[c-nsp] Flex links with servers?

[luismi]

Balance them? with a 2960G switch?
Right now I don't have any clue how to do it.
Any idea?


El mié, 18-06-2008 a las 00:58 +1000, Whisper escribió:
> Why don't you want to load balance them?
> 
> Also, the problem with passive/cold-backup solutions is, you never
> know until you flip the switch whether they are going to do the job or
> not in reality. You can test all you want, but Murphy's Law nearly
> always prevails. :)
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:53 PM, luismi <asturluismi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Hi all,
>         
>         I am trying to find a solution for an issue here, we have two
>         servers
>         with the same IP address configuration, both should be
>         connected to the
>         same switch but just one is physically connected (the active
>         node) while
>         the other one (the passive node) is like a cold-backup, it is
>         waiting to
>         be physically connected (or in the other hand, the switch port
>         should be
>         enable with a "no shutdown" command)
>         
>         Well, in both cases the solution -there is no way to create a
>         cluster or
>         configure a keepalive/heartbeat between those servers-
>         requires an human
>         intervention, so, I was thinking on use flex links but I have
>         several
>         questions that I hope you can help me with them:
>         
>         When the backup port is going to be enabled? does it requires
>         a
>         down/down or just an up/down?
>         
>         Is possible to configure a track or similar to verify the
>         status of the
>         server or the port? (take note that the port and the switch
>         have
>         different vlans)
>         
>         The switch is a 2960G with the "lan base" IOS
>         
>         If the switch doesn't support anything to track the
>         port/server status,
>         is there any other Cisco switch platform available to do that?
>         
>         Thanks for all comments, all are welcome to resolve this.
>         
>         Regards
>         
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