Hi,
I have a pair of power connect N2024 switches being used for iSCSI and configured using the "Dell Switch Configuration Guide for EqualLogic SANs"
I have attached a diagram showing the configuration.
The N2000 series does not have a dedicated out of band interface so you have to configure one by using a VLAN on the switch just for this purpose. An IP interface is then configured on this VLAN for the management and it is assigned to a single physical port, in this example port 24 to be uplinked to the LAN.
The problem is the management ports (VLAN 150) are receiving STP changes from the LAN (no problem here) however the port-channel group connecting the two N2024 switches which is currently configured in Access mode in VLAN 100, is then being shut down by spanning Tree!
My question is why is this happening? If the Portchannel was access VLAN 150 it would make sense, but its not its VLAN 100.
Any info appreciated.
Kind regards
Dave