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Hello for everybody. A new switch 9500 was installed on the site. Generated an id token and registered the device in a smart account. However, when viewing the license status, you can see the following 9500-1-core#sh license statusSmart Licensing is ...
May I know what is the different between the follow type of switches? a. LAN Baseb. IP Base
I currently service high-end workstations over an OM4 cable plant -- 2-strand / LC connectors plugged into Intel X520-SR1 NICs on the host side and Nexus 93180YC-EX on the switch side (in the IDFs) I want to migrate these to 40G ... and I'm beginning...
Hi.We recently purchased a Cisco 9400 with 2 Supervisor-1 modules, and I want to use the 40G ports. But the ports (along with 4 of the 8 10G ports) are set as Inactive. How do I activate them? I have tried: interface FortyGigabitEthernet5/0/10 switch...
Hi, we have a stack of 2 x WS-C3750X-48P switches with a 10 gigabit module in each: When I run a show inventory I can see everything except for the LRM SFP within the 10 gigabit module in the second stack member. See below: #sh verCisco IOS Software...
Hello from Germany, I am trying to connect an Aruba L2 Switch to an ISR4331 that has a "NIM-ES2-4" Card inserted.The switching card has no free ports left so I had to connect the Aruba switch to an integrated port that is not capable of being a switc...
I've read from Cisco CCNA book that ASIC is slow when using CAM so they decided to use a specialized memory called TCAM to perform faster lookups...but why? how this TCAM can perform a faster lookup? is the TCAM a copy from MAC table?
what would happen if a user connects a netgear switch to one of our managed switches. would that port be disabled as soon as that switch is plugged in? can plugging that switch create a loop? Does the switchport need to be an access port or a trunk i...
Please read the full issue before responding. I did a big upgrade to three offices (now running 15.0(2)SE12) and all three are now affected but specifically only the 3560-E model. Yes, it's EoS but it's still listed under compatible hardware for 15...
I had configured a 3850 so that I could implement it into our environment. Once I had finished the configuration, I reloaded the switch just to make sure everything was ok. I hadn't set a password for the console, so when the switch booted up, it t...
I'm thinking of configuring IP SLA's to monitor network quality for VoIP. We have 50 sites that come into our data centre via MPLS. This would obviously be where we put the receiver. Questions are: 1. Would having 50 sites polling the one router have...
I got a cisco 3560CG 8 port poe switch that I got at home and I want to know how to do vlan routing I want to assign something like this uplink port gig 0/9 - uplink to router Router uplinks to cable modem and to intetnet uplink port gig 0/1 - 0/3 - ...
I've just bought a cheap Nexus 5548UP off eBay to teach myself FCoE and configuring Cisco switches from the comfort of my bedroom. Thanks to the kind members who recommended this over a 6120, and for then helping me configure it for FCoE.I wish to up...
Hi,I'm testing connectivity between 2 Fabric Site with SD-Access transit network. I have done a simple POC :PC A (192.168.10.100) <-> HQ Fabric site <-> SDA Transit network <-> FIAB Fabric site <-> PC B (192.168.20.100) I can see BGP sessions between...
Hi,I want to configure the port-channel between 49Gig and 10Gibs. One side is a Cisco 3850 with 40gig interfaces and remote end is a Cisco4500X with SPF + interface. Can we set up EtherChannel between the two switches?
