I am attempting to set up the FastEthernet management port on some 4500x switches that we have recieved for Out-of-Band management, but I am unable to get them working. I have set this up before on ASR1004 routers and have not had any troubles with them, although I have noticed that they use a different mangement vrf name.
I have added the IP address to the FastEthernet1 port, applied a default route for the vrf (e.g. ip route vrf mgmtVrf 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x), and connected the port to my switch. I am unable to ping the out-of-band management IP from anywhere, inside or outside of its subnet, and I am unable to ping out from the 4500x using the ping vrf mgmtVrf <IP address> command. When I run a show interface Fa1 command on the 4500x and on the switch its connected to, they both show that they are sending traffic but neither shows that its recieving any traffic. I have tried connecting a laptop directly to the FastEthernet port, set it statically to the same subnet, and am still unable to ping the managment interface. I ran a Wireshark capture on the laptop and I show no traffic coming from the management port on the switch, even though when I check the show interface command it shows that the port is sending packets. I have attempted this on two separte 4500x switches so far with the same results. We are running IOS-XE 03.04.04.SG on both switches with the entservices license. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jesse
