Best way to provide redundant switching/links to server
- by Myles Gray
We have 3x ESX hosts and 2x SANS that we wish to move to a redundant 10G networking infrastructure.
We have 4x Dell PowerConnect 8024F's to provide our backbone and are configured as so (only core switches relevant to this question):
So the questions are:
1) Do the interconnects between the 4x 8024F's need to be LAG'd or just STP'd
2) As the NICs on the servers are split across 2 switches, does any special configuration need to be done here or on the switches?
3) If a link or switch fails will the switches automatically find a new path to the Server/SAN?