Hey all.
So, buddy of mine is a network guru and setup my gear at home for me and I understand it for the most part. However, I would consider some of it to be complex for someone like me who is more of a systems admin vs. network admin. He went poof about a year ago and I have no idea what happened to him, that is a different topic of discussion.
Now to the topic at hand:
Current setup
1x RB4011iGS+ (Router)
1x CRS326-24G-2S+RM (Switch 24 port)
1x HP ProCurve 24 Port switch
1x Netgear ProSafe 24 Port switch
1x cAP AP and 3 Ubiquiti AP's
3x ESXi hosts (1x Dell R910 / 2x R620)
2x SAN's (1x Dell R330 and 1x Supermicro home build)
1x 1U APC Battery Backup Unit
I have multiple VLAN's
10 - Management
11 - Client (DHCP)
12 - Guest (DHCP)
13 - Eoip over VPN (not setup by me so I don't have a clue how to manage it)
15 - Storage (ESXi hosts -> SANs for iSCSI)
16 - Family (Kids network using different DNS hosts etc. and is more restricted)
17 - IoT devices
20 - Voice for PBX phones
I could keep going on the entire setup but I think that gives enough background to begin this conversation.
I am adding a second CRS326-24G-2S+RM and removing the HP ProCurve. I am taking the Netgear switch and putting it where the ProCurve is (second floor of the house).
I installed the second switch and plugged in a 10G DAC cable, seems to be functioning correctly as I am seeing movement on the interface on Switch #1. I tried duplicating the setup from Switch #1 to Switch #2 but lost connectivity after setting the "bridge1" bridge the same as Switch #1. I wasn't sure what would happen if I did that but lost complete and total connectivity resulting in a reset.
Bridge1 setting that resulted in total connectivity loss:
Confirmation of traffic and bridge1 interface snippet:
I have read that you can basically add the second switch and leverage the existing setup on the first switch but I don't see any information on how that is done. I imagine an export of my config is required so decided to post here but wanted to see if anyone has any links or information they can share to help me out and before I post the config (sanitized).