Migrating to High-speed Technologies

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Migrating to High-speed Technologies

Managers want to migrate to FDDI, ATM, or TR-in-FE easily. Using Switch 2000 TRs, critical resources attach directly to high-speed technologies while preserving the investment in Token Ring hardware. They also merge easily with existing net- work management applications. These features allow network managers to introduce additional switches, servers, and sta- tions seamlessly via direct connections. Switch 2000 TRs can be contained in data centers while remaining connected to high-speed links with single ATM, FDDI, or TR-in-FE module.

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TR

 

 

 

 

 

SuperStack

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SuperStack

 

 

 

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Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SuperStack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SuperStack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TR

 

 

 

 

4Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SuperStack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Workstations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NETBuilder

7200

CELLplex

 

 

 

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Switch

2000

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IISwitch

System

SuperStack

 

Power

 

 

IIRedundant

 

 

 

SuperStack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chassis

 

 

 

CoreBuilder

 

 

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Ethernet

 

 

 

 

 

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Servers

Workstations attach Direct

Figure 1-6Using Switch 2000 TR for Migration to High-Speed Technologies

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