Trunking with c3750 and Dell PowerConnect 6024 switch

[alphonsogriffin]

Anybody have any resources available with trunking between a c3750-E switch and a Dell PowerConnect 6024 switch.

any useful links and or documenation would be greatly appreciated.

[alphonsogriffin]

Any ideas anyone.

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello Alphonso,

from the cat3550 you cannot rely on the Cisco proprietary negotiation protocols

so the config will be:

int gi0/5

switchport

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport mode trunk

[switchport nonegotiate]

from the DELL side

here you find the tech specs of your switch

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_6224?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

VLAN support for tagging and port-based as per IEEE 802.1Q

Double VLAN tagging (QinQ)

Up to 1024 VLANs supported

Dynamic VLAN with GVRP support

Voice VLAN support

You need also to define the VLANs of interest because it cannot use VTP.

How to configure:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/PC62xx/en/CLI/HTML/climenus.htm

hope to help

Giuseppe

[alphonsogriffin]

i'm working with an older piece of Dell hardware. PowerConnect 6024 -

Dell - 6024

Cisco - 3750-E

[Giuseppe Larosa]

Hello Alphonso,

go through www.dell.com sorry for my mistake, however I suppose you can find useful info also for this older model

hope to help

Giuseppe