Stack Powerconnect 3424 to a Cisco 2950 Switch

Question

I have searched the Dell site and more than a few other sites to try and determine if and how I can connect these 2 different switches together. The ability to manage the pair I believe will be lost, but for the time being ... I need the additional ports the Cisco switch offers until they want to throw for a new Dell switch. The HOW being the most important question to answer. Do I use the 'G' ports on the front or the Serial connection in back or does it matter. Thanks in advance.

cerbera_a84f2d · Answer

Which 2950 is it?

Cisco Catalyst 2950 24 Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950 12 Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950C 24 Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950G 48 EI Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950G 24 EI DC Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950G 24 EI Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950G 12 EI Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950SX 48 SI Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950SX 24 Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950T 48 SI Switch

Cisco Catalyst 2950T 24 Switch

Gene_O · Answer

plain old 2959 Catalyst  w/24 ports

cerbera_a84f2d · Answer

OK, then this is the switch you have   In that case, you can connect any of the 24 10/100 ports on the 3424 to the 2950; you can configure them as a link aggregate, but remember to configure the catalyst to use LACP not etherchannel.   If you want to use the copper gig ports on the 3424, then you can, but you must ensure that there is no stack number set - when the 3424 is up and running , look at the Stack ID leds, they should all be out. If one of them is on, then the switch is configured to be part of a stack, and the 2 copper gig ports are then only used for stacking.   To set the stack ID on or off, operate the ID button next to the leds whilst the switch is booting, each press of the button cycles the ID through nul>1>2>3>4>5>6>nul.   If you do use these ports to link between the two switches, I recommend that you also diable auto-negotaiation and fix both sides to 100FD

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Stack Powerconnect 3424 to a Cisco 2950 Switch

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