asked on Cisco SG-300 series switches resetting randomly
I posed another question recently about how to port SonicWALL to SonicPoint with VLAN tagging over a fiber connected uplink switch. While working on this project I've somehow triggered all my Cisco SG300 series switches randomly resetting themselves for no apparent reason.
We have:
SonicWALL TZ210W
X0 Interface - LAN/DATA Network
X6 Interface - VOICE Network (Shoretel phone system on a separate network)
Cisco SG300-52 with a fiber uplink to a Cisco SG300-28 (DATA)
Cisco SG300-48 PoE with a fiber uplink to a Cisco SG200-28 PoE (VOICE)
The only connection between the VOICE and DATA networks is through the SonicWALL.
Yesterday I installed FindIT to two systems - one on the VOICE network and one on the DATA network. I used the software to find the uplinked switches on the far end of the fiber connection. Bonjour apparently doesn't broadcast beyond it's own subnet.
Since then ALL of the switches have started resetting themselves. They can be up for hours or minutes. They never all reset at the same time but they all do reset. The logs show a "cold start" each time and I can find no cause.
We have:
SonicWALL TZ210W
X0 Interface - LAN/DATA Network
X6 Interface - VOICE Network (Shoretel phone system on a separate network)
Cisco SG300-52 with a fiber uplink to a Cisco SG300-28 (DATA)
Cisco SG300-48 PoE with a fiber uplink to a Cisco SG200-28 PoE (VOICE)
The only connection between the VOICE and DATA networks is through the SonicWALL.
Yesterday I installed FindIT to two systems - one on the VOICE network and one on the DATA network. I used the software to find the uplinked switches on the far end of the fiber connection. Bonjour apparently doesn't broadcast beyond it's own subnet.
Since then ALL of the switches have started resetting themselves. They can be up for hours or minutes. They never all reset at the same time but they all do reset. The logs show a "cold start" each time and I can find no cause.
Switches / HubsNetworking Hardware-OtherNetwork ManagementNetworking
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Jason Zondag
ASKER
On a side-note - on a hunch I disabled Bonjour on all of the switches and since then they seem to have stabilized. I don't really understand this though and it's only been an hour and a half since doing so. So far though this is the longest in two days the switches have all stayed up.
Execute "sh version" on one of the switches and it should provide an explanation for the restart.
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Resolved the issue myself by locating and analyzing additional logs on the switches then cross-referencing against the other switches.
Doing some digging online I found references to other Cisco products having issues with the Bonjour protocol and that a common solution was to upgrade the firmware to a current level.
Having reasoned that the FindIT software was only recently installed to systems on both networks it was only logical that the version of FindIT, Bonjour, and the combination of switches resetting at random times couldn't be a coincidence.
Doing some digging online I found references to other Cisco products having issues with the Bonjour protocol and that a common solution was to upgrade the firmware to a current level.
Having reasoned that the FindIT software was only recently installed to systems on both networks it was only logical that the version of FindIT, Bonjour, and the combination of switches resetting at random times couldn't be a coincidence.