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I want to change the ip default-gateway and MGMT IP/VLAN on a switchstack, and i have a possibly dumb question that I can't find the answer to. If i change the ip default-gateway on a layer 2 switch that the switch is using for management, will any o...
What are the metrics i need to look for when adding a redundant uplink to a switch stack? Our switches currently have one 10G uplink to the core, and I want to add a secondary ALT uplink for redundancy. I did this once already, and the root bridge mo...
I'm adding a new 9300 to an existing 9300 x 4 switch stack that are running a different version of IOS. After i boot the new switch and perform the software auto-upgrade enable command - is it certain that the new switch will downgrade its IOS to the...
I'm replacing a switch and I can't get the trunk link to the core connect. I'm not 100% sure its not the fiber link to the core, but it was previously working and I traced it with a light pen. There are two available fiber links in this comm room and...
I needed to add a switch to a stack that was running out of available ports, and as one would expect it came from the factory with a newer version of IOS than the current running switch stack. i don't want to update the current switch stack, is it be...
Update... Re-racking the switches in a different order was not a problem. I removed all the switches and provisioned them back into the stack one at a time. The switch order was based on serial number so the positioning of the Stackwise cables didn't...
The five new 9300 are already stacked, connected to each other with Stackwise cables. To move the switches physically, i would need to remove the stackwise cables from switches 3, 4 and 5 - then plug them back in different order. I just want to make ...
