when configuring active-gateway on a VLAN, does each switch need its own IP ?
Hello. I am somewhat confused by this one.
I have two-tier design, two CX10k switches as core and 4 cx8100 access switches (probably will have more soon). all configured as VSX pairs, and with uplinks from 8100 to cx10k, MCLAG used.
so that is:
- two cx10k configured as VSX pair,
- two 8100 configured as VSX pair, connected to cx10k,
- and 2 more 8100 configured as vsx pair, connected to cx10k
My understanding is that I need to configure VLANs for my subnets, and I have few so this is great. And I want to use switches as gateways as well, because I will be doing the firewalling on the cx10k. VLANs will be randomly distributed across all switches.
Below config allows me to create such option, but I am wondering, does each VLAN interface needs IP assigned too?
here is from one of the core switches:
interface vlan 119
description DMZ
ip mtu 9198
ip address 192.168.119.2/24
active-gateway ip mac a2:01:00:00:00:01
active-gateway ip 192.168.119.1
ip ospf 1 area 0.0.0.0
ip igmp enable
ip pim-sparse enable
Do I need to assign IP address to remaining switches from the range 192.168.119.3-192.168.119.7, and keep range 192.168.119.8-11 in case I add two more pairs of 8100? That is rather wasteful.
Please help.
Much appreciated.