Aggregation and Backbone Switching
You can use model GC728X or model GC728XP as an aggregation or backbone switch in a network that
gives users high-speed access to network devices and the Internet.
In a small office or home office network, you can use the switch as a backbone switch and connect it directly
to your Internet router or Internet modem.The switch can provide 10G Internet speeds only if your Internet
connection supports 10G.
The following figure shows the switch functioning as an aggregation switch with an uplink to a high-speed
network router, a firewall, and the Internet and connected to a high-speed storage device, routers, and
network devices.
Figure 4. Sample aggregation switching
DeviceLetterDeviceLetter
10G-capable ReadyNASESwitch model GC728XA
1G-capable ReadyNASFNetwork router or firewallB
Computers and workstationsGInternetC
Switch model GC110D
ConnectionLine Color
10G connection to a network router or firewall and the Internet or 10G connection to a storage device
such as a ReadyNAS
Red
1G connections to network devices, including routers such as the GCS110 and GC110P, computers,
workstations, and storage devices such as a ReadyNAS
Black
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