. I am going to manually set the vlan priorities for each vlan on the main core switch. Assuming I set the vlan priority for each vlan on my main core switch (6509) to 4096, should I set the switch I want to be the backup to 8192 for each vlan and then set the edge switches to something like 12288 to keep them from getting up in the spanning-tree hierarchy and for general principle to leave nothing to chance ?
Is it possible to configure MST on ASR and have rapid-pvst on 7600? can they interoperate? ASR sees no BPDUs and both are root bridges.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI can not enable to rapid- protocol in catalyst 6513, does not support for it, only support pvst.
Someone how can i enable to rpvst? You know if is necessary to upgrade IOS, it has
s72033_rp-ENTSERVICESK9_WAN-M - 12.2(18)SXF9 IOS. The cisco software Advisor could not localized the features fot this IOS.
We have two L3 3750 switches running HSRP and routing for various Vlans on our corporate network. Rapid PVST is running across our entire WAN. We are introducing a third party solution for remote communications over MPLS. When interconnecting this equipment to our core network, we have experienced less than desirable failover times of 32 seconds and recovery times of 60 seconds. The vendors engineers are telling is that the interoperability between IEEE spanning tree and Rapid PVST is the culprit.
They are suggesting two scenarios - either converting our corporate network to MST (which I prefer not to do but provides us the fastest fail/recovery times) or adjust the timers on our Rapid PVST forwarding timer to 4 seconds. What would the implications be to change these timers on our network, and if I choose to do this, do I only do it at the core (on the two devices that would become root bridge)? I have been doing some reading that says to not mess with the timers, but nowhere do I see reasons why.
I have two locations DC and Corp connected to each other via Point to Point Circuit. I have forced the two core switches setup as GLBP pair to be primary and secondary for certain VLAN's including VLAN1.I have a switch in our Corporate office 3750 which is where the point to point circuit terminates. VLAN1 SVI is manually shut on that switch. Also the priority on VLAN1 is increased manually like this, "spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 28672".
Now the issue is that the Primarey Root Bridge in the DC is the root bridge for VLAN 1. But this other switch 3750 in our corporate office also is a root bridge for VLAN1. [code]
3750 switch connects to Blade-switch_1 and Blade-switch_2 Spanning-tree mode is configured as rapid-pvst on 3750 switch, do I need to configure rapid-pvst on both blade-switches or keep the default pvst config.3750 is running VTP domain HQ and transparent mode Both Blade_switches are running VTP domain CLI and transparent mode To configure Etherchannel between 3750 and blade-switch_1 do I need to have all devices in same vtp domain?
View 16 Replies View RelatedWhen I plug in a workstation to 3750 switch - it seems to take about 35 seconds before that workstation (hard coded IP) can ping the switch. You can see the console messages below. I configured RSTP and set this switch to root:
spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst
spanning-tree extend system-id
spanning-tree vlan 22,33,44 priority 8192
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I have two switches claiming to be the root bridge for the same vlans. The 3750-X stack was configured to be the root for vlans present and the 2960S was brought online over the weekend to replace another one. This is the command I used to attempt and make the 3750-X stack the root
spanning-tree vlan 1-2,10,50,101,200,900,999 root primary diameter 4
The IOS converted that to this
spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst
spanning-tree loopguard default
spanning-tree portfast bpduguard default
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My colleague and I have been having a discussion about using rapid spanning tree in the access layer. Most of our infrastructure has been migrated to a routed access layer with 3750s.
The idea was brought up to configure the switches with rapid PVST. On the surface, it seems like a better idea, faster convergence, in the event that spanning tree ends up being used for some reason. My colleague prefers sticking with standard PVST. His argument is that, in the event of a layer 2 loop, some consumer-level switches filter out BPDUs and if the control plane is overwhelmed, the shorter timers of rapid PVST just puts that much more of a burden on the CPU trying to regain control, whereas with standard PVST it will have around 20 seconds before it starts to engage. (It may still be overwhelmed, but the longer timer delays the additional burden.) He says he's seen this problem with rapid PVST and that his opinion is backed up by our Cisco rep. (I haven't spoken to him yet.)
In our model, it should be very rare -- pretty much never -- that we would layer 2 span another switch off of our access stack.
One suggestion I saw is to use BPDU Guard, which is a good suggestion as well.
But we have had experiences with overloading the control plane on a 3750. I believe that concern is valid. If the CPU can't service spanning tree. But I'm interested in hearing about other experiences people have had in terms of rapid spanning tree in the access layer, end users plugging in unauthorized devices and creating loops, and the effects when using rapid spanning tree vs standard spanning tree.
I have an alcatel 6850 switch connected to a 3750. Two connections (cables) are used between the switches. The two connections from the alcatel are in different vlans 10 and 60 , but the cisco ones are in the same vlan ie 1 (I know not best practice but keep with it ). The cisco cables are connected into port 1 and 4. Port 1 is forwarding and 4 is blocking. The 3750 is configured with basic default pvst configuration.The alcatel is the root bridge. As can be realised traffic from alcatel on vlan 10 cannot pass traffic to the 3750, This was established by the spt seeing the same mac from the root bridge therefore blocking port 4.To stop this from blocking in this scenario I was going to use bpdufilter.
View 1 Replies View RelatedStange problem which I encountered today, I have a Cisco 2960 which is connected to a netgear. The switch started showing itself in CDP and was running STP. I checked the cables physically today and noted 3 uplinks to the netgear, all port on the Cisco active and forwarding and green lights.
The Cisco was running STP, I changed it to R-PVST and the lights on the Cisco went crazy and I got the message port flapping on the switch but the switch did not block any ports (all ports on same vlan).
There after I changed it back to stp and the switch blocked the other up links apart from one.
Sure R-PVST is far superior than STP?
Is there a way to get more messages out of a 2950 set to syslog? I've turned every logging option I can find to DEBUG, but all I get in my syslog are LinkUp/Down messages and "Configured from console by console". I'd love to see more information such as configuration changes, or even someone attempting to set up DTP on a switchport set to access mode.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOne of my wi-fi site having 2nos cisco 2950 switchs. in that network some D-link unmanageble swithes also there and access points also connected to cisco switchs and D-link switchs.after one or two days i am not able to connect the wi-fi, then i need to restart the access point then only wi-fi is working fine.I upgraded the latest ios also.I connected some access points to the cisco switch ports, those ports are showing crc error messages like below. [code]
View 18 Replies View RelatedI have a server windows 2008 that I would like to have a nic teaming configuration, the server has two nics, each nic is connected to a different switch. One is connected to cisco 2960 and the other is connected to cisco 2950. I have read here in forums about nic teaming but using the same switch. I have not found using different switch. Is this possible?
View 1 Replies View Related2950 switch has a IOS on flash , but i would like to set the swith like...
1. switch IOS to be loaded from TFTP server .if it fails
2. Loaded from local flash IOS1 , if it fails
3. IOS loaded from local flash IOS2.
does 2950 switch support this feature.
I have a problem with an etherchannel between a cisco 2950 and a couple of catalyst 4506. The cisco 2950 is connect via an etherchannel to the catalyst 4506A. The channel consist of two port on both side and is in trunk mode, encapsulation dot1q.Now i have the necessity to connect the 2950 to the other catalyst, 4506B. So, i copy the same configuration on the 4506B, but when I unplug the two rj45 cables from the catalyst 4506A to plug them in the 4506B the etherchannel doesn't go up in any way.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a cisco catalyst 2950 switch (flash:c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-22.EA1b.bin), in remote location with public IP,how to upgrade ios remotely, by that time running configuration will go?how much down time is required and ?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have 10 2950 switches on my network that support only 64 vlans on each one. I actualy have requrement to cleate around 100 vlans acros them, can I switch off vtp and create required vlans manualy? I will have more or less following set up:
router
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2950 - vlan 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
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c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-22.EA10a.bin is the image name of the 2950 switch i have in my office. what is the meaning of " i6q4l2 "? I saw some IOS like IP base, adv-security. but i didn't see anything like this before.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhat are the security issues in connecting a notebook to a console of the 2950 switch? Can virus or Trojan enter into a switch during configuration session? If the answer is yes, what precautions must I take to prevent such case?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi am having 2950 switch. Now i login through telnet but as per the company standard i have to login through ssh. Is there any possible to enable the SSH in 2950. Any IOS supporting this operation.
flash:/c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-19.EA1c.bin
After setting up the domain name I try to use the crypto key and it is no where to be located. Below is some of the information I copied from TeraTerm
Switch-1(config)#ip domain-name justin.lab.comSwitch-1(config)#crySwitch-1(config)#cry?% Unrecognized commandSwitch-1(config)#crypto key ?% Unrecognized commandSwitch-1(config)#crypto key ^% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.
Switch-1(config)#?Configure commands: aaa
I configured rate limit on cisco 2960 switch sexuss fully, but i could not configure in cisco 2950 (verson 12.1 (22).To confiure the same on 2950
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am experiencing high cpu utilization in my 29501 switch. see the copied sh process cpu output.
CPU utilization for five seconds: 99%/95%; one minute: 89%; five minutes: 37%
PID Runtime(ms) Invoked uSecs 5Sec 1Min 5Min TTY Process
1 0 2 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0 Chunk Manager
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I am trying to test the gigabit ports on a Cisco 2950 switch. 1000Base-SX. I have the internet or dhcp server connected to port 24 on the first switch and my pc hooked up to the (any) port on the second switch. Both switchs are connected with a fiberoptic cable with MTRJ connectors on either side.
Now when I use gi0/2 on both switchs all works fine. I get a dhcp address from the router on the other end of the first switch. but when ever I include gi0/1 on either end of the fiber optic cable neither of the ports will initialize (neither of the leds above the ports light up). I have deleted all the config files before booting up the switchs so they should have a default blank configuration.
When looking at the Http web page for the switch I dont see any issues with the port. what can I do to make sure these ports are working or can be configured?
I will not be able to post back any more information about the switch until next tuesday. Im off till then.
Stumped again with my Catalyst 2950. Everything is working perfectly with wan/dhcp/router on fa 0/1 with all ports assigned to vlan1. All devices plugged in connect to the router correctly with ip's being assigned via dhcp.Instead of hooking up by console port I want to be able to SSH or telnet in to the switch using any port while still maintaining the above functionallity. Is it possible to assign a dhcp assigned ip address to vlan 2 and have vlan1 and 2 bridged? Or is there a better way of doing this ?
View 3 Replies View Related spam up the boards with the same basic CCNA level stuff, but I have a couple of questions about ios differences, limitations, and references. I have the following three switches. One appears to be considerably dated in regard to software version. My confusion/ignorance stems from managing VTP settings.
2924XL 12.0 5 WC8
2950 12.1 22 EA6
2950 12.1 22 EA6
When I set either 2950 switch as the VTP server, and the other as a client, the client inherits the server settings as expected. However the 2924 requires that I go into the vlan database from priv exec and manually set vtp client. That's pretty similar to setting any switch to client mode. The problem I am observing is that after setting the 2924 to client, it still doesn't inherit vtp version settings or pruning settings. I still have to manually configure those. Additionally, if I copy run start the 2924 after making these manual settings, and then reload the switch, all the settings are lost and it defaults back to server mode with all features disabled. From my searches, it looks like vlan information is stored in vlan.dat, but all the documentation I've found is on 12.1 ios which doesn't appear to use vlan database for vtp setup, meaning it might still be an issue, but not one I'm focused on at the moment.
Is the vlan database dumped at reload? I've read vlan.dat is stored in nvram and should be saved after a copy run start, but that is not the case for me.I have since set the 2924 as the server, manually configured the server from vlan database, executed copy run start, and reloaded the switch. Oddly, my manual settings saved from the reload, meaning I only lose settings when the switch is in client mode.Am I missing additional necessary client commands to save the config, or is this just a limitation of either the 2924XL or the 12.0 ios?On a related but completed out of scope topic, without a cisco service contract, how am I supposed to make heads or tails of all the different versions of ios, along with the letter-based features and what-not? I can't even find my 2924 in the list of platforms when searching for ios upgrades.
I have a above said switch at my remote office (600KM) which is connected with L2 Point to Point leased line. Both the ends I have Cisco 3950 catalyst switches with Vlans configured at both the ends. Now, for obvious reasons I should remove the other end 3950 switch and replace with Cisco 2950 switch. The other end 3950 is having 4 Vlans configured on 4 ports. Now my requirement is, I should configure 3 Vlans (one for P2P, one for 10 Desktops and one for to bring traffic from other network).
View 1 Replies View RelatedI cannot seem to correct a duplex mismatch issue.I have a Cisco 2950 switch connected to a Cisco 2621 router. I am running a per-interface Vlan. I have two fastethernet ports and one NM-1E card installed on the router. One fastethernet port is connected to my gateway router, the second fastethernet port is connected to my switch for one Vlan. The NM-1E Ethernet card is being used for the second Vlan which consists of nine IP cameras. Though the cameras on the Vlan are working fine.Now, the NM-1E card is set to half-duplex. I know that I should be using a fastethernet module like a 1FE 2W or a 2FE 2W card, (which I have,) but the router does not recogonize either one of these cards when they are installed, and yes, they have been confirmed as good cards.
Using Router-on-a-Stick configuration is out due to the bandwidth contention besides the fact that the router I am using it on will not handle this due to the flash being an older version.I have forced the switchport to half duplex, setting the speed to 10. I was getting fewer error messages at first, but they soon increased back to the frequency that they began with.I have set the switchport to duplex auto, but this failed to resolve the issue.Obviously, I cannot force the switchport into duplex full since the NM-1E interface is set to half duplex. Can the NM-1E card be configured to full duplex? I can't seem to find any documentation showing where it can be forced to full duplex mode.Could nine IP cameras just be too much for both the router and switch to handle?
I have a 4503 switch (in L2 mode) running 12.1 hooked into a C2950 running 12.1, using regular 4 pair Cat5e cables to connect between them. The 4503 has Gigabit port 2/1 trunking to the 2950's Fa port 0/13.
When I set the duplex mode to DUPLEX FULL and SPEED to SPEED 100 on both switches (for their trunk ports) the link fails, and my 4503 loses connectivity (since it gets it from the 2950).
Here is my config from the switches (per description):
The 4503:
interface GigabitEthernet2/1
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,2,100-140
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Note, this is the only mode that works (which seems to work fine, but I get TERRIBLE throughput for anything that goes over the 2950.
I own the Cisco switch,2950-24.When power on,it says Crash fault with information showed below: [code] Then I search google.com and found the resolution of upgrating IOS.I push mode button before power.Then I access into the CLI.I checked the files in the flash: and got these. [code]
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have issue with 2950 switch dot1x config is not working , but on 2960 its working fine .Below are the configs from both switches and a debug dot1x all snap, what may be the issue with 2950 switch ...
on 2950======>
aaa new-modelaaa authentication dot1x default group radiusaaa authorization network default group radius
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