Welcome to the Cisco Community Ask Me Anything conversation. Submit your questions from Monday, February 2, 2026, through Friday, February 20, 2026. Our colleagues Amruta Navadagi, Anaya Kalawat, and Mohammad Mehtabuddin will be waiting to assist you...
Hey there,I am trying to create a stackwise virtual setup with 2 x C9500-24Y4C through the meraki dashboard.When i am connecting my 2 interfaces dedicated for the SVL and 1 interface for the DAD, STP kicks in and blocks the 3 ports on the 9500-2 then...
I bought a Cisco Catalyst switch from a hamfest (amateur radio swap meet) and am trying to get it working. I am a retired software engineer and am just looking to get this working. I can connect to it through a serial conection and can run some ini...
one of the 2960X switch in stack of 5 switches booted with new IOS and other with old IOS only when boot varibale is set with new IOS and strange thing is still connected in stack and whole stack working properly
To free up the QSFP port of the 9400 supervisor module I need to move our existing/production DAD link down to the lower half of ports. Is this as simple as removing the config from the existing port and moving it to the new port? Does anyone know if...
I have two sites that are a bit further than 10KM and are using Cisco C9300X to replace the Meraki MS425. We installed a Cisco QSFP-40G-ER4 but they don't seem to work. It was suggested we use a native Meraki optic, but looking at the Meraki website...
need cad model C9200L-48T-4X-E. Thank you!
My switch MS120-48 is running MS 18.1.8.1 / CS 17.2.3 and it is adviced to upgrade CS to IOS-XE 17.15.1.9 or higher. When I want to schedule or plan the upgrade I get an "Action required before upgrade"Is this a general warning or is there realy somt...
Hi Everyone,We have an issue with our C1300 (4G no stackable) switches. The architecture is quite simple : 2 Firewalls both connected to 1 C1300 switch with : 1 Port channel for client VLANs and 1 port for the ISP VLAN. When we are on firewall 1 - sw...
hi, we have one new cisco catalyst 9350-48U switch, it is locked out because aaa is configured, but local account has not been created, so now can't login via console and need to factory reset it. I follow following instructions, but the switch didn'...
Hi All,We have Catalyst 9300 stack switches and have been asked to conduct an audit to see which ports have actually been used in the last 3 months.Which CLI command would you suggest to get some accurate stats ?I have tried show interface link, show...
We have stack with two C9200-24P switches. Flash of first switch displays 1956839424 bytes total (845697024 bytes free) Flash of second switch: 1957167104 bytes total (1358430208 bytes free) I compare content of two flashes - it`s identical (+/- se...
I want to reset Switch 3750 password but mode button is not working. Is there any other way? Ctrl+ break also not working
Hi community,I would like to ask you for help or ideas what to try as I feel I run out of the options.Case: I am moving endpoints from 9300uxm (traditional L2/L3) into newly build parallel network SD-LAN fabric (LISP PUB/SUB) managed by DNAC/CCC, aut...
I am trying to connect to the PCB of a network switch that is currently in the R&D stage using a USB-to-console cable. However, the console session continuously displays garbled or random characters. Whenever I type a command, the input appears corru...
Hi,We have the C9200-24T-A that we are now managing using our existing Meraki dashboard. Its DNA license has expired so it's currently not covered, but I'm struggling to find which Meraki licenses I need to purchase for it. Can anyone advise?Thank yo...
