[Tfug] An interesting network puzzle involving M.C. Hammer.

[evorrie at comcast.net]

I'm not sure you'll get an immediate connection if you do this (I haven't tried this scenario yet), but it does cut the time down dramatically.

On the etherchannel:

enable portfast
pagp turned off
disable trunking

  



  


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: bpoag at comcast.net
> 
> Hi Gang,
> 
> Let's say you're M.C. Hammer, and you can afford a server that has 2 NIC 
> cards...eth0 and eth1. Both of them are cabled -- One of them goes to one 
> switch, the other goes to a second switch. One of the interfaces (eth0) has an 
> IP associated with it, and is happily running live on stage with parachute 
> pants. 
> 
> Is it possible to establish a new Etherchannel interface, (a logical 
> active-passive interface made of up of both NICs),  in a way that wouldn't STOP 
> -- Hammertime the traffic flow over the pre-existing interface? Or would a 
> downtime be needed to drop the IP off of one of the member NICs, and apply it to 
> the Etherchannel interface?
> 
> Incidentally, this is what i'm set to try at work pretty soon..  I'll be coming 
> up with my own answer, but i'm curious about any feedback anyone might have in 
> the meantime.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bowie
> 
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