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My apologizes if this is covered in another thread. I searched but couldn’t find it anywhere.
I also apologize if this post is a little long. Trying to include as much info as possible.
Here's the scenario
The DR/HA AS400 will be physically located in a remote building currently in the 172.16.32.1 subnet (aka vlan32)
It will be connected to a Dell 5324 switch. The switches IP address is 172.16.32.105 For fail over reasons they want the AS400 in the 172.16.16.1 subnet
It will have an IP of 172.16.17.xx (255.255.248.0 subnet so it is still in the 16.1 subnet) and be attached to port 16
The Dell switch connects directly to the Cisco 4506.
Our Cisco 4506 has a direct connection from the 172.16.16.1 subnet to the 172.16.32.1 subnet via a direct fiber link on port G2/2
Here is the config for that port:
interface GigabitEthernet2/2
switchport access vlan 32
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 32
switchport trunk allowed vlan 16,32
switchport mode trunk
speed nonegotiate
And the vlan32 config
interface Vlan32
description "Link to Admiral"
ip address 172.16.32.1 255.255.248.0
On the Dell side, I believe I have configured that port on the 5324 as part of vlan16 and trunked it with port 24 (the uplink port) The only other vlan on the switch is the default vlan1
Here are some config snippets from the 5324
interface ethernet g16
spanning-tree portfast
description "Test AS400 vlan"
speed 1000
duplex full
exit
interface ethernet g24
description "Uplink to MMI"
speed 1000
duplex full
no negotiation
exit
interface ethernet g16
switchport mode trunk
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport mode trunk
exit
vlan database
vlan 16
exit
interface range ethernet g(16,24)
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 16
I have also enabled GVRP on the Dell as I am told it can not use the Cisco VTP
All communications to the remote subnet are working fine, but there is no communications from a test box on port 16 to the rest of the network. Not even the local switch.
Not sure what I am missing or doing wrong, but any advice would be appreciated.
Oh, yes, I would prefer to do this with a simple DNS round robin rather than try to configure this inter vlan stuff, but that is not what they want.
I also apologize if this post is a little long. Trying to include as much info as possible.
Here's the scenario
The DR/HA AS400 will be physically located in a remote building currently in the 172.16.32.1 subnet (aka vlan32)
It will be connected to a Dell 5324 switch. The switches IP address is 172.16.32.105 For fail over reasons they want the AS400 in the 172.16.16.1 subnet
It will have an IP of 172.16.17.xx (255.255.248.0 subnet so it is still in the 16.1 subnet) and be attached to port 16
The Dell switch connects directly to the Cisco 4506.
Our Cisco 4506 has a direct connection from the 172.16.16.1 subnet to the 172.16.32.1 subnet via a direct fiber link on port G2/2
Here is the config for that port:
interface GigabitEthernet2/2
switchport access vlan 32
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 32
switchport trunk allowed vlan 16,32
switchport mode trunk
speed nonegotiate
And the vlan32 config
interface Vlan32
description "Link to Admiral"
ip address 172.16.32.1 255.255.248.0
On the Dell side, I believe I have configured that port on the 5324 as part of vlan16 and trunked it with port 24 (the uplink port) The only other vlan on the switch is the default vlan1
Here are some config snippets from the 5324
interface ethernet g16
spanning-tree portfast
description "Test AS400 vlan"
speed 1000
duplex full
exit
interface ethernet g24
description "Uplink to MMI"
speed 1000
duplex full
no negotiation
exit
interface ethernet g16
switchport mode trunk
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport mode trunk
exit
vlan database
vlan 16
exit
interface range ethernet g(16,24)
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 16
I have also enabled GVRP on the Dell as I am told it can not use the Cisco VTP
All communications to the remote subnet are working fine, but there is no communications from a test box on port 16 to the rest of the network. Not even the local switch.
Not sure what I am missing or doing wrong, but any advice would be appreciated.
Oh, yes, I would prefer to do this with a simple DNS round robin rather than try to configure this inter vlan stuff, but that is not what they want.