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  • 1.  need to connect Single and multi mode SFP in single 24 port hp switch

    Posted Nov 13, 2016 10:47 AM

    hi

     

    I have hp 24 port poe switch

     

    there are 2 SFP port. I had made trunk for these port and added in vlan

    in One SFP port i ll be conencting single mode SFP with single mode cable

    in other SFP i ll be conencting multi mode SFP with multi mode cable

    will this connectivity work ? do I need to any configuarion ?

     

    Waiting for the reply

    Regards

    Biju

     



  • 2.  RE: need to connect Single and multi mode SFP in single 24 port hp switch

    Posted Nov 13, 2016 11:11 AM
    OK, so you have two SFP ports equipped with different fiber optic transceivers (One Single Mode, one Multi-Mode). Right?

    Considering those two ports, from the point of view of being tagged with one or more VLANs *and* from the point of view of assigning to each physical port a specific Port Type (Access, Hybrid or Trunk) or other port specific settings (PVID included), those two exact ports are - AFAIK - independents each other ...exactly like any other physical port on your Switch...so you can manage them freely and separately.

    Or...what you really wanted to ask is if you can aggregate those SFP ports into the same LAG (for Port Trunking)?


  • 3.  RE: need to connect Single and multi mode SFP in single 24 port hp switch

    Posted Nov 14, 2016 05:49 AM

    hi

    so you have two SFP ports equipped with different fiber optic transceivers (One Single Mode, one Multi-Mode). Right?

    yes in single switch

    Yes its VLAN

     

    i had given below the show running config

    port 27 and 28 are in Multi mode and single mode respectively

    just want to know the steps which i performed are correct ?

     

    Rugby7 Switch4# show running-config

    Running configuration:

    ; J9625A Configuration Editor; Created on release #RA.15.15.0012
    ; Ver #06:04.18.63.ff.37.2f:9e
    hostname "Rugby7 Switch4"
    trunk 27-28 trk4 trunk
    ip default-gateway 192.168.200.254
    snmp-server community "public" unrestricted
    vlan 1
    name "DEFAULT_VLAN"
    no untagged 1-24
    untagged 25-26,Trk4
    no ip address
    exit
    vlan 63
    name "VLAN63"
    untagged 1-23
    tagged Trk4
    no ip address
    exit
    vlan 777
    name "VLAN777"
    untagged 24
    tagged Trk4
    ip address 192.168.200.104 255.255.255.0
    exit
    spanning-tree Trk4 priority 4
    no tftp server
    no dhcp config-file-update
    no dhcp image-file-update
    password manager

    Rugby7 Switch4#

     

    Rugby7 Switch4# show trunks

    Load Balancing Method: L3-based (default)

    Port | Name Type | Group Type
    ---- + -------------------------------- --------- + ----- --------
    27 | 1000SX | Trk4 Trunk
    28 | 1000LX | Trk4 Trunk


    Rugby7 Switch4#

     



  • 4.  RE: need to connect Single and multi mode SFP in single 24 port hp switch

    Posted Nov 14, 2016 04:54 PM

    The important thing for link aggregation (HP call it "trunk") is that the interfaces being aggregated are the same *speed*, so aggregating an LX with an SX should be fine.

    Obviously, the ports at the other end of each of those two links bothy need to be aggregated as well.

    *** Just be careful of the distance - if the two links are very different lengths, you might have a problem.



  • 5.  RE: need to connect Single and multi mode SFP in single 24 port hp switch

    Posted Nov 15, 2016 04:03 AM

    Yep...and also it's important (essential) that Duplex mode should be the same.

    Aggregating an SX with a LX fiber optic link (ports) should be OK...but, as @Vince-Whirlwind pointed out, then you may suffer - potentially - of problems derived by differents fiber optic links' lenghts (where considered lenghts are end-to-end)...*generally* Port Trunking is deployed when both end Switches use the same ports typologies, same link lenghts and same duplex modes...this helps in not incurring in nasty and unpredictable issues.