Replace Cajun Switch with Cisco - s8710 Issues

[Chopper1102]

I currently have a Cajun switch with both of my s8710 media servers plugged into it. I want to relocate these servers to a Cisco switch (on the same subnet so the media server addresses are not changing). For some reason, all other Avaya IP elements (MedPro, CLAN, IPSI, etc.) have been moved without a problem, but the two s8710 servers will not come up on the Cisco switch. When plugged in, the port initially goes green as would be expected, but then it alternates between green and amber and the media server is never pingable.

I have tried changing speed and duplex including using auto negotiation, but no matter what is done I cannot get these servers up on the Cisco switch. What am I missing? It would seem to me that there's a configuration change on the s8710 servers that I'm missing as this isn't making sense from the network side of things.

Anyone know where I should look? What might be the cause?

Thanks.

 

[JayNEC]

the servers ethernet ports might be nailed at 100/full make sure the switch is as well.

 

[JayNEC]

whoops, apparently I'm going blind. I can't think of anything else to check...

 

[Mitch672]

I know when connecting G700's to CISCO switches I need to use an ethernet corssover cable, humor me and give an ethernet crossover cable a try, and see if your results are any better. I know it sounds odd, but it works when connecting G700's to CiSCO equipment.

mitch


AVAYA Certified Specialist

 

[inerguard]

check the Q-tagging


[Started on Version 3 software 15 years a go]

 

[Chopper1102]

Thanks for the suggestions...

1.) I tried the Ethernet crossover cable, but that did not resolve the issue.

2.) In the setup for the media servers, both control network A and control network B have the "vlan 802.1q priority tagging" boxes checked.

 

[Mitch672]

Ok, here is something else to try. have you looked at the speed/duplex/autonegotiation issue on the actual S8710 itself?

There is a command called "setnic" for viewing/adjusting those settings.

setnic
setnic is used to set or display the speed of the ethernet adapters. Don't run this command on a server that is in ACTIVE mode.


USAGE:
setnic [-d] [-p] -m <10H|10F|100H|100F|AUTO>
OR
setnic [-d] [-p] -q <interface>

[root@EMT4SRAY1-1 /root]# setnic -q eth4
ie100 Driver: eth4 setting=Auto-negotiate, currently=100Mbps/Full Duplex

All credit for this goes to our friend at jaymzworld:

http://www.jaymzworld.com/wiki/Communication_Manager_Shell_Commands#setnic

I would lock whichever interface you are using for the "Corporate LAN" to "100F", disable autonegotiation.

Mitch



AVAYA Certified Specialist

 

[mrjedi]

i would run the configure server option again and check the addressing is correct

 

[petran]

Uncheck the "vlan 802.1q priority tagging" in the S8700 servers' ports, or configure the Cisco for 802.1q correctly..

Petran
ACE certified