> Chris, > > If you already have the redundancy in place with the old hardware, it > should be as simple as migrating one side of the pair of switches. This > way the customer is always up and running and you can switch them over > to the new gear seamlessly and then replace the other side with minimal > downtime. > > > Just my 2 cents from someone who has gone through that same scenario. >
Manny, Very good points. And that is our design. However, lack of strict adherence to our standard has led to two problems. First, several servers didn't get cabled with two connections. Second, the folks who manage the servers have challenges with the NIC configurations. So while we expect many of the servers can sustain the loss of one NIC, we have several that we know and many that we may not know, will lose network connectivity as we flip the connection to the new switch. VM can't get rolled out fast enough. sigh -chris _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
