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EtherSwitch Service Module (ES) Configuration 2811 & Cat3750

charles-moore
Level 1
Level 1

Hi All,

I have a 2811 router configured and working with a EtherSwitch Service Module, details below:

NME-16ES-1G-P: EtherSwitch SM 16 10/100T PoE + 1 GE Port adapter, 1 port

The current config attached shows the 2811 has a configured Service-Engine 0/0 and a Gigabit-Ethernet 1/0.

They are configured in such a way, to provide access to the integrated Cat3750 16 Port module.

I currently have the following 7 Vlans configured on the 3750 and I've configured fa1/0/16 as a Trunk port.

The Fa1/0/16 Trunk port has a Physical ethernet connection to the the 2811 Fa0/0.

The 2811 Fa0/0 is configured with Sub-Interfaces, which reflect the Vlans configured on the Cat3750.

This configuration works perfect I have no issue with the config. However I do have two questions I would really appreciate some clarity.

Q1) The Cisco Documentation states you can achieve what I have configured on FA1/0/16 via the GigaBit port 1/0/2

Note taken from Cisco pdf:

If the ES module or the devices connected to this ES module need to communicate to the external network via

the host router, this port (GigabitEthernet1/0/2) needs to be a Layer 3 port or it needs to be a member of Layer

3 VLAN. See the Configure Routing section of this document to understand how to configure the routing on

I have tried to configure the Gigabit 1/0/2 as stated above, but have been unsuccessful any configuration suggestions would help.

Q2) Etherswitch Module Interface Gigabit 1/0/1 on the 3750

The Etherswitch module, physically has 1 x gigabit interface, however the configuration of the Cat3750 shows

Gi1/0/1 & GI1/0/2.

GI1/0/2 is Virtually Binded / Configured to the Service-Engine and the Gi1/0 on the 2811 router.

However there is no phyical connection of the Gigabit interface on the ES Module.

My question: Can the Gigabit Port be physically used as a uplink / switchport aceess. i.e Phisically connect a ethernet cable from the port to another device, or is the Gi 1/0/1 config on Cat-3750 Virtually associated to the GI1/0 on the 2811 router.

Thanks for taking the timeout to read.

Cheers

Etherswitch.jpg

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jmunoz19
Level 4
Level 4

There is no need to have a physical cable between the module and the router.  On the switch, the gig1/0/2 is bound to the 2811's gig1/0.  This is a gigabit connection across the backplane.  You can set them up just like you have a physical cable running between them.  I typically create subinterfaces for each VLAN on the router and make it a trunk port on the switch, then use the 2811 as the default gateway for each VLAN.  Regarding the switch's 1/0/1 port, I believe that's just a placeholder that can't be used for anything; perhaps the IOS developers felt that interfaces should come in pairs.

Hi Munoz,

Do you have the configuration for setting the GI1/0/2 to a Trunk port ?

I have followed Cisco recommendation for configuring the EtherSwitch Module as a Service Module on the 2811 and the IP Address configuration at

either end of the Gigabit interface. You will note from the attached image the Cat3750 Gigabit port GI1/0/2 is configured as Layer 3 interface.

With this configuration there would would be no access to the  Session Access to the Service Module.

Please see attached Cisco Doc.

Cheers

Charles

I tackled this problem today.  I have a slightly different config: my router is a 3945 and my ES SM is the 16-

port GigE one, but the concept is roughly the same.  I wanted to send VLANs 151-154 over to the Router so that it could route.

I decided to assign VLAN 45 as the "internal" VLAN for communications between the two.  I am guessing that if I had used native tagging, that would probably have worked on VLAN1, but I never use VLAN1 if I can avoid it, so I assigned 45.

I can't guarantee that all the config I did was required, but it does all work.

On the host Router (3945), I did this:

interface GigabitEthernet1/0
description SM-ES3G-16-P module inside of Router
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0.45
description Internal MGMT VLAN to Etherswitch SM
encapsulation dot1Q 45
ip address 10.10.10.241 255.255.255.248
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0.151
description AZ1 port 5 test
encapsulation dot1Q 151
ip address 207.182.51.129 255.255.255.248
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0.152
description AZ1 port 6 test
encapsulation dot1Q 152
ip address 207.182.51.137 255.255.255.248
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0.153
description CA1 port 5 test2
encapsulation dot1Q 153
ip address 207.182.51.145 255.255.255.248
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0.154
description CA1 port 6 test2
encapsulation dot1Q 154
ip address 207.182.51.153 255.255.255.248
!

Then on the switch, I wanted to assign ports 1-2 to VLAN 151, ports 3-4 to VLAN 152, etc.

In the case of this switch, the "internal" port is 0/18 because they are all gig.

Thus:

lan 45
name OPUSGWINT
!
vlan 151 
name TSTTOP5
!
vlan 152
name TSTTOP6
!
vlan 153
name TSTBOT5
!
vlan 154
name TSTBOT6

interface GigabitEthernet0/1
switchport access vlan 151
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
switchport access vlan 151
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
switchport access vlan 152
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/4
switchport access vlan 152
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/5
switchport access vlan 153
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/6
switchport access vlan 153
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/7
switchport access vlan 154
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/8
switchport access vlan 154
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
interface GigabitEthernet0/18
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
!
interface Vlan1
no ip address
!
interface Vlan45
ip address 10.10.10.242 255.255.255.248

Joel Snyder / Opus One

Hi 

I am having simillar probelm a 2951 switch and Etherswitch service module SM-X-ES3-16-P.

I am not able to enable thr routing between the two and i nee dto enabel HSRP as well between the two.

The solution suggested will not work as i will not able to access the internal service module from the router then.

it gives me this message

IP address required to access service module.

Please advise.

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