Yes. For the server to have a fully redundant connection it must have a second NIC to another switch and failover software in place.
However, you are mistaken that anyone would normally disable STP on any trunk port, regardless of whether the switch is in the Core, Distribution, or Access layer. Piatnitchi Cristian wrote: > Please see this link > > http://www.geocities.com/cristi_piatnitchi/ > This is picture from the Cisco site. > > Could you explain me how the redundacy is achieved for the server present on > this scheme ? > In my opinion if there is no STP in the L2 core and nor a second connection > from the server to the other switch "cb" > there is no protection against of a failure of switch "ca". So I consider is > useless to have redundancy in the access and > distribution layers. Am I wrong ? If yes why ? > > Thanks in advance > Cristian Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23557&t=23497 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
