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spati1976 Ene 19th, 2015

Dear colleagues, Please forgive me if you find my question too basic. But, I would truly
appreciate your help. I have two Cisco switches (SG-300-10 and SG-300-20) and I am struggling
to connect them together.
Requirements: Cisco SG-300-10 switch, which is in L3 mode needs to send VLAN tagged traffic
to Cisco SG-300-20 switch which is L2 mode
What I have Done so far
1. Connected Cisco SG-300-10 (L3 Mode) to the router directly and configured the IP addresses,
192.168.0.21. Configured GVRP for Port 5. Created VLAN 1000 with IP interface (192.168.100.1)
and configured Port 5 trunk mode (1U, 1000T)
2. Connected Cisco SG-300-20 ( L2 Mode) to the router and configured the management IP
address, 192.168.0.22. Configured GVRP for Port 5. Created VLAN 1000 and configured Port 5
trunk mode (1U, 1000T)
What is not working
I am unable to access the management address of the L2 switch (192.168.0.22). Note that the
L2 switch has only on uplink, which is to the L3 switch. Since the Port 5 also receives
untagged traffic from VLAN1 (192.168.1.1), I am assuming that it would receive the
management network from VLAN1.
Other Observations
When I connect cable between Port5 of both switches, I am expecting them to exchange VLAN
information, per documentation. But, the lights don't blink at all.
Other things I have tried
I have tried to connect Port 2 (1U) of L3 switch to Port 2 of L3 (1U) switch. Still, I am unable
to access the management port of the L2 switch. However, when I connect Port 2 of L3 switch

to my laptop, I get an IP address. This tells me that I have to fix the management network
issue before pairing the switches.

I have this problem too.

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Tom Watts Lun, 01/19/2015 - 19:09

Hi Spati,

I think the confusion is the IP addressing you're using and how you're managing your
computer.
VLAN 1 = 192.168.1.1
VLAN 1000 = 192.168.0.21

From how I read you, you're connecting layer 2 switch VLAN 1 on 192.168.0.21 to a layer 3
interface of the same VLAN 1 at 192.168.1.1. This is confusing.

So first thing to do is this - Change layer 2 switch IP to 192.168.1.x network and confirm
management works on VLAN 1.

If you want layer 2 switch to work on VLAN 1000 then you will need to change the default
VLAN to 1000 then you may configure your uplink as either the way you have it 1u, 1000t or
you can use 1000u.

Your management VLAN on the layer 2 switch is VLAN 1 still unless you changed it (which you
did not say???)

Next important thing for the layer 2 switch is going to be the default gateway. On the layer 3
switch you will need to specify the VLAN 1000 IP address, which I believe you did at
192.168.0.21 /24. This 192.168.0.21 will need to be the default gateway for your layer 2
switch.

Lastly, the computer you connect to Layer 3 switch, whatever VLAN you choose to connect it
to (1 untagged), you will need to set the IP and default gateway appropriately. So if you're
going to VLAN 1 then your computer is 192.168.1.x with gateway 192.168.1.1

And for additional commentary, GVRP is a horrible and very pitiful protocol, I do not
recommend to use it.

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spati1976 Lun, 01/19/2015 - 22:34

HI Tom, thank you for answering.my posting had some typos, which I have corrected below. Sorry
about that. Your answer helped quite a bit. I am able to connect the L2 and L3 switches now. I
have changed the administrative default gateway of the L2 switch to the management IP address
of the L3 switch.
I have a question for you. I was under assumption that GVRP is needed to share VLANs between
cisco SG-300 L3 and L2 switches as they don't support VTP. If there is a better way, please let me
know.
Here is my confusion
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I have created a VLAN (VLAN 1000) in the L3 switch with an IP interface (192.168.100.x) . The L3
Switch is connected to an L2 Switch on Port 5 on both switches. I was under the impression that I
have to do the following three tasks for the devices connected to the L2 switch to receive ip
addresses from VLAN 1000.
1. Create a VLAN with the same VLAN ID in L2 switch
2. Enable GVRP on both L2 and L3 switch port (port 5) to ensure that the IP interface for VLAN
1000 is also used in L2 switch (as there is no IP interface of VLAN 1000 in the L2 switch)
3. Make Port 5 of both Switches Trunk Ports, as they are used for inter-switch connectivity.

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Dear colleagues, Please forgive me if you find my question too basic. But, I would truly appreciate

your help. I have two Cisco switches (SG-300-10 and SG-300-20) and I am struggling to connect
them together.
Requirements: Cisco SG-300-10 switch, which is in L3 mode needs to send VLAN tagged traffic to
Cisco SG-300-20 switch which is L2 mode
What I have Done so far
1. Connected Cisco SG-300-10 (L3 Mode) to the router directly and configured the IP addresses,
192.168.1.21. Configured GVRP for Port 5. Created VLAN 1000 with IP interface (192.168.100.1) and
configured Port 5 trunk mode (1U, 1000T)
2. Connected Cisco SG-300-20 ( L2 Mode) to the router and configured the management IP address,
192.168.0.22. Configured GVRP for Port 5. Created VLAN 1000 and configured Port 5 trunk mode
(1U, 1000T)
What is not working
I am unable to access the management address of the L2 switch (192.168.1.22). Note that the L2
switch has only on uplink, which is to the L3 switch. Since the Port 5 also receives untagged traffic
from VLAN1 (192.168.1.1), I am assuming that it would receive the management network from
VLAN1.
Other Observations
When I connect cable between Port5 of both switches, I am expecting them to exchange VLAN
information, per documentation. But, the lights don't blink at all.
Other things I have tried
I have tried to connect Port 2 (1U) of L3 switch to Port 2 of L3 (1U) switch. Still, I am unable to
access the management port of the L2 switch. However, when I connect Port 2 of L3 switch to my
laptop, I get an IP address. This tells me that I have to fix the management network issue before
pairing the switches.

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Tom Watts Mar, 01/20/2015 - 08:38

Hi Spati,

There isn't a specific rule or guide line for your switch interconnection. It's basically whatever
works for you. GVRP isn't a robust protocol like VTP and although it may populate VLAN
information on a trunk dynamically the adminstrative overhead of the actual configuration and
to have it reliably work is more difficult than just statically setting your VLANS.

When you say you want the layer 2 switch to receive an IP address, does it imply you want
your layer 2 switch to get a DHCP address? Or is your goal for a host connection (computer) to
get a DHCP address from some server or something?

Right now all of your indication shows to have the layer 2 switch management on VLAN 1000.
The layer 2 switch has only 1 management connection so the default VLAN must be changed
to VLAN 1000 if you want the layer 2 switch to be managed via VLAN 1000 subnet from your
upstream connection.

As for the physical interconnection between the switches it is simple enough to have a
matching native VLAN (don't confuse native VLAN and default VLAN) on each port then tag
every additional VLAN on both sides of this trunk and that will take care of the configuration
for interconnection (although leaves much more incomplete if you have other goals).

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