
Configuring the Cisco Gigabit EtherSwitch EHWIC
How to Configure Gigabit EtherSwitch EHWICs
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Configuring the Cisco Gigabit EtherSwitch EHWIC
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Voice Traffic and VVID
The Cisco Gigabit EtherSwitch EHWIC can automatically configure voice VLAN. This capability
overcomes the management complexity of overlaying a voice topology onto a data network while
maintaining the quality of voice traffic. With the automatically configured voice VLAN feature, network
administrators can segment phones into separate logical networks, even though the data and voice
infrastructure is physically the same. The voice VLAN feature places the phones into their own VLANs
without the need for end-user intervention. A user can plug the phone into the switch, and the switch
provides the phone with the necessary VLAN information.
Configuring a Single Subnet for Voice and Data
For network designs with incremental IP telephony deployment, network managers can configure the
Cisco Gigabit EtherSwitch EHWIC so that the voice and data traffic coexist on the same subnet. This
might be necessary when it is impractical either to allocate an additional IP subnet for IP phones or to
divide the existing IP address space into an additional subnet at the remote branch. It might be necessary
to use a single IP address space for branch offices. (This is one of the simpler ways to deploy IP
telephony.)
This configuration approach must address two key considerations:
• Network managers should ensure that existing subnets have enough available IP addresses for the
new Cisco IP phones, each of which requires a unique IP address.
• Administering a network with a mix of IP phones and workstations on the same subnet might pose
a challenge.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to automatically configure Cisco IP phones to
send voice and data traffic on the same VLAN.
Step 3
interface type 0/slot/port
Example:
Router(config)#interface gigabitethernet
0/3/1
Enters the interface configuration mode and the port to be
configured.
Step 4
switchport mode trunk
Example:
Router(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
Configures the port to trunk mode.
Step 5
switchport voice vlan vlan-id
Example:
Router(config-if)#switchport voice vlan 1
Configures the voice port with a VVID that will be used
exclusively for voice traffic.
Step 6
end
Example:
Router(config-if)#end
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Command Purpose
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