L2-Tunnel for remote phones? (Lab)

I think I need a logical breakdown of the following scenario:

I’m looking to move my CCIE:Voice (err, Collaboration) phones to a room on the 2nd floor (My lab rack resides in the basement). I could just run a single cable and trunk a small switch up there but that would be no fun – I’d like to make it appear as the phones are physically connected to their respective switches.

Looks like an L2-tunnel can pass CDP info and is probably what I’m looking for – What hardware would I need to accomplish this? Any pointers on where I can find good info/examples?

Thanks!

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shodown

PM me your email. I'll send you the configs and a gear diagram

gcobby

Hi Shodown,

Is there any chance that you can also send me the configs and a diagram? I am looking at doing similar with my lab and relocating it to another room.

Thanks

Glen

Jackace

Here is a good Cisco Doc on the L2-tunnel for a 3550. From my experience it is very similar if not the same on a 3650 and 3750. Make sure you get to the bottom where it talks about passing cdp, vtp, stp, and cos information across the tunnel.

Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide, 12.1(13)EA1 - Configuring 802.1Q and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling [Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches] - Cisco Systems