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Question on Switches

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stang95

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At my new job we have 6 switches in the closet. Right now they are connected 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and 5 to 6. Is this efficient or should they be in a star topology, ie. 1 to 2, 1 to 3, 1 to 4, 1 to 5 and 1 to 6? Also on the servers with dual network connections should they be connected to the same switch or one connection to one switch and the second connection to another switch? Thanks!!!
 
That setup doesn't really do much in terms of redunancy. If switch 3 fails, you are cut off from most of your network.
 
should be some kind of a star. its considered really bad practice to "stack" switches like that.

take switch 1 and 2, these will be the hub of your star.

then run a connection from switch 1 and switch 2 to switch 3
repeat for 4,5,6

servers dual attach to switch 1 and 2.

this way if you lose a "hub" or "core" switch you still have good communication.

-edit-forgot, the drivers on the server NICs should be setup for a "failover" scenario with a single primary one. NOT load sharing.
 
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