Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch

connect to high-speed department servers via the Switch. You can provide a fast uplink connection by using the Gigabit uplink ports on the Switch.

Figure 1 Bridging Application

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1.1.2 High Performance Switching Example

The Switch is ideal for connecting two geographically dispersed networks that need high bandwidth. In the following example, a company uses the Gigabit uplink ports to connect the headquarters to a branch office network. Within the headquarters network, a company can use trunking to group several physical ports into one logical higher-capacity link. Trunking can be used with copper cabling over relatively shorter distances than fiber-optic connections.

Figure 2 High Performance Switching

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