I'm just trying to understand why you would not be able to do that, with
"spanning tree" and 2 identical switches.
Santosh Koshy
""Jason Kinney"" wrote in message
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> I want to protect from a total failure in the switch such as sup, loss of
> power (if UPS and redundant PS is not present), etc.
>
> I am not trying to failover an interface (spanning tree)
>
> I want to have a second switch with a copy of the primary's configuration
> and take over automatically once the primary fails.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Patrick Ramsey
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: HSRP for a switch [7:14164]
>
>
> Maybe I am confused....
>
> If yo uwant redundant switches, you would implement spanning tree... This
is
> at layer two...not three, where routing takes place.
>
> Now if you mean using it on say a cat 6509 with a routing module, then yes
> you can implement it. But it would still be at layer three and not two.
> You would not create redundant switches. Again, this is where spanning
tree
> comes into play.
>
> -Patrick
>
> >>> "Spencer Plantier" 07/30/01 10:39AM >>>
> yes you can
>
> --- Jason Kinney wrote:
> > Can you use HSRP to backup a switch as you would a
> > router?
> >
> > Jason Kinney
> > 925-961-0223
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