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September 23rd, 2014 15:00
Question about adding the PowerConnect 6200-XGBT 10GbE modules
I have a pair of PowerConnect 6248 switches that are stacked (via stacking modules in Bay 1, respectively), and acting as my L3 core. I have purchased another PowerConnect 6248 to act as an L2 edge Switch, and instead of LAG’ing them to the core, I purchased two of the PowerConnect 6200-XGBT 10GbE copper modules for Bay 2 in the new edge switch, and Bay 2 for the core. My questions are around how disruptive incorporating this new 10GbE module might be, and how best to get it recognized and configured. I’ve been used to adding stacking modules without disruption, but wasn’t sure about this 10GbE module. I’ve also looked for resources on how to get the 10GbE module recognized so that I can then configure it for the type of connection that it needs to be. (e.g. Trunk/General/Access). Unfortunately there isn’t a lot out there, or my search skills are letting me down.
Any insight would be appreciated.
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September 23rd, 2014 17:00
Hi sketchy00,
The modules are not hot swappable, so you will have to have downtime to add them in. Once the switch boots back up it should see the new ports and be able to configure them. Since the ports are going to be used for switch to switch communication they should be trunk ports and set to pass the VLANs that you are using.
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September 23rd, 2014 18:00
Thanks Josh. Do you suspect that I could power down just one of the switches in the existing stack in order to add the module, or will I have to power both in the stack down for it to recognize it? And also, what will the new 10GbE port identify itself as (e.g. built in 1GbE port might be 1/g10, etc.)
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September 24th, 2014 09:00
You will have to do the whole stack, otherwise the stack could end up out of order on reboots and not have the proper config. It will be tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
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September 24th, 2014 12:00
Good to know. Thanks.
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September 24th, 2014 15:00
Actually, I'm doing a test on my new switch with the 10GbE card added into bay 2. However, finding out the syntax for addressing those 10GbE ports still seems to be a mystery: Typically, one would do a "show interfaces switchport ethernet 1/g1" to get to port 1 of the 1GbE interface. However, no variation of syntax seems to like "1/0/1" as you indicated.
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September 24th, 2014 15:00
I think I got it. It is coming across as 1/xg3 and 1/xg4 respectively.