Hello!
I am really hoping for some help and guidance here..
So a little bit of background about my environment.
I am currently updating my company's switches. I purchased one Cisco 9300 to use as my core switch and then two 48 port Cisco 9200 switches to use as access switches.
We have about 50 computers and Polycom VV350 IP phones and I have a eSXI host running a domain controller.
I'm fortunate enough to have the new switches and eSXI host running in a “test” environment so I can get this figured out before implementing my entire infrustructure, but everything is currently working in our production network. Ive been doing a lot of trial and error, but mostly errors....
I don’t have a CCNA and Im not very fluent with Cisco, so Im wondering if there is a way to set this up from the WebUI? I have a really hard time understanding the command interface with Cisco. I can use it at a basic “newb” level, but I feel a lot more comfortable doing it from the WebUI. If I have to run commands, that’s fine, but Im just more comfortable with the WebUI.
Anyway, since this is already working in my production environment, I just made a copy of my domain controller and put it in my test environment, so the DHCP scopes are configured for the phones already (option 128, 144, 191).
The problem that Im running into right now is, when I plug the Polycom phone into any of my access ports, I don’t get any DHCP address at all. It gets nothing. I can plug a computer into any of the access ports and I get a 192.168.0.X address, but the phones are not getting anything at all.
When I plug the phone into any port, I get a “DHCP failed” message. I also cannot PING anything from the IP phones built in troubleshooting diagnostic tool, HOWEVER, if I daisychain the PC through the phone, the PC will get a DHCP address and I can PING everything on my network while connected through the phone.
I have a feeling I have something misconfigured on my switches and this is where Im getting really caught up.
VLAN 1 is set on all switches for 192.168.0.X
This is where Im really struggling.
I obviously need to create VLAN50 on all of my switches, but Im having a difficult time understanding how to assign an IP address to VLAN50 without assigning a SVI port to that VLAN.
I want to use IP addresses 192.168.4.X for my phones. Wouldn’t I need to assign 192.168.4.1 to VLAN50?
The switchport mode is currently set to “dynamic auto”. Do I need to configure the ports going to the other access switches and my eSXI box to be an access port? Do I set the Access VLAN to VLAN50 and the Native VLAN1?
Ugh...Im so confused. Im sorry.
Would someone maybe be willing to talk me through a few things?
Any help at this point would be very very gratefully appreciated and thank you in advance to anyway willing to help.
