Interconnect two SAN-swithes on fabric without trunking ports

[KPN1]

Hello! We have an SN3600B switch that is connected to an HP B-series 8 / 12c BladeSystem SAN Switch (Broadcom) in fabric. The switches are interconnected by one link. We do not have a port trunking license for the SN3600B. Can I connect these switches to each other with two links without having a license for trunking ports, and in this case, will I get additional fault tolerance compared to one link?

[giladzzz · Accepted solution]

Hi

no problem you will not get advanteges of trunking but you can connect more ISL links

for fault tollerance and also trafic will use both ports

Regards

Give a KUDO if this helps

[KPN1]

Thank you!

[KPN1]

I am sorry for the additional question.

I connected two switches with two links and as a result I got two separate connections.
As far as I understood, one connection is active, the second connection is reserved.

How to correctly check that our SAN switches (HPE SN3600B and HP B-series 8 / 12c BladeSystem SAN Switch) do not have a port trunking license and cannot be trunking enabled?
I want to be completely sure that trunking on our switches really doesn't work.