If you use dual-port NICs you can configure them to have the same IP address
as a part of a Fault Tolerant Team (Intel Pro 100 dual-port NICs).
Bharat Suneja
"Iohan Reyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Ahh...understood. Is there special software that allows two NICs to have
> the same IP address to implement a "true" failover? Because to me, two
> separate NICs with different IP addresses isn't a failover.
>
> If this is the case, ANY switch should do the job because the failover is
> actually occuring at the server, not at the switch...correct?
>
>
> At 05:22 PM 10/9/2000 -0400, Chris Larson wrote:
> >You would have to put 2 NICS in each server. It is actually quite simple
and
> >we do it for all our servers.
> >
> >If you are talking about backbone switches, that to is a matter of having
2
> >large switches and running 1 cable from each to each closet pairr of
> >switches.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Iohan Reyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Pushkar Shirolkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 4:40 PM
> >Subject: RE: CISCO SWITCH
> >
> >
> > > Ummm...I don't understand how you can provide a switch failover
solution
> >at
> > > the access layer. So, if you have a 24-port switch, with
theoretically 24
> > > workstations plugged into it, you want it to failover to another
switch if
> > > it fails? You'd have to physically unplug all those cables and plug
them
> > > into the new switch! Or maybe you can have two NICs at each
workstation
> > > plug each of them into two separate switches....what mechanism would
you
> >use
> > > to do the failover then - Spanning-Tree, RIP?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > Pushkar Shirolkar
> > > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:36 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: CISCO SWITCH
> > >
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > thanx for the reply .....
> > > but i want the switch failover solution .. not the backbone failover
..
> >what
> > > if the switch itself fails .. does it failover to another switch ...
does
> >it
> > > have any specific failover port ?
> > >
> > > Pushkar
> > >
> > > Bob Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > 3524xl series has some redundancy functions to it if you are
refering to
> > > > backbone failover problems. ie using 2 gbic cards to different
backbone
> > > > connections and such.
> > > >
> > > > Also has the router IOS built in which has it's own pro's and con's
> > > associated
> > > > to it.
> > > >
> > > > Pushkar Shirolkar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > i have a requirement that says that i need to have a redundant
cisco
> > > switch
> > > > > .. i.e. there is a LAN and the if the switch fails .. the other
switch
> > > > > should take over. this is possible in the cisco 6000 series of
> >switches
> > > ...
> > > > > but is there some lower end solution .. that costs less and also
my
> > > > > requirement of ports on the switch is also less ... say about 24
ports
> > > ...
> > > > > is there any product available which does so .. in 3500 or 2900
series
> >?
> > > > > like using ISL (inter-switch link) .. but for the lower end
switches
> >...
> > > > >
> > > > > Please reply ASAP
> > > > >
> > > > > thanx
> > > > > Pushkar
> > > > >
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