HP and Cisco – VLANs and Trunks Confusion!
Nov17

HP and Cisco – VLANs and Trunks Confusion!

KB ID 0000741 Problem When I first started in IT, I went and did my Cisco CCNA. So I learned that to connect Cisco switches and pass VLAN traffic between them, I needed to create a ‘Trunk’ to pass the VLAN traffic. Fast forward a few years, and I now work for an HP reseller. Very early on I came to realise that what HP called a ‘trunk’ was very different from what I had been taught. Below is an article I did a...

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Configuring Multiple Cisco Switch Ports at the Same Time
Nov17

Configuring Multiple Cisco Switch Ports at the Same Time

KB ID 0001009  Problem If you have the same configuration that needs to be placed on multiple ports, then doing each one individually can be time consuming. To save time use the ‘interface range’ command. Be aware this command is only available on devices running IOS versions newer than 12.0(7)XE, Release 12.1 E, and Release 12.1(5)T. Solution 1. From configure terminal mode, I want to apply the same configuration to...

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