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Resolved! Accessing switch with no enable password

Somehow one of my co-workers configured a series of switches for a customer without an enable password so now when you attempt to connect to them via telnet you get the 'no enable password set' error. Is there anyway to fix this without having to ind...

nshoe18 by • Level 1
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Error on Cat 4500 Switch!!!!

Hi, I am getting this error on my cat 4500 switch.: Jul 4 10:11:11: %SYS-3-TIMERNEG: Cannot start timer (0x12589A8) with negative offset (-1983561290). -Process= "Cat4k Mgmt HiPri", ipl= 0, pid= 51 -Traceback= 10B45FA8 10B897F4 116B11C0 119ABC60 11DE...

Resolved! Span port limit

How many source ports can be ideally spanned to one destination port? we are planning to use an application in our serverfarm switch but looks like I will have to span more than 20 source ports to one destination, is it doable or recommended way? Is ...

nawas by • Level 4
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Resolved! New 6509

We recently purchased a 6509 with a SUP2 MSFC2. Everything is set up according to the installation guide hardware-wise. I figured I'd plug it in and have an IOS and be ready to configure, but I guess not. I've never deployed a 6509 from scratch befor...

Resolved! Convert Catalyst 6500 VTP based network to Nexus 7000's

I am migrating a network from 6500 cores to Nexus 7000 cores.Currently, the 6500's are VTP servers, and all downstream devices are VTP clients.NX-OS does not support VTP server, so my plan was to simply disable VTP everywhere.If I first verify that a...

gvb by • Level 1
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storm-control guidelines and best practices

Hi all,Are there any "best practises" regarding the value of storm-control ?I want to limit inbound broadcasts to 100 packets/second on each port on our Access VLANs. This seams a reasonable number.1) 70% as i see in some documentation, i find way to...

gnijs by • Level 4
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cat 6500 online tests

Hi allwith the cat 6500, I believe it runs tests automatically in the background right? would these report to syslog? and if so how would i do it?Also when running an online test, with the commanddiagnostic start module 1 test 5 , what does the tes...

Faulty internal power supply detected

Dear All,I have this output from 3560 switch "Faulty internal power supply detected" when I type "show log" and the switch is already switched over on its RPS if anyone have documentation about the causes for this about please send it.2- what time do...

Cisco Router PCMCIA memory compatibility

On some of the newer Cisco routers (2800, 3800, etc..) they come with a external PCMCIA memory card. Of course only a Cisco branded PCMCIA memory card will work, but I've heard there's a command to turn off the feature that will allow virtually any P...

Traffic limiting issue.

I have the following config on a Cisco router that is being used as a test lab for our server team. We are simulating some of our WAN connections.interface GigabitEthernet0/12switchport access vlan 50switchport mode accessspeed 10duplex fullsrr-queue...

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