John wrote:
>
>>> Now for what version of the 2900 you have I do not know. But it seems
>>> the info on Ciscos site is kind of misleading in places. There is some
>>> documentation that says it works and some say you have to have the add
>>> on modules.
>>>
>>> Your best bet if your not comfortable with the IOS command line is to
>>> use the Web Interface or the Cisco Works Manager Interface. I say this
>>> because I have really no way of knowing your experiance on this. I
>>> wouln't do this on a live production switch.
>>>
>> Trunking has to do with carrying multiple tagged vlans on one port - and
>> the 2900xl with a 12.x IOS should do that in either ISL (cisco) or dot1q
>> mode. But I thought we were grouping ports instead. You should be
>> able to do both, but the interfaces in the same port group would have to
>> have the same trunk encapsulation set. There is a separate 'vlan
>> database' command on those switches where you have to add the vlan
>> numbers that you want a trunk to carry - and it doesn't get saved in the
>> visible config file. If you have 'switchport access vlan nnn' on any
>> interface that number goes in the vlan database automatically but you
>> just want the trunk ports to pass some other vlans through you have to
>> add them explicitly.
> '
> Ok, if I am reading your reply right VLAN configs are so to say saved in
> the switch instead of the config file correct? So a config file never
> contains the VLAN info. Just wondering any way to copy or backup the
> VLAN Database? There has to be shouldn't. Been 4 years or more since
> I've touched one. Guess I need to get the newest emulator software Cisco
> has.
Actually it is more complicated that that - the switches have a vtp
master/slave concept to learn vlans but I've always turned it off
because the switch with the latest change becomes the master so if
someone swaps a switch from the lab into production it would probably
break everything in sight. As far as backing it up goes, I just keep a
text file that goes:
vlan database
vlan nnn
vlan nnn
etc.
exit
to paste into a new or moved switch. But I think the new models do
something different.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com