[f-nsp] Couple of total newbie questions About TurboIron 24x while I wait for my support to get activated.

[Drew Weaver]

Hi,

We just bought a pair of TurboIron 24x switches and so far they seem to be pretty great, I am running into a few problems but I am sure you guys have seen them all before.

#1

I am unable to get the console port of the TurboIron 24x to communicate with my Raritan Serial Console switch, it works fine using the included serial cable from Brocade to a PC, but I need it to be accessible via the Raritan Switch.

I assume there is just a certain way you have to wire the cat5 cable to make it work, has anyone figured this out yet?

#2

Does using the 4x Copper 1Gb ports on the switch disable fiber ports? If so does anyone know which fiber ports are disabled for which copper ports?

I.e. if you use 25 then 1 is disabled, 26 then 2, etc? I have tested a bit and so far I don't notice any ports being shut down when I use 25, 26, 27, or 28.

#3

Are the global 'IP commands' only applied to the default VLAN, or how does that work?

I noticed that if I globally assign an IP address to the switch, I can access it just fine through the 'management port' but I can also access it from any other port as well.

I would really like to isolate the management traffic to only the management port, has anyone figured out a way to do this yet?

Anyway thanks if anyone knows the answers to any of these questions, hopefully the support administrator at brocade will add my serial numbers to their system soon so that I can ask them =)

thanks,
-Drew