noted is that this offering is basic and has limited redundancy that relies on port aggregation
and trunk failover.
7.6.1 Layer 2 configuration with 802.1Q tagging and trunk failover
Figure 7-3 illustrates the first basic Layer 2 topology.
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Figure 7-3 Basic Layer 2 topology with 802.1Q tagging and trunk failover
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