Configuring a 802.1Q connection isn’t that difficult, but you need to know the command line interface and the appropriate commands. Today I configured a 802.1Q connection between a Cisco Catalyst 3750G and a Dell PowerConnect 6226, while configuring I played a little with the trunking options on the PowerConnect and I noticed the following:

• The Dell PowerConnect 6226 doesn’t support the configuration of a native vlan in switchport mode trunk

To solve this problem you should use the switchport mode general commands. I configured the 802.1Q connection on the Dell PowerConnect 6226 with the following commands:

interface ethernet 1/g24
description ‘802.1Q C3750G’
switchport mode general
switchport general pvid 10
no switchport general acceptable-frame-type tagged-only
switchport general allowed vlan remove 1
switchport general allowed vlan add 10 untagged
switchport general allowed vlan add 255 tagged
switchport general allowed vlan add 1128 tagged
switchport general allowed vlan add 1129 tagged
exit

The command no switchport general acceptable-frame-type tagged-only prevents the switch from discarding untagged frames at ingress. I configured the Cisco Catalyst 3750 with the following commands:

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/4
description 802.1Q DELL POWERCONNECT 6226
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 10
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,255,1128,1129
switchport mode trunk
switchport nonegotiate
no ip address
no mdix auto
end

The above configuration is working perfectly. Packets from VLAN 10 are sent untagged over the link and all other VLAN’s are sent tagged over the link. I guess it would be easier if the switch supported the configuration of a native VLAN in trunking mode.

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René Jorissen works as Solution Specialist for 4IP in the Netherlands. Network Infrastructures are the primary focus. René works with equipment of multiple vendors, like Cisco, Aruba Networks, FortiNet, HP Networking, Juniper Networks, RSA SecurID, AeroHive, Microsoft and many more. René is Aruba Certified Edge Expert (ACEX #26), Aruba Certified Mobility Expert (ACMX #438), Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX #725), Aruba Certified Design Expert (ACDX #760), CCNP R&S, FCNSP and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEF) certified. You can follow René on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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