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Dual-Homed Distributed Connections to WX Switches on Both MAP Ports Figure 12 shows an example of a dual-homed configuration in which both MAP connections are distributed over the network.

Figure 12 Dual-homed Distributed Connections to WX Switches on Both MAP Ports

WX switch

WX switch

Network	Network
	backbone
backbone

WX switch

MAP port 2 MAP port 1

In this configuration, the MAP first attempts to boot on its port 1. If more than one WX has high bias or if all WX switches have the same bias, the MAP uses the WX that has the greatest capacity for new active MAP connections.