VLANS for AP's and Switches

[rkowals]

We are installing new Aerohive switches in place of our old Cisco switches, we currently have a few dozen Aerohive AP's that are running on native VLAN 1. Our Cisco has VLAN 2 for phones and VLAN3 for Data. Do I need to completely change the VLANs for all the Aerohive Devices (AP/Switch) and start from scratch?

[bruce_stahlin]

On the Cat, you need to create the plans in the vlan database (Layer 2):

conf t

!

vlan 2

name voice

!

vlan 3

name data

!

Then you will create the layer three interfaces:

!

interface vlan 2

description voice

ip address x.x.x.x y.y.y.y (address and subnet mask)

!

interface vlan 3

description data

ip address x.x.x.x y.y.y.y (address and subnet mask)

!

If you dhcp servers are on a different vlan, be sure to add an ip helper for dhcp relay (not necessary for VLANs that have a local dhcp server):

!

interface vlan 2

ip helper-address x.x.x.x

!

The error you're receiving sounds like the switch may be losing capwap during the push. Can you console in and watch the following as you push:

!

show network

show hivemanager status

!

[rkowals]

Another issue has risen, any time I update the switch it fails at 30% error on switch CLI shows "Mounting SQUASHFS error: Xattrs in filesystem, these will be ignore

websrc.sqfs onto SQAUSHFS error: unable to read xattr id index table /mnt/www/htdocs...done

[rkowals]

Cisco Catalyst 4500, L3, ios12.2. I still need to work on the template, I found some info off the switch I needed, I'm not a Network Tech, mainly a server support. Just got elevated recently.

[bruce_stahlin]

In the Device Template, select the ports you want changed (click and drag), click the "Assign" button, "Create New," name the port type, Under Port Usage, select "Phone with a data port." Scroll down to the VLAN Object, assign the VLANs and save the port type. Save the template.

Personally, we create a template for each switch to make sure each port configuration is correct. Probably not necessary as you can adjust port types from the "Monitor," "Device" screens.

Do you need assistance with the Cisco side? Which model & iOS. L3 or L2 only?