Refer to the exhibit. A new high availability DB sever cluster is installed in the network. These two servers require high bandwidth and low latency Layer 2 connectivity for database replication. Whic

LACP trunking with STP would cause STP to block one of the two new links to prevent a loop, halving available bandwidth and introducing STP convergence delays on failure.

Adding secondary links into existing REP segments 1 and 2 would alter the topology of those active segments, risking disruption to traffic already flowing through them.

REP (Resilient Ethernet Protocol) provides fast convergence in ring topologies by blocking only one port per segment rather than relying on STP's per-VLAN convergence timers. Configuring the two new links as REP segment 3 creates a dedicated isolated segment between SW1 and SW2, preserving the existing segments 1 and 2 while giving the DB servers a dedicated high-bandwidth, low-latency Layer 2 path with REP's sub-second failover.

Splitting the two new links across REP segments 1 and 2 respectively integrates them into existing production segments rather than providing a dedicated path, and it does not create a single high-bandwidth channel for the DB servers.