Thanks Jay good explanation!
-- BR Tony Sent from my iPhone on 3 On 21 Nov 2012, at 15:29, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > Tony- > If you'll dig a bit into the white papers on the X series switches, it mentions needing BOTH stack cables to achieve (if I remember correctly) a 32GB backplane. > > S1 port 1 to S2 port 2 > S2 port 1 to S1 port 2 > > This physically forms an "X" with the stack cables. If you only use one cable, you only get half the backplane. Uncommon feature that most don't consider or research. > > Good for you Tony. Future CCIE! > > Regards, > Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (RS) > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > On Nov 18, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi sorry for OT >> >> But I don't understand if say we have two switches connected via the two ASIC data cables on the rear which as I understand would support 16gbps each to fully sync data forwarding in case of failure etc >> >> If the two switch members have fully populated switch ports going to devices I.e all 24 ports on master switch populated and all 24 ports on member populated then when failure occurs, then how would forwarding on either switch handle the others fully populated switch ports considering its own are already populated. >> >> I may be confused >> >> I understand this would happen as follows i.e when a stack member is added I can see g2/0/1 etc formed so would it be a case that these are the replicas of the switch member and traffic continues to be forwarded via the ASIC interface bi-directionally and cable at the rear? >> >> -- >> BR >> >> Tony >> >> Sent from my iPhone on 3 >> >> >> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> Subscription information may be found at: >> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.netReceived on Wed Nov 21 2012 - 15:50:08 ART
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