Trunks/Channels between CatOS and IOS Switches

From: Michael Brooks (michaeljbrooks@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2006 - 13:32:24 ART


Hello everyone,

Has anyone experienced odd behavior when creating trunks and channels
between a CatOS switch and a Native IOS Switch ? Is there any known issues
with this type of connection such as with trunk negotiation or with the
channeling? Below is a configuration that seems to be sort of flaky. I
am intermittenly seeing problems with channels and trunks between the
different switches. Your suggestions and comments would be greatly
appreciated.

*CatOS:*
set trunk 1/1 desirable dot1q 1-1005,1025-4094
set trunk 1/2 desirable dot1q 1-1005,1025-4094
set port channel 1/1-2 mode desirable silent

*Native IOS:*
interface Port-channel101
 description trunk CatOS gi1/1-2
 no ip address
 switchport
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
end
!
interface GigabitEthernet3/5
 description trunk to CatOS switch g1/1
 no ip address
 switchport
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
 channel-group 101 mode desirable
end
!
interface GigabitEthernet3/6
 description trunk to CatOS switch g1/2
 no ip address
 switchport
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport mode trunk
 channel-group 101 mode desirable
end

Thank you,
Michael Brooks
CCIE# 16027



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