Switching

I have seen sometimes that large packet sizes are used for testing link quality, packet loss etc...Is it a good way to test link?

My question is if i can to stack the 2 switches with the power up and running without having any problems to my network?

RequirementWe want to permit certain mac addresses on the cat 4506 switch wherein only those mac addresses will get access to network.Configuration PlannedFor testing purpose we have created mac access list on cat 4506 and deny laptop mac address in ...

We have a NEXUS 7000 running PIM SM.  A checkpoint firewall is networke to it configured for PIM Dense mode. The RP is configured on the NEXUS Siwtch that the firewall is connected to. The firewall statically forwards multicast to the NEXUS.  I need ...

Hi Everyone,We are having issues on our edge router.Users are having slowness and CPU utilization of edge router is high.Edge router connects to the internet.We see these logs again and again on the router %APPFW-4-HTTP_STRICT_PROTOCOL: Sig:15 HTTP p...

I have a Routing issue with one of my SG300-28P units. It has several Trunked VLANs. I think I habe Narrowed it down to a Default Route on the offending SG300 though I cannot see to change or delete any of the Static Routes on the unit. I can Add Rou...

Folks.I've been handed a requirement to try and get a multicast server working on my setup.Trouble is, I don't know if I can with the feature set I have on my switches.What is desired is that a multicast server (stand alone, but network conencted, ob...

I am planning on upgrading our 1 VLAN, switched  network. Just to note I am aware of, that some of the equipment I am  thinking of is EOL, but I guess they are still a pretty good piece of  equipment for currently very little money!?For the main  off...

HeyI have a few questions regarding deciding upon a FEX:What type of architecture should be used? This would be ToR?What are the clear benefits of it? Easier to manage?What drawbacks are present?Thanks

I'm pretty sure I'm on the right track and somewhat close to a correct setup for this.  The goal is to get a wireless controler to route default (safe) traffic on vlan1 and all BYOD traffic (bad) on vlan2.  So far I have the controller tunneling the ...

Hi,We are planning to deploy a new campus network comprising of a Core (Nexus 7K), 2 client aggregation modules (Catalyst 6500 /w Sup-2T VSS) and a single Data Centre module (Nexus 7k).MPLS is being deployed to provide segregation of services. Now in...

We are in a business that is subjected to NERC guidelines and processes for management of networks. As such, we have to document and approve all tcp/udp ports and services on devices. Those that are not needed should be disabled, those that are neede...

We have an ACL created and applied to a port-profile on N1KVWe are getting hits on this ACL, but the actual denies are not getting logged on VSM or our syslog server. If we check on the VEM we can see the details while the flow is active. Example:Hov...