Powerconnect 5424 transceiver in 5524P

It sounds like the transceiver is going to work, perhaps the config needs some tweaking. Can you provide some additional information on which ports plug into the firewall?

The ports that plug into the firewall should probably be set to Access mode for VLAN 35.

Port channel is used to combine multiple interfaces into one logical interface. Do ports 17 and 18 plug into the same device? ports 19 and 20?

Port g2 goes to the firewall on the 5424. This will be done by port 1 (gigabitethernet1/0/1) for the 5524P.

ports 17,18 and 19,20 will be connected in NASs once I get this issue resolved.

Thanks

If I am understanding correctly, I believe the config will need to have the ISP and one of the router connections set to untagged for VLAN 35, then the second connection from the router set to untagged for VLAN 1(which should be the default).

Switchport mode access
Switchport access vlan 35

I have put together a little diagram, let me know if this is not the correct topology.

The topology looks essentially right but I have the ISP connected to the SFP port (tengigabitethernet1/0/1).

I have that port as a trunk, I will try to set it to access tonight.

I'll let you know. 

So it tried setting the trunk port to access and still no luck.
here are some of the diagnostics I recorded in an effort to provide all the information you might need.

The one thing I noticed is that the diagnostic of the transceiver is not providing as much information on the 5524P as the 5424.

Thanks again

5524P Ottawa# $tical-transceiver interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/1 detailed

Port Temp Voltage Current Output Input LOS
[C] [Volt] [mA] Power Power
[mWatt] [mWatt]
----------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ---
te1/0/1 0 0.0 0.0 1.00 1.00 No

Temp - Internally measured transceiver temperature
Voltage - Internally measured supply voltage
Current - Measured TX bias current
Output Power - Measured TX output power in milliWatts
Input Power - Measured RX received power in milliWatts
LOS - Loss of signal
N/A - Not Available, N/S - Not Supported, W - Warning, E - Error

from the 5424:

Optical Transceiver Diagnostics




Port g24

**bleep** Status

Temperature 36 (C)
Voltage 3.2955 (V)
Current 3.783 (mA)
Output Power 16.14 (mWatt)
Input Power 0.34 (mWatt)
Transmitter Fault False Not Relevant
Loss of Signal N/S Not Relevant
Data Ready False Not Relevant

additional information from the 5524P

Other information from the 5524P

5524P Ottawa# show interfaces switchport tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
Gathering information...

Name: te1/0/1
Switchport: enable
Administrative Mode: access
Operational Mode: up
Access Mode VLAN: 35
Access Multicast TV VLAN: none
Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 1
Trunking VLANs Enabled: 1,35
2-34,36-4094 (Inactive)
General PVID: 1
General VLANs Enabled: none
General Egress Tagged VLANs Enabled: none
General Forbidden VLANs: none
General Ingress Filtering: enabled
General Acceptable Frame Type: all
General GVRP status: disabled
Customer Mode VLAN: none
Private-vlan promiscuous-association primary VLAN: none
Private-vlan promiscuous-association Secondary VLANs Enabled: none
Private-vlan host-association primary VLAN: none
Private-vlan host-association Secondary VLAN Enabled: none
DVA: disable

Classification rules:

Classification type Group ID VLAN ID
------------------- -------- -------

5524P Ottawa# show interfaces switchport gigabitethernet 1/0/1
Gathering information...

Name: gi1/0/1
Switchport: enable
Administrative Mode: access
Operational Mode: up
Access Mode VLAN: 35
Access Multicast TV VLAN: none
Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 1
Trunking VLANs Enabled: 1,35
2-34,36-4094 (Inactive)
General PVID: 1
General VLANs Enabled: none
General Egress Tagged VLANs Enabled: none
General Forbidden VLANs: none
General Ingress Filtering: enabled
General Acceptable Frame Type: all
General GVRP status: disabled
Customer Mode VLAN: none
Private-vlan promiscuous-association primary VLAN: none
Private-vlan promiscuous-association Secondary VLANs Enabled: none
Private-vlan host-association primary VLAN: none
Private-vlan host-association Secondary VLAN Enabled: none
DVA: disable

Classification rules:

Classification type Group ID VLAN ID
------------------- -------- -------

5524P Ottawa# show vlan

Vlan Name Tagged Ports UnTagged Ports Type Authorization
---- ------------ ------------------ ------------------ --------- -------------
1 1 gi1/0/2-16, Default Required
gi1/0/21-48,
te1/0/2,
gi2/0/1-48,
te2/0/1-2,
gi3/0/1-48,
te3/0/1-2,
gi4/0/1-48,
te4/0/1-2,
gi5/0/1-48,
te5/0/1-2,
gi6/0/1-48,
te6/0/1-2,
gi7/0/1-48,
te7/0/1-2,
gi8/0/1-48,
te8/0/1-2,Po1-32
35 Bell gi1/0/1,te1/0/1 permanent Required
Internet

You could try to assign vlan 35 to the PC access port and assign the appropriate IP address. (or assign an IP address to interface VLAN 35 - same same). To check if you at least have a connection before the router.

I'm not sure I understand the proposal. My router is not only acting as a firewall but is also establishing a pppoe connection, which is why my router is necessary. I can try to have a computer establish the pppoe connection instead of the router.

I'll give it a try and see if there is a different result but I don't really understand why this would make a difference. 

I may not be able to get back to this for a week as I will be traveling but any ideas continue to be welcome. 

Thanks

If you're absolutely sure the router/firewall and cables is working as it should, It shouldn't make a difference, but in my experience it's easier to test if you simplify the setup as much as possible.

Sometimes you get surprised where the issues lie.. I have never experienced any SFP errors when the link is up.. usually, if the transceiver is faulty, you wont get a link at all.. which is what leads me to think there's something else going on. I could be wrong though.

If the ports from ISP -> Router is set to switchport mode access and VLAN 35 (depending on how the ISP port is configured) and the port from router -> PC is vlan 1, the switch configuration should be good.

Which is why I would try to take out the router of the equation - that is my thought process, if you don't agree feel free to wait for other suggestions :)

I'll try it when I get back and let you know. 

Thanks for the assistance.

I ended up buying a $25 media converter to go from GBIC to ethernet and no longer need the switch to fully recognize the transceiver. 

I also tried compatible transceivers (1G and 10G) and those worked so I eliminated the possibility that the SFP ports are bad. At this point I can only guess that it's an incompatibility between the Huawei transceiver and the 5524P that isn't present with the 5424. This may be a result of the SFP+ port in the 5524P vs SFP in the 5424.

Unfortunate that I was not able to resolve the problem but worked around it.

Thanks for the help. I may keep tinkering in the future but for now I'm putting this issue to rest.

Sorry to hear that in the end the transceiver just didn't work with this setup. Really glad to hear you found a good workaround.

Cheers

Hi there,

I'd like to replicate what you did with the old 5424, might you have the config file handy?  I'd really appreciate it.

Best regards,

Nathan

Hi Nathan,

I found this old backup of my configuration file... I can't be sure if it works since I no longer have that switch.

Hope it helps.

interface ethernet g24
switchport mode trunk
exit
vlan database
vlan 35
exit
interface ethernet g2
switchport access vlan 35
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 35
exit
interface vlan 35
name "Bell Internet"
exit
voice vlan oui-table add 0001e3 Siemens_AG_phone________
voice vlan oui-table add 00036b Cisco_phone_____________
voice vlan oui-table add 00096e Avaya___________________
voice vlan oui-table add 000fe2 H3C_Aolynk______________
voice vlan oui-table add 0060b9 Philips_and_NEC_AG_phone
voice vlan oui-table add 00d01e Pingtel_phone___________
voice vlan oui-table add 00e075 Polycom/Veritel_phone___
voice vlan oui-table add 00e0bb 3Com_phone______________
interface range ethernet g(17-18)
channel-group 1 mode auto
exit
interface range ethernet g(19-20)
channel-group 2 mode auto
exit
iscsi target port 860 address 0.0.0.0
iscsi target port 3260 address 0.0.0.0
interface vlan 1
ip address 192.168.2.3 255.255.255.0
exit
ip default-gateway 192.168.2.1
logging 192.168.2.207 description "Dell 5424"
username admin password XXXXXXXXX level 15 encrypted
snmp-server community Dell_Network_Manager rw view DefaultSuper
clock timezone -5
clock summer-time recurring usa
clock source sntp
sntp authenticate
sntp unicast client enable
sntp unicast client poll
sntp anycast client enable
sntp broadcast client enable
sntp server 129.6.15.29 poll

Thank you so much!  I will try it out today and update if any modifications are now required.

I was thinking of just getting a second hand 10gb SPI± card for my PFsense box as a way to get every last drop out of that fibre line...