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Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

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  • 1.  Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    Posted Mar 27, 2019 10:16 AM

    I have two separate rooms and want to connect these in one network.

    the ISP is just in one room and should be available in the another room as well.

     

    I have just the possibility to connect these two 2930F switches with Ethernet. 

    Which keyword is necessary? Stacking?

    Best.



  • 2.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    MVP GURU
    Posted Mar 27, 2019 11:47 AM

    For (easy)management, you can set a VSF "Stacking" between your 2 switch (need SFP+ port)



  • 3.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    Posted Mar 27, 2019 11:49 AM

    ok but i dont have a sfp+ port, just sfp.

    and for in my case, it is not possible to use a new cable between the two rooms, so i need anything with ethernet.

    Nothing possible?

    And: could it be possible to do it your scenario with sfp?

    Best

     



  • 4.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    MVP GURU
    Posted Mar 27, 2019 12:02 PM

    @zesa wrote:

    ok but i dont have a sfp+ port, just sfp.

    and for in my case, it is not possible to use a new cable between the two rooms, so i need anything with ethernet.

    Nothing possible?

    And: could it be possible to do it your scenario with sfp?

    Best

     


    you can use also SFP but no "stacking"

     



  • 5.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    Posted Mar 27, 2019 12:07 PM

    ok and what method would work just with SFP?

     



  • 6.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    MVP GURU
    Posted Mar 27, 2019 12:13 PM

    @zesa wrote:

    ok and what method would work just with SFP?

     


    Using tagging vlan for example



  • 7.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    Posted Mar 27, 2019 12:43 PM

    Weird, that 2930F just SFP is not possible with VSF stacking.
    I didnt found any references to this statement.

     

    but i found this:

    it should be possible, or is that another case, if yes what is the different?

    https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Wired-Intelligent-Edge-Campus/VSF-Stacking-on-2930f/m-p/362838/highlight/true#M2650



  • 8.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Mar 27, 2019 12:55 PM

    Greetings!

     

    The 2930F supports VSF on both 10G (SFP+) and 1G (SFP and copper) ports — the only caveat is that all VSF ports within a given stack have to be the same speed, which shouldn't be an issue on models with 1G SFP uplink ports. 



  • 9.  RE: Two different and adjacent rooms with each 2930F

    Posted Mar 27, 2019 02:28 PM

    Here's a sample config of VSF stacking using a pair of 2930F switches.

    More details about VSF are in the manual and there's another post about VSF here

     

    I'm using a total of 4 ports at 1Gb each. Three of the links are fiber/SFP's and the 4th link is a copper port.  You can mix and match.  I had a spare ethernet between closets and we ran a multi-pair fiber between the closets.  If the fiber gets damaged by a contractor working in the building, the copper port will take over.  Once the construction is all done, I'll probaly remove the copper connection, but for now this is what we have.  As Matthew_Fern said, the speed must match.

     

    hostname "MyVirtualSwitchStack-VSF"
    vsf
       enable domain 5
       member 1
          type "JL256A" mac-address 123456-789abc
          priority 128
          link 1 1/48,1/50-1/52
          link 1 name "I-Link1_1"
          link 2 name "I-Link1_2"
          exit
       member 2
          type "JL256A" mac-address 123456-789abd
          priority 120
          link 1 2/48,2/50-2/52
          link 1 name "I-Link2_1"
          link 2 name "I-Link2_2"
          exit
       port-speed 1g
       exit

     

    We're using old cisco SFPs for this, so I had to enable the:

     

    allow-unsupported-transceiver

     

    to get them to work, but if you're using HP SFP, you dont need that line.