Bay Technical Associates BayStack 304 - Manual (Page 72)

Using the BayStack 303 and 304 Ethernet Switches
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Figure 3-3. BayStack 304 switch as a segment switch
Figure 3-3 illustrates how a BayStack 304 switch can be used as a segment switch
to alleviate server and network center contention and to provide better ratio
connections to 10 Mb/s users. This configuration also offers an additional eight
dedicated 10 Mb/s connections for users.
Before
•
92 users sharing 10 Mb/s (10/96 Mb/s per user)
• Server bottleneck (10 Mb/s pipe)
• Network center bottleneck (10 Mb/s pipe)
After
•
Four sets of 23 users sharing 10 Mb/s
• Addition of 8 users each with 10 Mb/s dedicated
• Server with dedicated 100 Mb/s pipe
• Network center with dedicated 100 Mb/s or 200
Mb/s pipe
BayStack 304 switch
304
BayStack 10BASE-T hub
Server
To
network
center
To
network
center
Up to
92 users
10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
200 Mb/s
Server
Up to
23 users
Up to
23 users
Up to
23 users
Up to
23 users
Up to
8 users
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10BASE-T hubs
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