[SOLVED] Adopting Hi-Capacity Aggregation switch (USW-Pro-Aggregation) from UniFi EFG fails

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Eventually, I was able to make it work. Thanks to @LTS_Tom and @planedrop for your help and suggestions.

I leave here what I had to do step by step:

  1. Configure the port where you connect your new device as access port in VLAN 1 and Allow All for Tagged VLANs.
  2. Factory reset the device
  3. Go to the UniFi Devices list and the device should appear with status “Click to Adopt”. After clicking it should take a while “Adopting”, then “Getting Ready” and finally “Up to date” (it might update the firmware in the middle if necessary).
  4. Select the new device and click on the :gear: to configure it.
    1. Change the device name if you want.
    2. Check the :white_check_mark: Network Override checkbox.
    3. Select the VLAN you want to use in “Virtual Network”.
    4. In IP Configuration select :radio_button: Static.
    5. Configure IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS servers.
    6. Apply Changes
  5. The status should show “Getting Ready” and then “Up to date” again
  6. Now you can reconfigure the port where you connect the device. You can either configure the port or use a Port Profile, in any case the port should have the following:
    1. Native VLAN/Network: the VLAN where you manage your devices (the network that holds the IP address you configured manually above
    2. Either Allow All Tagged VLANs or choose Custom and the VLANs you manually select to allow must include VLAN 1
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