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I was able to configure etherchannels between all my switches.
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I was able to configure etherchannels between all my switches.

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My server room and my wiring closet are seperate and I only have 4 CAT5e links available between the two. I have a couple of Cisco 2960G switches... one to go in the server rack and one in the wireing closet. What would be the best way to configure the switches and the four ports for redundancy and speed? I will have several servers connected to the switch on my server rack... SQL, Exchange, TS's, DC, File Srv, Print Srv, etc. 
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My server room and my wiring closet are seperate and I only have 4 CAT5e links available between the two. I have a couple of Cisco 2960G switches... one to go in the server rack and one in the wireing closet. What would be the best way to configure the switches and the four ports for redundancy and speed? I will have several servers connected to the switch on my server rack... SQL, Exchange, TS's, DC, File Srv, Print Srv, etc. 

Cisco 2960g switch config

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.