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Hi,      I just need the help of somebody that has more experience than me. We have 2 terminal server set up in a load balance environment, also we have 2 dc and a database server, all of them connected to the same switch. Vlan is the default that came with the switch. I just purchased another switch 5224 and I would like to connect my servers in a redundant connection. So in case one nic goes bad through one switch, the other nic still functional through the other switch. I've been thinking to use vlan's to reduce broadcast traffic for my terminal servers, but I don't know how would it work with 2 different switches. Any help on this matter is highly appreciated.

Gecko_2004 · Answer

1:  set the same vlan and assign the port to this vlan , then link them with cable . then two switch are in the same vlan broadcast domain .  Then two switches have dedicated uplink to uppper level switch with spantree enable to avoid loop    2 : you can use  ' stack ' setting to stack two switches.

GregM_1 · Answer

What you are talking about is called Switch Fault Tolerance, your servers keep on going if one of the switches dies, giving the up most redundancy.    You can do this, but you use the teaming software for your NICs.  Intel Proset has a special option for this type of team, the Broadcom software does not.  For Broadcom you simply use the SLB team.   If the switches are in the default VLAN 1, simply connect them with a cable and your done.  Keep in mind Broadcom teaming uses link state detection for failover, so if you remove the uplink between the switches you will have strange behavior.  The Intel software sends probes so it will 'learn' if the link is broken.   With the above in mind, it is a good idea to use a LAG between the switches for additional redundancy.

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