Hi!
- I am loving ROS,
- I really like their new hardware CRS
…but I think, ROS is not really good for Switch management.
Example: Switch with two uplinks and some VLANs.
Cisco/Dell/Arista:
vlan database 1,10,110-120
interface range te1/0/1-2
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan all
!
interface gi1/0/1
switchport access vlan 111
!
interface gi1/0/2
switchport mode general
switchport general allowed vlan add 110-112 tagged
!
To do this with ROS, I have to:
- Create Bridge
- Add Ports to Bridge
- Create every single VLAN
- Add uplink ports to every VLAN
- Change PVID on access ports
So:
- Ports with multiple VLANs are hard to manage.
- I can not check which VLANs are configured on a port (or do not know how), I have to check all VLANs, if the port is shown there
- The VLAN overview is only showing “connected” ports
How do you handle this? Is there any alternative for bigger setups, or are CRS just a hard choice there? It would be great to have port-profiles or any easier option.
Thank you for your thoughts
Stril