Routing and Switching

How to Configure LACP between FS and Cisco

Routing and Switching

This post is about configuring LACP between FS and Cisco Switches. Environment * FS Switch end * Cisco Switch end * 4x 10G connection in between FS switch configuration ====Change the port speed to 10G as our Cisco 9300 can only support 10G ====Configure the LACP Cisco Switch configuration LACP status Useful links https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/12_2sb/feature/guide/gigeth.html https://resource.fs.com/mall/file/user_manual/s5860-20sq-and-s5860-24xb-u-switches-configuration-guide.pdf

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How to Connect Juniper QFX EVPN-VXLAN and VMware ESXi using LACP

Routing and Switching

This post is about configuring LACP between Juniper QFX (EVPN-VXLAN design) and VMware ESXi hosts. Environment *2x Juniper QFX 5120 Switches configured with EVPN-VXLAN, the design is a Collapsed Spine Fabric as described below: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/release-independent/solutions/topics/task/configuration/collapsed-spine-fabric-cloud-dc-configuring.html *If you connect your ESXi hosts directly to the QFX switches, you have to use LACP in between as this

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How to Migrate VMware Standard Switch to Distributed Switch

Nutanix HCI, Routing and Switching

This post is to document the process of migrating VMware Standard Switch to Distributed Switch. The purpose of this change is to enable LACP on both VMware Hosts and Core/Top of Rack Switch. Environment Three-node cluster connected to Two-Switch stack with redundant connection for each switch On each switch port, it is configured with standard

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How to Configure DHCP Option 119 in Windows DHCP Server and Cisco Switch

Office365, Routing and Switching

This post is to document the process to configure DHCP option 119 in Windows DHCP Server and Cisco Switch. Environment Windows Server 2022 Domain Controller with DHCP roles configured Windows 10 devices on the end user side Multiple Domains with two-way trust configured DNS Suffix needs to be configure for both domains: ICTFella.com and DomainAA.com

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How to Back up Cisco Switch Router Automatically to FTP Server

Routing and Switching

This post is to demonstrate the process to configure the Cisco switch or router device to back up the Cisco configuration file automatically to the FTP server. Environment Cisco Catalyst 9000 switch, works on Cisco routers as well Server: Microsoft Windows Server 2022 FTP application: Filezilla Server Application Configure Filezilla FTP server Assume you have

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How to – Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) between Cisco and Juniper Switches

Routing and Switching

This post is to list the compatible Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration between Cisco Catalyst switches and Juniper EX/QFX switches. The honest opinion here is to use EtherChannel/Aggagated Ethernet (LACP) wherever you can to avoid layer 2 network loops. Environment/Default Configuration Cisco Catalyst switch uses its own Rapid-PVST (Per VLAN Spanning Tree) protocol by default

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How to – Juniper EX/QFX Layer 3 Switch Configuration

Routing and Switching

This post is to list the basic configuration for the Juniper EX/QFX Layer3 switch. Similar to the previous Cisco Layer 3 configuration, it will demonstrate the most used configurations based on the production deployments. Related Topic: How to – Juniper EX switch Virtual Chassis and JUNOS upgrade https://ictfella.com/juniper-ex-switch-virtual-chassis-stacking-and-junos-upgrade/ How to Configure Cisco Layer 3 Switch

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