Stretched VLAN is not a routing term really, i am no networking skilled really but you could look at GRE or L2TPv3 which allows you to extend a vlan across a routed network. Either way you would need a router or a switch that supports these technologies
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Jiri Kukol <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never used a Stretched VLAN but I will take a look at it. Thanks. > > > > *From:* Al Rose [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2011 3:21 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Multiple sites 2003 to 2010 deployment > > > > have you considered stretched VLAN and CAS Array? > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Jiri P. Kukol <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right now we have two 2003 servers (one per site) in one domain, both setup > with a MX record in external DNS. If one server fails, most incoming > messages get automatically redirected to the other one and both servers send > outgoing messages directly. External users can connect to the server that > stores their data using either server1.domain.com/Exchange or > server2.domain.com/Exchange (they know which one to use). > What's the best way to replicate the setup with 2010? I would like to keep > two MX DNS records (in case one site goes down) and run two CAS servers (one > per site). It is kind of working - I have moved all users in one site to the > new 2010 server and they have no problems (internally they can connect using > Outlook, externally they can connect using server1.domain.com/owa and > autodiscover allows them to easily connect using mobile devices). Now I > would like to start using the second server for users in the second site but > I ran into at least one problem - the Autodiscover service. The external DNS > (autodiscover.domain.com) points to the first server and I am not sure how > to setup the second one in the second site. This is causing problems for > both users and some other services (VIPRE for Exchange requires the > autodiscover to work). Any suggestions? Or is there a better way to set it > up? I searched for a similar scenario with two CAS servers in two sites in > the same domain (both the archives and the Internet) and I did not find > much. Thanks. > Jiri > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
