HP J3175A, J3177A manual Sample Network Topologies, As a Segment Switch, Switch 208T

Installing the Switch 208/224

Sample Network Topologies

Sample Network Topologies

This section shows you a few sample network topologies in which the Switch 208/224 is implemented. See the document Designing HP AdvanceStack Workgroup Networks, which can be found on the HP network products World Wide Web site, http://www.hp.com/go/network_city, and on the CD-ROM supplied with the Switch Management Module. You may also be able to obtain a printed copy of this document from your HP-authorized LAN dealer.

As a Segment Switch

Server

Installing the Switch 208/224

100 Base-FX fiber-optic cable to

category 5 twisted-pair “straight-through” cable

Switch 208T

twisted-pair “straight-through” cables

twisted-pair “crossover” cables

Ethernet

Hubs

PCs, printers , and local

In general, the Switch 208T is designed to be used as a segment switch. That it, with its large address table (8000 MAC addresses) and high performance, it is ideal for interconnecting network segments -- simply connect the network hubs that form those segments to the Switch.

In the illustration above, two Ethernet hubs with PCs, printers, and local servers attached, are both connected to a Switch 208T. The devices attached to the two hubs can now communicate with each other through the switch. They can also all communicate with the server that is connected to the switch through its 100Base-TX port. Connecting the server to the 100 Mbit/s port allows a large number of users to access the server without causing network congestion.

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