HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software - Manual (Page 60)

Figure 26 Active-Passive in a two-switch topology with server failover
1. Servers
2. HP P4000
3. Storage cluster
4. GigE trunk
5. Active path
6. Passive path
The two-switch scenario in Figure 26 (page 60) is a basic, yet effective, method for ensuring high
availability. If either switch fails, or a cable or NIC on one of the storage systems fails, the
Active-Passive bond causes the secondary connection to become active and take over.
60 Managing the network