03-01-2009 04:56 PM - edited 03-06-2019 04:19 AM
New to Cisco so excuse my product ignorance. I'd like to design a network with 3*3750 as the Core/Distribution layer and a number of 2960 as the access layer.
I'm thinking of trunking the 3750s to create one virtual router. I'd like to use 2 uplink ports on each 2960 to connect to different routers to provide
1) increased speed
2) failover in case one router/port fails
Is this possible and briefly, how would it be done? I'm working with a vendor who'll do the actual config.
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03-01-2009 05:43 PM
Based on your post it appears you are looking for two things.
Redundancy for your vlans/gateway for user traffic. You will want to use HSRP or a similar function. Here is how to configure HSRP.
Etherchannel uplinks to the core-distribution/distribution-access layers. For this you will want to configure port channels to utilize multiple links to increase bandwidth, and provide redundancy. Please see the following link to configure these.
HTH,
Mark
03-01-2009 05:43 PM
Based on your post it appears you are looking for two things.
Redundancy for your vlans/gateway for user traffic. You will want to use HSRP or a similar function. Here is how to configure HSRP.
Etherchannel uplinks to the core-distribution/distribution-access layers. For this you will want to configure port channels to utilize multiple links to increase bandwidth, and provide redundancy. Please see the following link to configure these.
HTH,
Mark
03-01-2009 05:51 PM
Thanks Mark, Your second link illustrates what I want to achieve, esp Figure 30-3, the Cross-Stack EtherChannel.
My use of the term 'virtual' router was incorrect, I actually meant a stack as the illustration shows.
03-02-2009 04:02 AM
Besides Cross-Stack EtherChannel, you might still want to run HSRP within your 3750 stack. Reason being, if "master" fails, the gateway MAC might change.
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