Newbie choice of Cisco 1900 vs 2900

I have a small office network with 10/100mbps NICs in 15 computers as

well as a few network printers and netcams. The server is running

Windows 2003 and SQL 2000 and also has a 10/100mbs NIC. The database is

somewhat traffic intensive.

I have come into possesion of a Cisco Catylyst Cisco 1900     and a separate

2900. Would there be an advantage to using one of these switches over

the other in this situation?

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rbob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

:I have a small office network with 10/100mbps NICs in 15 computers as

:well as a few network printers and netcams. The server is running

:Windows 2003 and SQL 2000 and also has a 10/100mbs NIC. The database is

:somewhat traffic intensive.

;I have come into possesion of a Cisco Catylyst 1900 and a separate

;2900. Would there be an advantage to using one of these switches over

;the other in this situation?

1900: 10 Mbit ports except for 2 uplinks; runs CatOS

2900: 10/100 ports, some models have gigabit; some models run IOS;

some models have Layer 3 operations (i.e., routing); some models

have QoS and rate limiting

2900 covers a large range of capabilities -- too large a range to

use as a family designator. The 2901/2902 were very different than

the 2948G-L3, and quite different again from the 2950. The 2950 is

a current model; the 2901 went end-of-sale in 1999.

I guess my question is with a small network such as mine I could use

the 24 ports of the  Cisco 3925E    compared to the 12 ports of the 2901 but would

there be any speed difference (10mbps of 1900 vs 10/100mbps or 2901) ?

Cannot Find ADSL Firmware 4.0.0.18 for Cisco 1801

I have a number HWIC-1T     of Cisco 1801 routers connected to BT UK’s ADSL2+ Annex-A Wholesale Broadband Connect [WBC] services. The routers are experiencing connectivity issues. There is a cisco product bulletin that defines v4.0.0.18 as the version of ADSL Firmware required on the Cisco 1801 when connecting to this BT service.

I would like to upgrade the ADSL Firmware for these routers but I  cannot find v4.0.0.18 for the Cisco 1801 on CCO. All the 4.0.0.18 downloads appear to  be for various flavours of 800. The Cisco product bulletin shows the 1801 as having the same chipset as the 857,867,877 and 887. Can I use the Firmware from one these 800 models? The MD5 Hash for the code suggests all of the these 800 model use the same code?

Has anybody seen this problem with the Cisco 1801 or upgraded the Firmware to 4.0.0.18.

 Yes, the 1801 use same HW and FW as the 800 and the WS-X45-SUP7L-E  

3750 Connectivity issue

I have a WS-C2960G-24TC-L

with a 1000base LX SFP

connected via single mode to an Incomming gigabit circuit from SSE/Telco (Scottish and Southern Electric)

this configuration works ok.

When i move the connection to a WS-C3750X-12S-S   (with the same sfp) i get no connectivity, no physical or anything,

has anyone seen this before when i do a show interface it does nothing, not connected etc.

Any top tips and handy hots would be appreciated

GigabitEthernet0/22 is up, line protocol is up (connected)

  Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 0023.052b.a096 (bia 0023.052b.a096)

  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,

     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set

  Keepalive not set

  Full-duplex, 1000Mb/s, link type is auto, media type is 1000BaseLX SFP

  input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported

  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00

  Last input 00:00:09, output 00:00:00, output hang never

  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never

  Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0

  Queueing strategy: fifo

  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)

  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec

  5 minute output rate 108000 bits/sec, 64 packets/sec

     112643 packets input, 51674930 bytes, 0 no buffer

     Received 54673 broadcasts (0 multicasts)

     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles

     1 input errors, 1 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored

     0 watchdog, 54638 multicast, 0 pause input

     0 input packets with dribble condition detected

     56007230 packets output, 26626201288 bytes, 0 underruns

     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 5 interface resets

     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred

     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output

     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

 

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sh int gi1/0/25                          

GigabitEthernet1/0/25 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)                                                                 

  Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 2893.fe02.5119 (bia 2893.fe02.5119)                                                                             

  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,                                               

     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255                                                   

  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set                                     

  Keepalive not set                  

  Auto-duplex, Auto-speed, link type is auto, media type is 1000BaseLX SFP

  input flow-control is off, output flow-control is unsupported

  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00

  Last input 21:19:20, output 21:19:20, output hang never

  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never

  Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0

  Queueing strategy: fifo

  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)

  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec

  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec

     21 packets input, 2890 bytes, 0 no buffer

     Received 21 broadcasts (0 multicasts)

     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles

     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored

     0 watchdog, 21 multicast, 0 pause input

     0 input packets with dribble condition detected

     22 packets output, 3480 bytes, 0 underruns

     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets

     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred

     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output

     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers WS-C3750V2-48PS-S   swapped out

Cisco 3560 IOS problem

I have a WS-C3560X-24T-L   switch and I am getting the following error.

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:1f:c9:96:60:80

Xmodem file system is available.

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

Initializing Flash...

flashfs[0]: 452 files, 6 directories

flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories

flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 15998976

flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 2176512

flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 13822464

flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 8 seconds.

.done Initializing Flash...

Boot Sector Filesystem (bs) installed, fsid: 3

done.

Loading "flash:c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipbasemz.122-35.SE5.bin"...flash:c3560-ipbase-mz.12

2-35.SE5/c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5.bin: no such file or directory

Error loading "flash:c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.

Boot process failed...

The system is unable to boot automatically. The BOOT

environment variable needs to be set to a bootable

image.

Things which i have already tried:

switch:boot

Loading "flash:c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5.bin"...flas

h:c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5.bin: no such file or dir

ectory

Error loading "flash:c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5/c3560-ipbase-mz.122-35.SE5.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.

When i issue Dir i got the following msg:

List of filesystems currently registered:

flash[0]: (read-write)

xmodem[1]: (read-only)

null[2]: (read-write)

bs[3]: (read-only)

Also Tried dir flash

unable to stat flash/: no such device

I also have ios of that switch and when i am trying to push through X modem i got below msg:

Unknown cmd: Š **B0**B000000000022d

switch: Š*00000002d

Unknown cmd: Š*00000002d

switch: Š**B000000000022d

Unknown cmd: Š**B000000000022d

switch: Š**B000000000022d

Unknown cmd: Š**B000000000022d

switch: Š**B000000

1) flash_init

2) load_helper

Next you need to change the baud rate on the switch, otherwise it will take about 2 hours to transfer the IOS via xmodem.

3) set BAUD 115200

After you issue the baud rate command on the switch make sure you also change it in Hyperterminal or whatever software terminal emulation software you use. Otherwise you won't be able to communicate to the switch.

4) copy xmodem:"image_filename.bin" flash:"image_filename.bin"

5) In Hyperterminal select "Transfer" and select "send file". Change the protocol to xmodem. Next select browse and navigate to where you have stored the IOS that you would like to transfer to the WS-C3560X-24T-S   switch. Click send.

cisco 3560 router or switch!

Opmanager 7 (fresh install, latest version, plenty of server power) has decided to randomly categorise my cisco WS-C3560X-24T-L   series switches as either 'router' or 'switch' depending on its mood.

The ones classed as router come up as 'cisco device' even though in the description field below that box it says 'cisco 3560...blah blah'.

If i then go and change the device type to 'cisco 3560 series switch' i either get page that says 'error' or 'device cannot be found'.. if its the latter its been deleted from the database and i can't re-add it as its partially there....

While adding the device, we will match the sysoid on the device template and based on it, the device type will be applied. So if there are no templates for the device it might be associated wrongly. So to make the cisco 3560 device fall under the right category, create a new template by following the steps in this LINK. Now you can apply the template to all the 3650 devices and it should work fine.

For the device being partially added, follow the steps in this LINK which will remove the device completely from the database. Now add the device again and it should be fine. We will make this template available out of box soon.

If you have the device template already, then you don't have to create one. You can go to the particular template under Admin --> Device templates and apply it to all the cisco 3560 devices. While discovery, if you have multiple credentials selected or if the response for the SNMP request from the device is slow, then it might get timed out and fall under the general cisco device category. Applying the right template all the devices will move to the correct category.

now running a completely clean copy of opmanager, fresh install.

Added 6 devices. 5 of the 3560's went in fine. One became a router so i tried to manually tell it the device was a WS-C3560X-24T-S   and now its vanished again and i can't re-add as apparently its already in the dbase..

Adding new 3750 to stack without provisioning config?

I currently have 3 WS-C3750X-48T-L   in a stack, and would like to add another as a slave. I have read the documentation on Cisco's website, and tutorials on various other websites, and just have a couple of points I would like to clarify before I go ahead.

My main question - is there actually any need, or is it recommended, to use the "switch 4 provision ws-c3750-48p" command before doing the physical connection of the 4th switch to the stack? According to Cisco, this will be done automatically when the new switch is connected anyway?

If I do use that command on the stack before connecting, do I also need to use the command "switch 1 renumber 4" on the new switch before adding it to the stack? Some documentation seems to suggest that it will automatically be assigned to the stack as switch 4, as long as it is the correct type of switch (specified in the provision command on the stack), while other documentation seems to suggest that the number also has to match before it is connected - but maybe I'm reading it wrong!

Another thing I would like to check before going ahead.. at the moment, the switches are connected as follows:

Switch     Port 1     Port 2

1               2               3

2               3               1

3               1               2

To physically add switch 4 to the stack, my plan would be to first disconnect the cable between switch 3 and switch 1. Am I right in thinking that this should not affect the operation of the 3 existing switches/stack, since switch 1 will still be connected to switch 3 via switch 2?

Then, the plan would be to connect the two ports on switch 4 to the now-empty ports on switches 1 and 3 (where the cable that I removed in my previous step used to be), and power it on.

If anyone can clarify this for me, or has any other advice, it would be much appreciated - thanks!

The provision command is useful for PRE-provisioning a switch prior to adding it to a stack. In this way, you can configure all of the switch ports before the switch is ever "really" added. You're right that the switch will automatically do this upon stacking it, however it will be a blank configuration.

To add an additional switch to your stack, please first ensure the stack-ring is in a full-duplex ring. This can be verified via the command: "show switch stack-ring speed". Once you remove one stack cable between switch 1 and 3, the stack will become half-duplex, this is fine for a temporary period of time.

I would take the connection going to switch 3 from switch 1 and put that in your new switch. Then add a new stack cable between  WS-C3750X-48T-S   switch 3 and 4. Then power your new switch on and ensure your stack ring is in a full duplex ring.