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cornelp's avatar
cornelp
Aspirant
Jul 12, 2016

XSM7224S to Cisco Redundancy/Failover

Hello,

Im trying to figure out how to setup a redundancy/failover connection between XSM7224S and Cisco 3750X.

This is what I have currently:

Netgear Switch 1------------------------------

Netgear Switch 2                                    |

                                                               |

Cisco 3750X Switch 1                             |

Cisco 3750X Switch 2                             |

Cisco 3750X Switch 3------------------------

Cisco 3750X Switch 4

 

2 Netgear XSM7224S (Stacked).

member 1 1
member 2 1
!stack-port 1/0/24 stack
!stack-port 2/0/24 stack
switch 1 priority 15
switch 2 priority 1

 

Netgear Switch 1 is connected to our main Cisco Core 3750 via 10GB Fiber Port:

Netgear Config
interface 1/0/2
no auto-negotiate
no port lacpmode
description '10G-Uplink-to-Core'
mtu 9198
vlan participation include x,x,x,x,x,x
vlan tagging x,x,x,x,x,x
mode dvlan-tunnel

 

Cisco Switch

interface TenGigabitEthernet3/1/1
description P-DC1-ETHSW10G-02 Port 1/0/2
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan x,x,x,x,x,x
switchport mode trunk

 

What Im looking for is to setup a redundancy type connection where if the 1st Netgear switch goes down, the secondary takes over, or if the 3rd Cisco switch goes down, the 4th one takes over. But I dont want to use both at the same time, in other words, I need something like a priority. If this link goes down, then this one takes over.

Something like this:

Netgear Switch 1------------------------------

Netgear Switch 2_______________      |

                                                        |      |

Cisco 3750X Switch 1                      |      |

Cisco 3750X Switch 2                      |      |

Cisco 3750X Switch 3----------------- |-----

Cisco 3750X Switch 4___________|

 

Thank you very much for your support....

3 Replies

  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hi cornelp,

     

    Welcome to the community! :) 

     

    I haven't yet setup a network like what you have specifically described on your post.  I think you'll need to set STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) on both NETGEAR and Cisco switches.

     

    Let me share the article and the old forum link below respectively as reference:

     

    What is SpanningTree Protocol (STP) and how does it work with my managed switch?

     

    Do I need Spanning Tree Protocol?

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

    • cornelp's avatar
      cornelp
      Aspirant

      Anyone else could give me some details or directions on this setup?

      Thanks...

      • DaneA's avatar
        DaneA
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        Hi cornelp,

         

        You may want to open an online case with NETGEAR Support then state your concern for further assistance on your NETGEAR switches at anytime. 

         

         

        Regards,

         

        DaneA

        NETGEAR Community Team

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