02-06-2024
08:55 AM
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02-06-2024
09:01 AM
by
Jimena Saez
Hello.
I have two 2960X switches in stack mode. I want to create an aggregation of two ports to two non-managable (external) switches and not Cisco. By default, by connecting both ports at the same time, the spanning-tree of the remote switches blocks both ports in the stack.
I would like to block one of the two ports as long as a port is in "up" status. If it changes to "down", I would like the second port to "up" and the other to "down". And so on.
Here is a diagram for clarity.
I was thinking of creating a Port-Channel for the link between the two ports.
Thank you.
Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image
— — — — — — —
1 28 WS-C2960X-24PD-L 15.2(2)E6 C2960X-UNIVERSALK9-M
2 28 WS-C2960X-24PD-L 15.2(2)E6 C2960X-UNIVERSALK9-M
02-06-2024 02:00 PM
Not going to work if the unmanaged switches do not support Etherchannel.
02-06-2024 02:20 PM
Thank you. Because switches are not managed directly by my organization, I cannot change their configurations. This is in fact an interconnection for access to external resources on which I wish to have redundancy. Is there any other way in this case, other than the Port Channel to manage this type of redundancy on the Cisco switches side?
02-07-2024 01:02 AM
The question is why remote switches in spannon tree block both ports is not normal.
You should take a snapshot of the BPU frames circulating on these links.
Check the spanning tree settings and if there is no protection mechanism on the switch ports of the other entity's stack.
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