Allied Telesis AT-GS950/16-10 manual Collapsed Backbone

AT-GS950/16 and AT-GS950/24 Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switches Installation Guide

Collapsed Backbone

In the topology illustrated in Figure 5 the AT-GS950/16 is connected to other managed and unmanaged Ethernet switches to form a collapsed backbone topology. The AT-GS950/16 Switch functions as the focal point of the network by transferring Ethernet frames between the switches. This topology reduces the amount of unnecessary traffic in each workgroup, because the AT-GS950/16 Switch transfers frames only when the source and destination end nodes are located on different switches. This frees up bandwidth and improves network performance

AT-GS950/16 Switch
AT-GS950/1616-Port 10/100/1000Mbps + 2 SFP Combo WebSmart Switch
	1	3	5	7	9	11	13	15
								SPEED
								LINK/ACT
								SPEED
								LINK/ACT		LINK/ACT
POWER	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	15	16
										1295
AT-GS900/16 Switch																				AT-GS900/8E Switch
										10M										AT-G S 9 0 0 /8 E
										1000M								1 0 /1 0 0 /1 0 0 0 B A S E -T G iga bit E the rne t S witc h
										100M
										LINK/ACT
										FDX
										POWER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
																		1
										601															561
										600
										AT-GS900/24 Switch
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10 Mbps
100 Mbps
1000 Mbps

Figure 5. Collapsed Backbone Topology

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