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Chapter 11: High Availability

212777-A, February 2002

Eliminating Loops with STP and VLANs

VRRP active/active failover is significantly different from the hot-standby failover method
supported in previous releases. As shown in

Figure 11-11

, active-active configurations can

introduce loops into complex LAN topologies.

Figure 11-11 Loops in Active-Active Configuration

Internet

Router

Router

Web Switch

Web Switch

Server

Server

Bridging Loop