[c-nsp] Cisco 2960G not passing DHCP

Igor Sukhomlinov dvalinswamp at gmail.com
Sun Oct 22 19:55:26 EDT 2017


Can you show the 2960 config?
Is there anything anything in the logs?


On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Curtis Piehler <cpiehler2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Including NSP
>
> On Oct 22, 2017 7:33 PM, "Curtis Piehler" <cpiehler2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No security features running and no DHCP snooping.  There are 3 Raritan
>> PDUs and one Fortigate connected to the 2960G.  All of them exhibiting the
>> same behavior.  No dhcp requests passing through and no MAC address on the
>> port.  Moving the host devices to the 3560G was my next step.  I am not at
>> the location so just trying to do as much as I can remotely before the on
>> site visit.
>>
>> On Oct 22, 2017 7:22 PM, "Igor Sukhomlinov" <dvalinswamp at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> HI Curtis,
>>>
>>> Anything in the logs of the 2960?
>>> Do you have any security features enabled,e.g. DAI, DHCP snooping? Faced
>>> similar behavior several times due to configurations in the past.
>>> Is that only that Raritan experiencing problems on the 2960? Have you
>>> tried mowing the affected unit to the 3560?
>>>
>>> Rgds,
>>> Igor
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Curtis Piehler <cpiehler2 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm racking my brains out on this yet it seems so simple unless I am
>>>> encountering a bug.
>>>>
>>>> I have several host devices connected to the following switch,
>>>> Firewalls/PDUs, etc...:
>>>> Switch Ports Model              SW Version            SW Image
>>>>
>>>> ------ ----- -----              ----------            ----------
>>>>
>>>> *    1 48    WS-C2960G-48TC-L   12.2(55)SE10          C2960-LANBASEK9-M
>>>>
>>>> This switch sits down stream from a 3560G which uplinks to a firewall
>>>> (Router on a stick).  The problem I am encountering is that the devices
>>>> connected downstream of the 2960G are not receiving DHCP from the 3560G
>>>> switch or firewall.  Of course I have one DHCP at a time but to test
>>>> different devices that can serve out DHCP.  What's odd is that I have
>>>> the
>>>> same exact model PDU connected to the 3560G and it obtains DHCP without
>>>> issues.
>>>>
>>>> The devices downstream of the 2960G do not yield any MAC address.  I
>>>> have
>>>> done all sorts of DHCP debugging and nothing comes up from the
>>>> devices.  I
>>>> even tried moving the DHCP server down to the 2960G and I see no
>>>> activity.
>>>> Statically assigning IPs to devices work no problem.
>>>>
>>>> The PDUs are Raritan factory defaulted so when the port is shut/no shut
>>>> they are designed to get DHCP.  The firewall is a Fortinet with the
>>>> interface set to obtain DHCP.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I can not get a traffic sniffer on this switch but I'm
>>>> wondering if anyone has had this issue before or heard of this.
>>>>
>>>> Curtis
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