Sun Microsystems Fire V20z Management Manual page 52

Switch 1
Management
The configuration of this Management LAN provides
redundancy at the SP-Port level.
FIGURE 1-8
To interconnect the servers, you must use an RJ-45 cross-over cable. Cables can be
connected to either the top or bottom SP port. To configure servers in a daisy chain,
connect the first and last server in the chain to different switches.
In the configuration shown in
required to redundantly connect both the top and bottom of the chain. If the switch
is not capable of spanning-tree discovery, then only connect either to the top or the
bottom of the chain, but not both.
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MGMT
MGMT
MGMT
LAN
SP ports are
10/100 Mb/s
ports for the
Management LAN
Daisy-Chain Architecture with Redundancy at Port Level on the
Management LAN
SP
Server 01
Server
Ports
Platform Ports
SP
Server 02
Server
Ports
Platform Ports
SP
Server 03
Server
Ports
Platform Ports
Platform ports are
100/1000 Mb/s
ports for external LANs
, a managed spanning-tree-capable switch is
FIGURE 1-8
The
Internet!