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I appreciate that and I will give it a try. I'm familiar with Cisco, but new to the HP Procurves, so this sounds like exactly what I need to know.
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I appreciate that and I will give it a try. I'm familiar with Cisco, but new to the HP Procurves, so this sounds like exactly what I need to know.

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The explanation of nomenclature got me moving in the right direction and saved me a lot of time on this issue.
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The explanation of nomenclature got me moving in the right direction and saved me a lot of time on this issue.

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I have a Cisco 6509e core switch running multiple VLANs. The two VLANs I am concerned with are for the voice and employee data networks. Recently, there was a fiber circuit installed to provide connectivity to the switch between floors due to an upcoming move. Rather than ordering Cisco equipment for the new area, HP Procurve switches were purchased. I have put the Fiber circuit into trunk mode on the 6509e and the Voice Procurve. I then selected an Ethernet port to use to trunk between the switches downstairs. I was expecting all VLANs to be carried through the trunks, but this is not what occured. I can get a voice connection when the fiber is connected to the voice switch and a data connection when I connect directly to the data switch. Does anyone know what configuration needs to be done to make this set up work properly?
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I have a Cisco 6509e core switch running multiple VLANs. The two VLANs I am concerned with are for the voice and employee data networks. Recently, there was a fiber circuit installed to provide connectivity to the switch between floors due to an upcoming move. Rather than ordering Cisco equipment for the new area, HP Procurve switches were purchased. I have put the Fiber circuit into trunk mode on the 6509e and the Voice Procurve. I then selected an Ethernet port to use to trunk between the switches downstairs. I was expecting all VLANs to be carried through the trunks, but this is not what occured. I can get a voice connection when the fiber is connected to the voice switch and a data connection when I connect directly to the data switch. Does anyone know what configuration needs to be done to make this set up work properly?

How do I run a single Fiber Trunk from 6509e switch to 2 HP Procurve Switches, for voice and data?

Network design and methodology, also known as network architecture, is the design of a communication network. It is a framework for the specification of a network's physical components and their functional organization and configuration, its operational principles and procedures, as well as data formats used in its operation. In telecommunication, the specification of a network architecture may also include a detailed description of products and services delivered via a communications network, as well as detailed rate and billing structures under which services are compensated.

Network Architecture

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

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