Cat 6509 and Cat 2950

[vtgman]

I have a Cat 6509 running multiple VLANS and also routing between those VLANS. I need to add a Cat 2950 to one work group area. The switch will only be on VLAN 2. If their anything special I need to configure on the Cat 2950. The Cat 2950 will plug directly into the blade that is configured on the Cat 6509 for VLAN 2. Any help would be great.

Thanks.

 

[vipergg]

If you want to manage the 2950 then you have to set the ip address into the vlan you want it in .

conf t
interface vlan 2
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <mask>
no shut

Also create the layer 2 vlan on the 2950.
conf t
vlan 2,enter


Put switchports on 2950 into vlan 2 .
If you are using a separate management vlan then you would have to trunk down to the 2950.

 

[vipergg]

Almost forgot add the "ip default-gateway for vlan 2 in the config.

 

[vtgman]

Thanks for your help. Also my management VLAN is VLAN10. Do I need to create a trunk port between the 2. If I do I can just use dot1q? Correct?

 

[vipergg]

The answer is yes you will have to trunk to the 2950 if you have a separate management vlan. By default the port is setup as "dynamic desirable" so just set up the far end the same way and or set as auto and the trunk should come up. On the 2950 it only supports dot1Q as the trunk protocol so you don't have to worry about that, just make sure the far end is set as dot1q.

 

[vtgman]

Thanks for all your help. Worked perfectly.