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blackstark
Explorer II
November 30, 2023
Question

adding second tier group of switches via MC-LAG

  • November 30, 2023
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Hello i have a pair of 400 switches connecting via 2 x 10GB MC-LAG ICL - you can call this my distribution layer

 

then i have a group of 448D's which at this time are not connected , This is a new deployment. - this can be considered my access layer. 

 

My question is - how do i connect my access layer to my distribution layer in this scenario - i

 

Does this look correct?

 

Will this provide me with enough redundancy at the access layer?

 

 

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3 replies

ebilcari
Staff
Staff
December 1, 2023

Are all this Standalone Fortiswitches, is there any FortiGate managing them?

Without a FortiGate, the topology options are a bit limited you should relay on MC/LAG and STP for redundancy/throughput since there is no option to stack all the access layer switches (thin blue line).

Emirjon
blackstark
Explorer II
December 1, 2023

yes i have a fortigate and the switches are managed via fortilink  

ebilcari
Staff
Staff
December 1, 2023

than I guess FGT is in HA, you can go with one of the suggested topologies for FortiLink mode:

Emirjon
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