I have this switch with software version pk 1.18.. i believe that i'm out of luck in terms of using spanning tree with this switch.. specs show it should exist but doesnt and i think others ran into this
I'm not sure if this is related but we are running into spanning tree issues or switch issues.. i have 5 total switches in our business.. this is one of them.. ports are showing unidentified network, cant get DHCP addresses on many ports on random switches.. at this point i did not enable spanning tree on any of the other (non hp) switches (dlink switches)..
Would spanning tree prevent these "brown outs".. or are those other switches just too old (7 plus years each). Actually.. it turned out some of these suddenly "Dead" ports were on the newer HP switch, so maybe its not an age thing. All the switches are interconnected with fiber, from bottom to top, then off to 4 POE switches above that for our phone system).
I dont have anything else besides jumbo frames enabled (and storm control) on all of these switches.. no trunking etc (unsure trunking needed or how it would work or aid in the situation either)..
I was suspecting i need spanning tree configured in some way (unsure even how to do this, numbering wise with the spanning tree setting if it did exist).. i think just pick lowest physical switch, lower number and work my way up to the hp which is physically on the top?
Any thoughts on any of this?
Thanks in advance