Nothing but my learning and experience with NETWORK : Installation and setup of CISCO SG500-28P:

The SG500 series cisco switches are the next step up from already popular SG300 layer 3 switches.

Here some highlight of SG500 series switches:

1. High power over Ethernet plus(PoE+), Providing up to 30 watts per port.

2. Full IPv6 support.

3. Advanced layer 3 traffic management.

4. Strong security. Access Control lists,Voice VLAN , Guest VLAN and many more security features

5. Expandability. Offering 1G and 1G/5G Ethernet expansion slot.

Before You Begin:

Both SG300 and SG500 series switches are layer-3 capable. This means we can create multiple VLANs and route between them. Function called InterVLAN routing

Most of people are not aware that when an SG300 and SG500 switch is powered up for the first time , it default to layer 2 model.In order to create multiple VLANs ,assign IP addresses and enable layer3 switching , You must switch the SG300 and SG500 to ROUTER model.

When this is done all configuration is erased and the device is reset ,losing any configuration performed.

Switching to ROUTER mode – Enabling Layer-3 Switching:

To switch to router mode, connect to the serial port using the provided DB9 serial cable . Set the com port thus:

1. 115200 Baud rate

2. 8 Data bits

3. No parity

4. 1 stop bit

5. No flow control

When presented with the login prompt, Use “cisco” as a username and password. You will be requested to change the password before you perform any configuration.

When complete the CLI prompt will be presented along with the familiar hash symbol. At the prompt, enter “show system mode” to view the current mode.

Without delay,let’s switch to router mode:

As the reset process begins a number of messages will be displayed on the console and the switch will finally reboot:

Issuing the show system command will then confirm the switch in router mode.

Creating VLANs, Assigning IP addresses, Default Gateway, DNS Name server, Enabling IP Routing.

The process of creating VLANs on the SG500 is similar to that of the catalyst switches. First create your VLAN and then VLAN interfaces to configure IP addresses. Since VLAN1 , The default VLAN is already created , We only require that we changes its IP address to match our network. Keep in mind that the switch has VLAN1 preconfigured with IP address 192.168.1.154, but also has DHCP enabled, so if the switch find a DHCP server during start-up it will automatically obtain an IP address.