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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SWITCH 3300 SM
Switch 3300 SM as a
Collapsed Backbone
Switch
The example in Figure 4 shows how a Switch 3300 SM stack can act as a
backbone for both shared and switched network segments.
Figure 4 Using the Switch as a collapsed backbone
Endstations on
switched 10Mbps
connections
Endstations on
shared 10Mbps
and 100Mbps
connections
Switch 1100
Dual Speed Hub 500
Endstations on
switched 10Mbps
connections
Endstations on
shared 10Mbps
and 100Mbps
connections
Switch 1100
Dual Speed Hub 500
100Mbps
Switch 3300 SM stack
Endstations on switched
10Mbps connections
Servers on dedicated
1000Mbps connections