Trunking on Cisco CE 500 switches

[Anand Narayana]

Hi,

we just bought Cisco CE500 switches of 10, since it doesn't support CLI, i was configuring the switches with the CNA, but struggled a bit, but couldn't find how to make the gigabit port as trunking? (i mean "switchport mode trunk" command which is in 2950)

[stomasko]

According to the link below 802.1 trunking is enabled automatically as part of the some of the pre-configured modes. This document should also help you with other configuration questions.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6545/products_configuration_example09186a00806da6c9.shtml

Hope this helps.

Steve

[globalnettech]

Hello,

on the CE500, that command is indeed not available. If you need to configure a trunk port (as a connection to another switch), you have to define the Smartport role 'switch' to the port. Check this link for details:

Smartports Role Descriptions

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/catex500/12225seg/gsg/9340_chp.htm#wp1038535

HTH,

GNT

[nrichie]

In the CE500 you assign port roles to each interface and according to the role assigned, supposedly the appropriate commands are assigned to the port. To create a trunk, you would want to assign the role of "switch" to the port.

Hope this helps.