switches will deliberate amongst themselves and create a spanning tree with the first Cisco switch as the root.

Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-through topology with LAG failover

On the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch

1.Log into the switch.

2.Select SystemÆOperational ModeÆOperational Mode Configuration.

3.In the Operational Mode Configuration screen, select Enable in the Simple Mode drop-down menu, and left-click Apply Changes (see Figure 40). The switch will reset after this and you will need to log in again.

Figure 40: Simple Mode configuration on the Dell PowerConnect M8024 switch.

4.Select SwitchingÆPort AggregatorÆPort Configuration (see Figure 41).

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