Routing traffic between stacked and non stacked dell switches
Hi, i have a stack of Dell N3048p switches that client machines connect to.
We are upgrading our infrastructure switches to Dell S4148F's
Our client switches are in a stack configured with 2 VLANs with addresses of 192.168.10.0/24 and 192.168.11.0/24
Our infrastructure switches cannot be stacked, they have 3 vlans with IP addresses of 10.20.10.0/24 - 10.20.12.0/24
I want to set routing up between them, but also have fault tolerance at the same time. I cant use LAGs with our new switches as they are not stacked, I have read that i need to use VLT but i am just looking for some best practices / advice from people.
I havent set any IP addresses on the new switches VLANs yet,as i am still looking in to how i would configure that with there being 2 switches that arent stacked as i have only worked with stacked switches in the past.
Thanks in advance for any help. I have drawn an amazing paint diagram to give an idea of what i am looking to accomplish.
switch-layout.png
We are upgrading our infrastructure switches to Dell S4148F's
Our client switches are in a stack configured with 2 VLANs with addresses of 192.168.10.0/24 and 192.168.11.0/24
Our infrastructure switches cannot be stacked, they have 3 vlans with IP addresses of 10.20.10.0/24 - 10.20.12.0/24
I want to set routing up between them, but also have fault tolerance at the same time. I cant use LAGs with our new switches as they are not stacked, I have read that i need to use VLT but i am just looking for some best practices / advice from people.
I havent set any IP addresses on the new switches VLANs yet,as i am still looking in to how i would configure that with there being 2 switches that arent stacked as i have only worked with stacked switches in the past.
Thanks in advance for any help. I have drawn an amazing paint diagram to give an idea of what i am looking to accomplish.
switch-layout.png
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I am now looking to set this routing up. So what i would be looking to do is to create a new subnet for switch to switch communication (lets say 10.12.6.x). I would create a new VLAN for this subnet on my older switch stack (Stick with 6 for ease of use) and give it the IP address 10.12.6.2 I would then create a LAG with 1 port from 2 different switches, on this LAG i would set it as trunk for VLAN 6.
I would then add the same config to the VLT but probably with a few changes (i need to read in to VRRP and peer routing) but once the setup is similar but with IP 10.12.6.1 i could then add static routes for the switches. On old stack i would add a static route for 10.10.0.0/16 10.12.6.1 then on the new switches add a static route for 192.168.0.0/16 10.12.6.2
Sorry if my description is wrong, i am only just venturing into the world of non gui switch management!