Hi, It should work, the 2724 can have ports with tagged VLANs that could be used with a trunk port. Though it might be better to remove the 2724 and just use all X series switches.
Greetings everyone, my company has an old PowerConnect 2724 switch (L2) and several resources connected to it, on the same network. I want to isolate one or more resources (endpoints) in different VLANS (say 9 VLANs) and add a firewall (Pfsense appliance) between my ISP and my network, using it for internal / external purposes (blocking unspecific traffic ports, create VPN and so forth). The problem is that my switch is L2 and it cannot route the labeled VLAN packets. So, I’m wondering to buy Dell X1026 (L3) and cascade it with my L2 switch, creating something like this: ISP >> router / gateway >> PfSense Appliance >> Layer 3 Sw (Routing) >> Layer 2 Sw (9 VLANs) >> Endpoints However, I have a few questions related to this topology in order to worth the investment on L3 switch: Best Regards Rafael
PowerConnect 2724 (L2) interoperating with X1026 switch (L3)