<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi ...,<br><br></div><div>In the setup that I am designing, I just need 1 more additional port on the switches.<br></div>So I was wondering whether the following design would work.<br><br><div><b>HCA1 and 2 are bonded</b> on both nodes<br>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><b>Host 1 Host 2</b> <br>------------- ---------------- -------------</div>
| HCA 1 |------------------->| Switch A |<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">------- x -------></span>| HCA 1 |<div>------------- ---------------- -------------<br>------------- ---------------- -------------<br>
| HCA 2 |------------------->| Switch B |------------------->| HCA 2 |<br>------------- ---------------- -------------<br></div><div><b>Host 1 Host 2</b> <br>
</div><div>Sender Receiver<br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><b>HCA1 and 2 are bonded</b> on both nodes<br>
<br></div><div><b>Switch A and B are not connected.</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Say, Host1-HCA1 is sending data to Host2-HCA1, when there is a link failure between Switch A and Host2-HCA1. Will the configuration automatically detect this and continue sending the data through Host1-HCA2 to Host2-HCA2 through Switch B?<br>
<br></div><div>Also, since the both the switches are bonded, and the subnet manager is running on any one host,will this be considered a single fabric?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Any insights would be helpful.<br></div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards,<br><br><br></div><div>Indivar Nair<br></div></div>