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Lightspeed_VT_5
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Jul 18, 2008

Redundant pair and switch fault tolerance

Sorry if this hardware question is off-topic, but didn't see anywhere else to post. Also, I'm a developer stuck with a network implementation, so bear with me on that, too.     We have ...
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JRahm
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Jul 21, 2008
Re: 2, most design criteria attempts to eliminate single points of failure. By aggregating to one switch, you are protected if one cable fails, if one line card fails, etc, but if the switch fails, well, that's what your other LTM and switch are for!

 

 

The LTM itself is a switch, and treating it as such when not a requirement adds unnecessary complication to the layer2 architecture.