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CHAPTER 2 | Network
Planning
Application
Examples
NETWORK AGGREGATION
P
LAN
With 24 or 48 parallel bridging ports (i.e., 24 or 48 distinct collision domains), a
Gigabit switch stack can collapse
a
complex
network down into a single efficient
bridged node, increasing overall bandwidth and throughput.
In the figure below, the 10/100/1000BASE-T ports in a stack of 48-port Gigabit
Ethernet switches are providing 1000 Mbps connectivity through stackable
switches. In addition, the switches are also connecting several servers at 10
Gbps.
Figure 8: Network Aggregation Plan
Server Farm
10/100/1000
Mbps
Segments
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