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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi PVE-Users ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I got a problem with
DRBD over two managed layer 2 switches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It’s a installation at
a customer and i cant access the switch-management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The networkadmin aksed
me for special features that drbd will need.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I tried to find out if
drbd needs some special kind of castings – like multi, uni
or broadcast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But can’t find any
concrete in the web to answer him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">The</span>
<span class="hps">default characteristics</span> <span
class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">L2</span> <span
class="hps">switches</span> <span class="hps">are more than
sufficient</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Using</span>
<span class="hps">VLANs,</span> <span class="hps">trunking</span><span>,
etc.</span> <span class="hps">I made</span> <span
class="hps">infrastructure</span> <span class="hps">L2</span>
<span class="hps">switches</span> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">DRBD</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span
class="hps">worked well</span><span>.<br>
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