Newbie setting up 3650

[Jimbob1986]

Hi all

Sorry if this is a really simple question, but i will have limited time with my new equipment to test before i must deploy.

I will be setting up 2 x WS-C3650-24TD-S switches with a very basic configuration. A single VLAN needs to span across the two switches (using a fiber trunk link), but i am not certain how to set this up...

After digging around i have seen mention that by default VLAN info is shared over the trunk link, but I assume some setup will be required on the 'slave' switch? I have read a bit about VTP, but not certain this is required for my basic setup?

The only other things i will need to configure to run on my VLAN (not sure if this is relevant) are:

1. Local igmp v2, Local igmp snooping, Local igmp snooping querier,
2. Local DHCP address pool
3. Range of static addresses

Thank you for any help, and sorry if i sound a little naive - I am!

[Sergey Lisitsin · Accepted solution]

Jimbob,

Yes, you do need to exclude the addresses that you want to use as static ones. This is done by the command I included in the DHCP bit

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.10

This command excludes first 10 IP addresses from your DHCP pool. You can specify a wider range if you need more room for statics.