ReadyNAS disables the ethernet ports when connected to Cisco switches

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StephenB wrote:

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Red-Wagon wrote:

 When I patch the NAS into our LAN Cisco SF200-24 switch it will not connect

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Part of the puzzle here is that the RN526x's 10GBase-T LAN ports won't connect to anything slower than gigabit ethernet - and the SF200 is a 10/100 switch.

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Indeed, most 10 GbE interfaces (and switches) don't support anything below Gigabit Ethernet.

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Red-Wagon wrote:

So again Joy connecting to :

  Linksys EA9500 WiFi eithernet

  D-Link workgroup switch

No Joy connecting to:

  Cisco/Linksys workgroup switch

  Dell laptop direct connect

  D-Link WiFi ethernet

  Cisco SF200 Switch <--LAN cable plant

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Except of the EA9500 and the SF200, these marketing names don't allow to assist - impossible to guess what devices these are. One would need exact model designations. Older hardware and lower cost/power notebooks often came with Fast Ethernet only - an outdated standard when you consider using a NAS with it - you seriously don't win the storage race. Most users experience that Gigabit on the complete data path from the computer to the NAS somewhere between almost sufficient to non-sufficient.

The minimum you could so is - permitting the ports are not already in use - would be using one or two* of the the SF200 combo Gigabit ports (combo means you can either use the SFP slot typically for a fiber interface, or the RJ45 Gigabit interface) to connect the NAS. For using both ports, configuring a trunk/bond/LAG on the switch and on the NAS would be required.