On Dec 16, 2009, at 10:54 AM, John Vollbrecht wrote:

Relatedly, if a topology is disjoint due to solely to switching capabilities instead of cabling, is that two separate topologies or a single topology?
I am not sure what you mean by this -- how would switching capabilities make something disjoint?

Due to hardware limitations or the like, only certain ports can be cross-connected together. If you end up with a disjoint sets of ports that can be cross-connected, you could end up with an overall disjoint network (especially if it's a GOLE and you only have one or two switches).

Cheers,

Aaron

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