https://c2797c86.aww-3cz.pages.dev/tags/vlans/ Recent content in Vlans on Aaron's Worthless Words Hugo en Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://c2797c86.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2008/11/configuring-dedicated-trunks-for-the-csm/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://c2797c86.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2008/11/configuring-dedicated-trunks-for-the-csm/ <p>Did you catch the article on <a href="http://aconaway.com/2008/10/10/configuring-fault-tolerance-on-the-csm/" title="AConaway.com -- Configuring Fault Tolerance on the CSM">setting up fault tolerance on the CSM</a>?  In that article, I mentioned that Cisco recommends a dedicated trunk for the FT VLAN if you have two HA CSMs in two chassis.  Discuss amongst yourselves while I drone on.</p> <p>Why should you set up a dedicated trunk for this stuff?  The most obvious reason is to be sure that normal traffic doesn&rsquo;t step on the syncing traffic.  Since we&rsquo;re syncing state information as well as configuration, the frames need to arrive in a timely manner.  Any errors could potentially disrupt the FT process, which is bad.  You surely don&rsquo;t want the primary to fail only to find out that the standby doesn&rsquo;t have the complete or current config.</p> https://c2797c86.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2008/05/cheat-sheets-from-packetlifenet/ Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://c2797c86.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2008/05/cheat-sheets-from-packetlifenet/ <p>My friend Josh over at <a href="http://blindhog.net" title="Blindhog.net -- Main">blindhog.net</a> has found a collection of cheat sheet gems for the network dude(tte).  There&rsquo;s sheets on BGP, OSPF, Subnetting, QoS, connector types, and more.  Check it out.</p> <p><a href="http://packetlife.net/cheatsheets/" title="Packetlife.net -- Cheat Sheets">Cheat Sheets - Packetlife.net</a></p>