BayStack 350 10/100/1000 Series Switches
Desktop Switch Application
Figure 1-5 shows the BayStack 350-24T switch used as a desktop switch, where desktop workstations are connected directly to switch ports.
This configuration provides dedicated 100 Mb/s connections to the network center, to the server, and up to 26 users. This configuration uses the optional 400-4TX MDA (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX MDA).
Before
To | Server Up to 22 users |
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Center |
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Key |
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10Mb/s
100Mb/s
200Mb/s
-22 users share 10 Mb/s (10/22 Mb/s per user)
-Server bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth)
-Network center bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth)
After
BayStack
To | Server | Up to 26 users |
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Network |
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Center |
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-26 users; each with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
-Server with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
-Network center with dedicated 100 Mb/s
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Figure 1-5. BayStack 350-24T Used as a Desktop Switch
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