Enterasys Networks Fast Network 10 manual Defining and Deleting Workgroups

Chapter 3: Configuring Your FN10

3.8 DEFINING AND DELETING WORKGROUPS

The FN10 allows you to define logical groups of associated hosts (virtual workgroups) to provide a more efficient flow of traffic across your Ethernet network.

Virtual workgroups offer you the ability to limit broadcasts to logical domains within the network. Workgroup destinations are recognized by the FN10 and 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.

Figure 3-3 shows a FN10 that has been programmed to identify workgroups A and B. Workgroup A uses ports 3 through 5, and workgroup B uses ports 7 and 11. Port 16 connects a segment that contains both workgroup A and workgroup B hosts.

				Router
			A	B		FN10
A	A	A		B		B	B
	Workgroup A				Workgroup B
		A	A		B	B
		Figure 3-3	Defining Virtual Workgroups

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