Reference Cisco SR 617719425 Here's a transcript from one of my voicemails from Cisco; "we don't have a 1.1.0 avaialable, yet" ... " still testing" ... "going to take at least a month or two to have a beta code on it" So, that's in line with your statement below. I was under the impression it was going to be ready for release here at the end of this month rather than next month. That said, if the RCs are not ready now, I kinda dobut you will be releasing in June. Maybe July or later. You know more than me though.
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Yea, those phones really are kind of old. It has been years since they stopped selling those. That being said, your best bet is to research which older switches will do Cisco prestandard power and go buy some off eBay or a gray market dealer. It would be a shame to throw the phones away. You need to do the math to figure out if it's cheaper to go with buying some old used gear that will support the phones, getting new phones, or what. Cisco did drag their feed on doing the 802.3ae PoE implementation, just like they dragged their feet with LLDP-MED, but they did switch over. Many newer Cisco switches are not supporting prestandard any more at all now. Such are the perils of vendor-specific proprietary technologies.
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I have been told by people at Cisco that the 1.1 version of code is much farther off and they will not let cu stomers beta test it at this time. I am not sure that the SF300 series will ever get LCLI, like the much older Linksys SRW series switches had. I just want to be able to dump a config onto a new switch via the serial port and edit it via text file. Right now, I am letting my new switches boot, let them DHCP an address, telnet in, and restore a config file via TFTP. This isn't great, but it mostly works. The big problem is that I can't customize the config via the console port. There is really a very limited number of things that you can do via the console port. Configuration changes on ports isn't really one of them. For example, if I need to reconfigure trunking or VLAN membership through the console port, I am SOL because it can't be done with current code.
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Yea, what you want to do can't be done. What you need to do is configure two trunk ports for each side, configure all of the VLANs manually or via GVRP, and then the switch will let the tagged frames through.
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I am pretty sure that those phone models are old pre-standard CiscoPower. They don't do PoE at all, so they can't get power from ANY PoE standard switch. Ditch the phones. Unless you go guy an old Cisco switch from eBay, you won't be able to power them at all.
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Yes, that's a good doc right there. It shows how to configure LLDP-MED+trunking on ports to allow phones to send their tagged frames on one VLAN and the pass-through port data VLAN untagged through the switchport. This is also applicable to non-Cisco phone solutions as well. I used this document as an example for integration of our Cisco UC system with Cisco 7900 series phones.
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Hi Per this discussion; https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3350444#3350444 I would like to get a copy of that beta 1.1 OS for the SF 300 series. Is that possible? If so, can a Cisco support person please contact me via mail or call me? See my profile details. I've got a stack of ten SF 300-24P switches integrated with Cisco 3750-E switches in a real enterprise envrionment. Doing Voice VLANs, TACACS+ against ACS, and some other advanced stuff. I'm a CCNP unix sysadmin. I'm one of those guys who first documented the LCLI back on the Linksys SRW series switches when it was first discovered. I am willing to test this out and provide feedback to Cisco. I would be thrilled to be able to cut/paste my configuration from one switch to another, since I have to manage ten of these things.
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See this post; https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3355498#3355498 Also, there is a PDF how-to doc out there that you should look for. In fact, I think it's posted on the front page.
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VTP = no. You must manually create and manage all of your VLANs. However, you should look into GVRP, which is a VTP replacement. STP = Yes, but there are different STPs. The SF 300 supports 802.1d "old" SPT, .w "RSTP", and "MST". You should look up the specifications. If you are using any variety of PVST, you may have issues. Beware.
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Here's some sample config that I've got. In the version of OS on the SF 300 right now, you can't acces the LCLI, but you can tftp backup/restore it; ! On the SF 300; ! Note that VLAN 111 is my native/untagged VLAN and the management VLAN here ! The 20x VLANs are 802.1q trunk/tagged ! Remember that there is no VTP here, so you must manually create the VLANs first interface range ethernet g(1-4) description "Uplink trunk" exit interface range ethernet g(1-4) switchport default-vlan tagged exit vlan database vlan 111,200,201,202 exit interface range ethernet g(1-4) switchport trunk allowed vlan add 200 exit interface range ethernet e(21-24) switchport access vlan 201 exit interface range ethernet g(1-4) switchport trunk allowed vlan add 201 exit interface range ethernet g(1-4) switchport trunk allowed vlan add 202 exit interface range ethernet g(1-4) switchport trunk native vlan 111 exit interface vlan 111 ip address 10.111.0.5 255.255.255.0 exit interface vlan 1 no ip address dhcp exit ! On the Cisco IOS switch; Switch1#sh run int Gi2/0/19 Building configuration... Current configuration : 334 bytes ! interface GigabitEthernet2/0/19 description whatever-bla-bla-bla switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk native vlan 111 switchport trunk allowed vlan 111,200,201,202 switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate end
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