3Com 3800 - Manual (Page 24)

1-6 C HAPTER 1: S WITCH 3800 O VERVIEW
Figure 1-2 Switch 3800 used in a backbone configuration
The Switch 1100 on each floor has a 100Mbps full-duplex link to the
Switch 3800. A Switch 3300 is connected to a group of servers on one
floor of the building. The Switch 3800 routes IP traffic between the IP
subnets on each floor, and also provides bridged connectivity for non-IP
traffic. The Gigabit Ethernet port on the Switch 3800 connects into a
Gigabit Ethernet campus backbone.
Using Gigabit Ethernet as a backbone technology removes bottlenecks
by providing scalable bandwidth, low-latency, and high-speed data
switching.
Switch 3800
To Backbone
Ethernet
Server
Workstation
Key
Fast Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Switch 3300
Switch 1100
Switch 1100
Switch 1100
Switch 1100
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