07-03-2018 12:23 PM - edited 03-08-2019 03:33 PM
Hi everyone -
I have a bit of a strange problem.
I have THREE of the WS-C2960CX-8PC-L switches
that will not allow me to use both of the SFP ports.
Links to "yes this should work" from the Datasheets are below.
Troubleshooting thus far:
- This is true when connecting ANY fiber optical device using ANY fiber transceiver (Cisco, CXTec, etc) to either of those ports. You can use ONE fiber port -- and both copper ports.
You cannot use all FOUR (2 fiber, 2 copper) uplinks at the same time.
I've moved the SFPs/fiber patches to two OTHER Cisco switches and had links come up - the SFPs and fiber patches are just fine, no bad hardware.
But as soon as I try to connect the second SFP (either one) of the fiber ports to an SFP, and bring up _anything_ on the other end, the link _will not_ come up.
The SFP does show up in 'show inv' == but no link will happen.
2960-CX |
8 |
Non PoE |
8 x 1G |
2 x 1 G SFP 2 x 1 G Cu |
WS-C2960CX-8TC-L |
PoE+ (124W) |
8 x 1G |
2 x 1 G SFP 2 x 1 G Cu |
WS-C2960CX-8PC-L |
Table 4. Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Compact Switch Models and Default Software
Model |
Ethernet Ports |
PoE |
Available |
Uplinks |
Default Software |
2960CX-8TC-L |
8 x 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet |
N/A |
2 x 1G copper plus 2 x 1G SFP |
LAN Base |
|
2960CX-8PC-L |
8 x 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet |
8 PoE+ |
124W |
2 x 1G copper plus 2 x 1G SFP |
LAN Base |
Note: All four uplink ports (two copper and two fiber) can be used simultaneously and also as downlinks.
07-03-2018 01:27 PM
A further quick comment ---
I have, of course, swapped SFPs/fiber patches around
on various ports -- this is happening on at least three different 2960CX switches, so I don't think it's failed SFP slots, nor is it failed SFPs/bad patches, etc.
If it were a problem with shared ports, I'd expect not to be able to share the copper uplink/downlink ports either - ie, I'd be able to get ONE copper link and ONE fiber link up.
As it is, I can get both copper uplinks and one fiber port working -- not all four.
For those who will want to know the firmware involved:
c2960cx-universalk9-mz.152-4.E2.bin
Both SFPs do show up - no slot failures
sh inventory
NAME: "1", DESCR: "WS-C2960CX-8TC-L"
PID: WS-C2960CX-8TC-L , VID: V03 , SN: FOC2030Z67Q
NAME: "GigabitEthernet0/11", DESCR: "1000BaseLX SFP"
PID: GLC-LH-SMD , VID: V01 , SN: AXCLHSMD004949
NAME: "GigabitEthernet0/12", DESCR: "1000BaseLX SFP"
PID: GLC-LH-SMD , VID: V01 , SN: GTYW2777
One of the other affected switches is running:
c2960cx-universalk9-mz.152-3.E2.bin
So not even the same versions of software --
Thanks for any advice... Tim
07-05-2018 08:11 AM
Punt to top of the list for some to see this...
Has anyone got any ideas?
Thanks Tim
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