Howdy
answer 1......Do it properly.....(if have the money)...
i have always recommnded duplicate everything down to the ios image for
redundency....(get another 6509 and run HSRP on it)
answer 2........we can`t afford a proper network .....(make sure when the
backup kicks in .....that you are not responsible for the SLOW
network.....i.e you told them so)....
i would do this
get a 4006 not a expensive as a 6509 but SHOULD do the job ...setup with
slightly higher spantre prioity .......will feed of 65 and should take over
quite quickly........
next buy a seperate 2600 and runn HSRP over the ethernet link between them
.....(REMEBER we are talking Redundency)... you could put a second E card in
the 26 ....but you would not be able to "call"... it redundent...and besides
YOU willl take the rap if the company hits the wall.....(let me tell you a
story)....
once apon a time there was a man who was given a spec to build a network
with full redundency.......the spec he put togother cost WAY to much and
need severly cutting down.......he told them not to do it but they ordered
him to .........so he did it ....the network fell over and the company sued
for designing a crap network .......who got the blame......the man with his
NAME on the design doc.........
have fun
steve
>From: "David Cooper"
>Reply-To: "David Cooper"
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: backup plan for a campus [7:7052]
>Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:31:21 -0400
>
>hiya folks :) happy monday
>
>I'm thinking of backup solutions for a network I'm consulting for.
>This network consists of 7 Vlans of which 5 are used for production. The
>core switch is a Cat 6509 with gig uplinks to 9 closets with about 1500
>nodes total. Incase the Cat catches on fire I would like to have a borg
>like
>spanning tree festival that will make the network at least usable till
>smartnet kicks in and replaces things. To each closet we have multiple
>fibers running that are unused that I can use.
>To the best of my little knowledge of design of networks. What Im thinking
>is a smaller cat3508 as a redundant link to the closets. Spanning tree will
>do it's job on the trunks. But this is just a bunch of 35xx switches and
>intervlan routing is not taken care of. Now, here I have a 2620 with a Fast
>Ethernet capable of ethernet trunks. if need be I can install another Fast
>Ethernet card in it. This would do the inter-vlan routing. questions:
>
>Is this a good idea? Any better ideas for it? Where the heck would I put
>the
>router to do the intervlan stuff and what would tell the switches to use it
>as such. Can I just plug it into a peripheral trunked 3524 and let er rip
>or
>does it have to be on the temp backbone switch?
>
>
>your design expertise would be ____GREATLY___ appreciated.
>
>This company is in the middle of layoffs like mad. Soon it will be back to
>paper like the '60s :|
>
>But anyways this is what keeps me paid.
>
>Links, replies, money, free cheeze, coupons appreciated!
>
>Thanks VERY VERY much in advance,
>David Cooper
>eosyn at linuxmafia dot org (no Im not a mafia person or '31337')
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