> This sounds like a spanning tree issue. To test this you can > turn on portfast on the switch by running 'spanning-tree > portfast' on the interfaces that the HP is connected to. My > rudimentary understanding of spanning tree is that it is an > inter-switch protocol that provides path negotiation and > protects against things like network loops. The default > setting is to prevent packets from being transmitted over the > port while the spanning tree negotiation takes place. Setting > portfast tells the switch to transmit packets while the > negotiation is happening. Be sure to talk to a network admin > before using something like this on a wide scale.
Why people do not use RSTP? It ensures convergence times order of magnitude lower even if port is not configured as "portfast". -- DV _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
