Trunking between Cisco Catalyst and Nortel Baystack 460

[ruster]

Hello fellow network gods,

I am seeking some advice from anyone who may have come across this requirement. I need to establish an 802.1q trunk between a Cisco catalyst switch, and a nortel baystack 460 unit. Having some issues getting it to work. Has anyone out there ran into this requirement, and hopefully, come up with a resolution.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Ruster.

 

[baddos]

What are the problems you are having?

The cisco side should look something like this.

interface GigabitEthernet0/1
description Trunk port to Baystack
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk

 

[ruster]

Hey Baddos,

Got the trunking figured out and working over a FastEthernet port. Having some difficulty with having the Nortel Baystack 460 connect to the Cisco Catalyst 3500 via SX GBIC.

Any advise on that?

Ruster.

 

[baddos]

It should be the same configuration. Make sure that the port links though.