NicExpress from IPMetrics will allow you to connect the server nics to both
6509s in active-active mode, i.e both nics are active at the same time. A
virtual IP address is created for both nics (this is usually the primary
nic's IP address). The software is very easy to setup, and provides SNMP
monitoring.
CM
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Metzger
To:
Sent: Monday, 17 September, 2001 20:13
Subject: Etherchannel [7:20195]
> I'm working with a network that requires redundancy but also performance.
> We have 2 6509s with HSRP and Gigabit Etherchannel as shown in this
article
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/23.html Currently servers are
attached
> to each switch with the Intel dual NIC that allows for fail-over mode
(each
> server has a NIC attached to each 6509). This does not utilized the
> bandwidth since the second port is only active when the first fails. Is
> there a way to configure Fast Etherchannel over the 2 6509s? I can find
no
> reference for this. The only obvious way is to connect the server to one
or
> the other 6509 and enable Fast Etherchannel. Any thoughts???
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Larry Metzger
> CCIE to be
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