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MS225 Port shuts down with third party switch
We have a Dell Powerconnect switch plugged into one of our ports on a Meraki MS225. Throughout the day the port on the Meraki MS225 where the Dell is plugged in will shutdown/disable. Years ago when I was using Cisco Catalyst switches I recall having to disable a setting on the ports with 3rd party switches. What would that be on the Meraki MS225?
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Go to the port settings in Switch | Switch Ports and disable both RSTP and STP guard.
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Hi @JordanNolan Do you BPDU guard enabled on that port by any chance?
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STP Guard is set to Disabled (default)
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it says nothing is connected or does the port give you a message? any logging on both devices related to this event that you can share with us?
is it a trunk port or a access port?
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The port is Trunk. I catch it intermittently so I do not see if the port is dark on the dashboard or anything. It just acts as though it is turned off:
Here are some logs. Same thing over and over:
Jul 9 07:07:42 Port STP change
Port 8 disabled→designated
Jul 9 07:07:42 Port status change
port: 8, old: down, new: 1Gfdx
Jul 9 07:07:37 Port STP change
Port 8 designated→disabled
Jul 9 07:07:37 Port status change
port: 8, old: 1Gfdx, new: down
Jul 9 07:07:33 Port STP change
Port 8 disabled→designated
Jul 9 07:07:33 Port status change
port: 8, old: down, new: 1Gfdx
Jul 9 07:07:29 Port STP change
Port 8 designated→disabled
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That seems like the port is flapping. Can you try a different cable or different port on both sides and see if the problem still exists?
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Hi Raj,
Was still an issue. Patch cables tested OK on both a meter and through the console.
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Go to the port settings in Switch | Switch Ports and disable both RSTP and STP guard.
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I will give that a try and see if it stablizes
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I had the same issue and disable RSTP and RSTP Guard resolved it.
I had a remote switch connected through an ISP provided L2 circuit, managed by their Cisco switch. Uplink was up/down frequently. Disabling RSTP on the remote switch's Uplink port stabilized things. Should I also disbale RSTP on the core-side switch port?
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I had the same issue and disable RSTP and RSTP Guard resolved it.
I had a remote switch connected through an ISP provided L2 circuit, managed by their Cisco switch. Uplink was up/down frequently. Disabling RSTP on the remote switch's Uplink port stabilized things. Should I also disbale RSTP on the core-side switch port?