That makes sense. A hierarchical network design is already a tree!

Thanks.

Priscilla

At 10:55 PM 10/19/01, Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote:
>Actually, Cisco teaches that in certain circumstances in the Core, you want
>to disable Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).  I don't have the courseware with
>me at the moment, but I guess the thinking is that with Core layer devices,
>you don't run anything extraneous that takes away from the primary role of
>high-speed packet switching.  STP is considered extraneous when it's not
>required.
>
>Instead of me posting from Cisco's course material once I'm at home, why not
>search Cisco for this information... if you're interested in knowing more.
>
>
>   -- Leigh Anne
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Jonathan Hays
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:20 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Switching exam question [7:23497]
> >
> >
> > 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
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