Switching

For a performance problem, I did a SPAN on a C-6509 and captured traffic with WireShark,and I figured out my 6509 was flooding the trafic destined to server 10.1.100.1 (this is a big NetApp server)This trafic is overflooding my network (300Mb/s) This...

Hi, I am trying to get a better understanding of the Nexus 5K/2K with respect to how packet forwarding occurs and comparing it to the 6Ks. The Nexus 2K is a Fabric extender and it is documented that we need to treat the 2K as a line card. In addition...

Recently I've encountered an issue with our Cisco 3560 Catalyst switch.The LED of the interface Giga 0/25 was turning into orange after few seconds. After reboot the switch,It was working fine.To prevent this happen in future again, I want to know th...

Hello Guys,They told me to check a switch ws-2980G-A (I think it is very old model) because it was not working, executing some commands and watching that air sytem neither was not working I did realise that temperature was in 84Cº!!,.Aafter disconnec...

Hi AllI was wondering if anyone was able to help with the following: I have a pair of 6500 in VSS mode, the active 6500 crashed and the second unit has taken over as expected. Now I am unable to SSH to the active VSS member. The switches are running ...

my question is that why we assign the complete subnet 127.0.0.1 to 127.255.255.255 to loopback addresses. why we require that much of loopback addresses?

Hi,I am booting up my router from a tftp server (Another router on the network or tftp application running on a PC).I have configuredboot system tftp://1.1.1.1/<ios filename>. When i reboot it goes into rommon, i then have to issue tftpdnld -r to ini...

     Hey Guys,Just a quick question, is there any difference (besides colour) between the Cisco IE 3000 line & the Rockwell Stratix 8000 series?I cannot find any reason for one vendor over the other. I know they are rebadged, is that it? Basically Ne...

We need to implement a dual firewall (ASA’s) solution to provide some connectivity between 2 separate Networks that are in the same physical location.  Each firewall will have an interface connected to a switch.  The switch will be configured with t...

Hi All,IOS command - SHOW IP ROUTE, can show route table. Only most prefered routes from route table are copied into Forwarding table, Can you people please tell what command I can use to view forwarding table.Reg/Gs

Hi,Could someone tell me if there is a maximum number of DHCP Pools that can be configured on a Cisco 3560 switch ?Thanks,