Cabletron Systems Virtual Workgroups, SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Trunking with 100 Mbps Ports

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Introduction

Figure 1-4 illustrates the trunking of multiple SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX ports to increase the bandwidth.

 

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Figure 1-4. SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Trunking with 100 Mbps Ports

Virtual Workgroups

The SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX allows you to define ports for logical groups of associated devices (virtual workgroups) to provide a more efficient flow of traffic across your Ethernet network. You can define a maximum of eight virtual workgroups.

Virtual workgroups offer you the ability to limit broadcasts to logical domains within the network. Workgroup destinations are recognized by the SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX and broadcast packets are routed directly to hosts within the workgroup, eliminating the need to perform a general broadcast across each segment of the network to find specific host addresses.

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Cabletron Systems manual Virtual Workgroups, SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Trunking with 100 Mbps Ports