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Advanced Network Configuration Examples, Improving the Performance and Resilience of Your Network

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Advanced Network Configuration Examples 99 Advanced Network Configuration Examples This section shows some network examples that illustrate how you can set up your network for optimum performance using some of the features supported by your Switch. Improving the Performance and Resilience of Your Network Figure 23 shows how you can set up your network to improve its resilience by using aggregated links; this increases the bandwidth available for the backbone connection and also provides extra resilience. Figure 23 Network set up to provide resilience Switch 3870 Aggregated Link Server on 1000 Mbps connection with aggregated links Stack of four Switch 4200 Family units Endstations on 10/100 Mbps connections Switch 3870 Aggregated Link Server on 1000 Mbps connection with aggregated links Stack of four Switch 4200 Family units Endstations on 10/100 Mbps connections 1000 Mbps with aggregated links set up 100 Mbps Core Switch Servers on 1000 Mbps connections with resilient links set up

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Advanced Network Configuration Examples
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Advanced Network
Configuration
Examples
This section shows some network examples that illustrate how you can
set up your network for optimum performance using some of the
features supported by your Switch.
Improving the
Performance and
Resilience of Your
Network
Figure 23
shows how you can set up your network to improve its
resilience by using aggregated links; this increases the bandwidth
available for the backbone connection and also provides extra resilience.
Figure 23
Network set up to provide resilience
Endstations on
10/100 Mbps connections
100 Mbps
Servers on
1000 Mbps connections
with resilient links set up
1000 Mbps with
aggregated links
set up
Server on
1000 Mbps connection
with aggregated links
Server on
1000 Mbps connection
with aggregated links
Core Switch
Stack of four Switch 4200
Family units
Endstations on
10/100 Mbps connections
Stack of four Switch 4200
Family units
Switch 3870
Switch 3870
Aggregated Link
Aggregated Link