02-13-2007 04:01 AM - edited 03-14-2019 07:59 PM
i hav a 3550 switch and ip phones connected on it.Pcs are connected frm the ip phone .i hav two vlans one for voice and one for data.My question is
is it needed to configure the ports as trunk ports.In some cisco docs its saying that it should be a trunk port.
if so why?
If anybody can give better explanation plz.
Thanks in advance
02-13-2007 04:39 AM
Friend,
If it is a Cisco switch you do not need a trunk configuration.
When you enable voice vlan, a special-case 802.1Q trunk automatically is enabled through a CDP information exchange between the switch and the IP Phone. The trunk contains only two VLANs a voice VLAN (tagged VVID) and the data VLAN. The switch port's access VLAN is used as the data VLAN that carries packets to and from a PC that is connected to the phone's PC port.
If an IP Phone is removed and a PC is connected to the same switch port, the PC still will be capable of operating because the data VLAN still will appear as the access VLANeven though the special trunk no longer is enabled.
The trunk configuration is required though if a Avaya IP phone is conencted to the Cisco switch.
HTH, rate if it does
Narayan
02-13-2007 09:51 AM
so if it is a cisco switch no need of configuring trunk?
or if it is a cisco switch and avaya ip phone then only the trunk is needed
which one is correct? u said both....
02-13-2007 09:57 AM
On the 3550 if u have a cisco phone and a PC, u dont need to configure the port as trunk. U can leave the port as access port.
02-13-2007 10:56 PM
You are correct.
If it is a cisco switch and a cisco IP phone, no need to configure trunks.
If it is a cisco switch connected to an avaya IP phone, you need to configure the interface as trunk
Hope this is clear
Narayan
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02-14-2007 05:56 AM
02-22-2007 03:25 AM
It will work.
I have it running in my network.
Narayan
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