Got mine today,good shape mechanically, one ear dinged up and had to be reformed. One port seems to be dead POE, but the other 47 are ok. Not sure if the port is completely dead or not. Otherwise probably going to pull all the wires out of the 6450 and power it down tomorrow AM.
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I am planning to also migrate from my 6450 to the 7250. Please share how you move the config from one to the other. Much thanks!
I did a tftp download to a text file, from enable prompt:
Copy running-config tftp “IP Address” “Filename.cfg”
That got me the current 6450 config. I then used fodesha's guide to get the 7250 to the 8.0.90mc version, which is the last "old" format version.
Once that was done, I pasted the text file into an enable /conf terminal, and the configuration got applied. write mem and reboot. (oh, I changed the VE addresses, to be able to have both active at least short term). I then did the uptrade to 9.0.10j, which took a while...Probably an hour total to get it configured. Only difference I am aware of is if you are using dual-mode on a port on the 6450, instead just add the needed vlan as untagged.
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So its as simple as uploading the saved cfg from the 6450 to the 7250? My current 6450 still using dual-mode for some of the vlans, and that can be ported over?
Besides cosmetics, is the 9.0.10J firmware "better" than the 8.x firmwares?
Besides cosmetics, is the 9.0.10J firmware "better" than the 8.x firmwares?
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If you do the config upload at the 8.0.80mc step, when it gets updated the update will translate dual mode. I haven't played with/don't know differences besides cosmetic.
Edit: basically all moved to the 7250, with one exception; one patch cable too short for the ~4" lateral shift of the ports on the 7250 vs the 6450 due to the SFP+ ports switching sides. Amazon will solve that tomorrow.
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mine were packed the same as previously described. I had one ear on one switch slightly tweaked. right sized pliers fixed that in about 5 seconds.
Replacing a 6450-48p and stacking with my 7250-24p in my "new to me house" for the "house stack". One switch: inside things (room ports, AP's, "6610 Lab Stack"; one switch: outside things (cams, Internet, garage, HD TV Tuners, etc). switches stacked via F/O.
Going through the update cycle on the switches, then to test the ports for POE.
Replacing a 6450-48p and stacking with my 7250-24p in my "new to me house" for the "house stack". One switch: inside things (room ports, AP's, "6610 Lab Stack"; one switch: outside things (cams, Internet, garage, HD TV Tuners, etc). switches stacked via F/O.
Going through the update cycle on the switches, then to test the ports for POE.
CLI for me states it is not working, have yet to test:
Code:
General PoE Data:
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Firmware
Version
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02.1.8 Build 004
Hardware
Version
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V1R3
Device HW version : 0:V1R3 1:V1R3 2:V1R3 3:V1R3 4:V1R3 5:V1R3
Device Temperature(deg-C) : 0:50 1:54 2:56 3:54 4:62 5:54
Device Status : 0:VOP-Sev1 1:VOP-Sev2 2:VOP-Sev1 3:VOP-Sev1 4:Good 5:VOP-Sev2
Cumulative Port State Data:
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#Ports #Ports #Ports #Ports #Ports #Ports #Ports
Admin-On Admin-Off Oper-On Oper-Off Off-Denied Off-No-PD Off-Fault
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48 0 0 48 0 48 8
Cumulative Port Power Data:
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#Ports #Ports #Ports Power Power
Pri: 1 Pri: 2 Pri: 3 Consumption Allocation
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0 0 48 0.000 W 0.000 W
Code:
Port Admin Oper ---Power(mWatts)--- PD Type PD Class Pri Fault/
State State Consumed Allocated Error
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1/1/1 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/2 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/3 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/4 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/5 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/6 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/7 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/8 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/9 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/10 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/11 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/12 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/13 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/14 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/15 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/16 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/17 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/18 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/19 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/20 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/21 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/22 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/23 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/24 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/25 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/26 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/27 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/28 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/29 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/30 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/31 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/32 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/33 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/34 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/35 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/36 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/37 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/38 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/39 On Non-PD 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/40 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 internal h/w fault
1/1/41 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/42 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/43 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/44 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/45 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/46 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/47 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
1/1/48 On Off 0 0 n/a n/a 3 n/a
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Total 0 0just curious, i see that you have a 6610.. do you use multiple vlans, or stick with a single vlan for your 6610? if you use multiple vlans, how did you solve getting the 6610 to allow multiple vlans out to the internet?
multiple vlans.
I'm not sure I understand your second question and this may be better asked as a question in the mega thread since its more of a how do I do XYZ rather than specific to the 7250 deal and the state of the gear received through the deal.
There is no problem running your VLANs in PFsense IMHO - at least for the typical residential scenario. I think it is also much easier for a non-IT professional to set up their network that way too. Keep in mind that any traffic flowing in the same VLAN is handled at the switch anyway (without that data having to traverse over the firewall connection). So the biggest benefit to setting the switch up to handle layer 3 routing comes when you are transferring data between VLANs because that traffic would have to traverse over to the firewall if it's managing the VLANs. However by planning out your VLANs properly to limit the amount of traffic that flows between VLANs, you can avoid bottlenecks and run the VLANs at the firewall level instead of the switch level. In other words, if you have a situation where you know you will be regularly transferring large amount of data between several devices (video editing, large backups, media server, etc, etc), make sure those devices are all on the same VLAN and you won't have a bottleneck - at least not one that is caused by the firewall managing the VLANs.
Also, if you set up VLANs on the switch (ie a true layer 3 setup), you'll also be forced to offload the DHCP server from PFsense because of the way that software works. Again, that isn't the end of the world, but it is another "layer of the onion" that you must peel if you want your switch to handle layer 3 traffic.