Information on the Procurve 2848 1

[Elbown]

I need to purchase a switch that will allow me to span ports, I have only used un-managed 2124's up till now. Can anyone tell me whether the 2848 will allow me to do this, and if possible a brief explanation of how (i/e Command Line, Telnet, Console, GUI etc..)?

Thanks

 

[ralpheb]

Hello Elbown -

When you say you want to span ports, do you mean that you want to 'team' or 'trunk' together two or more ports from one Switch to a 2nd switch or two a computer?

Regards,
Ralph

 

[Elbown]

Hi there ralpheb, thanks for your reply.
I want to use the 2 NICs on our server with the same ip address through two ports on the switch and treat them as a single connection, therefore increasing the throughput to the server.
Hope that makes it a bit clearer

Regards

Elbown

 

[ralpheb]

Hello Elbown -

You are designing trunking between the PC and switch. The Switch 2848 supports trunking. For details, see ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/59906023e01-Mgmt-ch10-Port_Controls.pdf .

Regards,
Ralph

 

[Elbown]

Thanks Ralpheb
I will go and have a read of it
Elbown