interesting question - a thought or two in line
""Azhar Teza"" wrote in message
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> I have a customer who has (1) 6509 backbone switches which is also acting
> as a root bridge. (7) 3524 are connect back to 6509 via fiber each as a
> seperate unit.
""Azhar Teza"" wrote in message
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> I have a customer who has (1) 6509 backbone switches which is also acting
> as a root bridge. (7) 3524 are connect back to 6509 via fiber each as a
> seperate unit. At this point, if 6509 fails whole network will go
The backup switch could be a lower-end switch. It doesn't have to be an
exact replica of the other one. This is a classic case of Layer 8 (finances)
being as important as the lower layers. It's quite common for the redundant
network to be less pricey but also have poorer performance than the prima
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