switches replacement

[mateomateo1]

Hi,

There is a need to replace faster cisco switches.

What I have at the minute is:

uc500, esw520 and few 500 series switches which have only 2 1Gbit interface, the setup is like that connections from switch is going to cisco phone (vlan 150) and from phone via bult-in switch to pc (default vlan 1), we have couple SGE2000P switches with which we want (management) to replace all the old 500 is it possible to do what I want? Sorry I am not good in voice technology.

[paolo bevilacqua]

Wrong forum, post in "small business - switching". You can move your post using the actions panel on the right.

[Tom Watts]

Hi Matt, the ESW series switches went eos/eol about a year ago. It may be possible to find some at a distributor but they're currently not being manufactured.

I would implore you to purchase SX300 (srw2xxx-k9-na) or SX500 series model. The SX300 series was specifically positioned to transition people from using the ESW models. Additionally, the SX500 was specifically placed to replace the SGE2XXX models and incorporate all of the features of the SX300 models.

-Tom
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[mateomateo1]

We actualy have cisco 500 series switches (on it vlan 150 for voice and 1 as a data), the problem is company have already bought sgep2000 switches so my task will be to set up those spe and replace with currentely in use cisco 500, that was my question. I know that sx500 would be better choice but company have bought those sge and now wants me to install it.

[Tom Watts]

Matt, my condolences. If you're looking for configuration advise, you will have to manually configure the phone ports for data vlan untagged, voice vlan tagged. I'd also recommend to try not to run them in stack as at times there has been some reliability issues. Let me know if you need any info.

-Tom
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[mateomateo1]

The phones are already set up this way they have vlan 150 vor voice and untagged for data, the question is will sge work in place of 500 (If I set up the same vlan 150 for voice and standard 1 for data on sge) and will trunks between switches be passing traffic ok, I havent started with the upgrade yet, want to confirm everything before I will jump on it

[Tom Watts · Accepted solution]

Matt, yes. You just need to manually trunk and tag everything. All links going up need the same tags as the phones. The SGE switches are stack switches by default, if you're not stacking them, i'd recommend to set to standalone so you have all the ports available. The SGE switches are fundamentally the same they're simply less feature-rich.

-Tom
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[mateomateo1]

Thanks Thomas, I will start tomorrow then, I let know the result