Good point.

Although I did not originate this thread, a hearty thanks to all posters!! I
learned
something here...

Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:

> 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
> ________________________
>
> Priscilla Oppenheimer
> http://www.priscilla.com




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