Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router User Manual

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Omni Switch/Router Applications and Configurations

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Omni Switch/Router as the Central Backbone
Switch/Router and in the Wiring Closet

The figure below shows Omni Switch/Router chassis used in the wiring closet and as a
network backbone switch/router connecting the wiring closets and server farm. On the third
floor, an Omni Switch/Router chassis connects a mixture of 10BaseT and 100BaseTx worksta-
tions with an auto-sensing Ethernet module. In addition, this Omni Switch/Router chassis
connects the workstations to a local server with a Gigabit Ethernet module. On the second
floor, an Omni Switch/Router connects legacy Token Ring workstations. On the first floor, the
Omni Switch/Router connects the networks on the upper floors to the server farm using a
Gigabit Ethernet module.

Using Omni Switch/Router in the Wiring Closet

Gigabit Ethernet

Token Ring

Gigabit Ethernet

Omni Switch/Router

Omni Switch/Router

Omni Switch/Router

3rd Floor

2nd Floor

1st Floor

Server Farm

Server

10/100 Ethernet

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