That was my first thought but isn't STP supposed to finish after 30 Seconds?
Not the several minutes indicated in the problem. I was thinking that the
server doesn't appear to be rebooted, sooooooo I'm thinking it's the ARP
table of the Switch.... If the server was rebooted or had sent out a
network comm... (a simple ping) the switch would have realized that the
server was now on a new port. But the switch had to wait until the server
sent out a comm of some sort (NetBIOS Broadcast, WINS replication,
...whatever...) to update the ARP table....
I kinda remember something from groupstudy a looonnngggg time ago (in a
galaxy far, far away...) about a failover server that had a similar problem
because it had the same MAC address as the original server. When the
original went down the failover had to notify the switch that that MAC
address was now on a new port....
hmmmm....
> STP..change the port to portfast
>
> Lonnie
> "John Neiberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> 11620111.962895874039.JavaMail.imail@tiptoe">news:11620111.962895874039.JavaMail.imail@tiptoe...
> > Here's an easy one, because I'm nicer than Chuck. :-) Even though it's
> > easy, it's still practical. And for those of you who immediately know
the
> > answer, let the less experienced people mull this one over for a bit.
> >
> > You have a Catalyst 5000 with several servers connected and you've
decided
> > to rearrange the port assignments. You disconnect one server in
> particular
> > and move it to another port, then quickly discover that it now has no
> > network connectivity. You attempt to access the network for a couple of
> > minutes to no avail. In supreme frustration, you head to the break room
> for
> > coffee and donuts.
> >
> > When you come back several minutes later you find that the server now
has
> > network connectivity and all is well, no problems.
> >
> > What is the most likely cause of this behavior and what could you have
> done
> > to remedy the situation immediately?
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > John
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