PLANET NOVASwitch series
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4.6 Sample Application
The optimal application for the NOVASwitch, no matter with the
extension module or not, is as a "big pipe" backbone
interconnecting file servers with bandwidth-hungry workgroups,
departments, and offices.
In the figure, the first FNSW-1601(or FNSW-2401) links to
another hub‘s Uplink (MDI-II) port, some ports connect to
100Mbps Workstations, and attached to file servers at
200Mbps.
Server Farm
100Mbps
FNSW-2401
20Mbps
1 0 M b p s
E H - 3 2 0 0
1 0 M b p s
FSD-1600 -
E H - 1 6 0 2 R
2 0 M b p s
10/20Mbps
Workgroups
FNSW-1601
DH-1601
Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Hubs
10/100Mbps
Workgroup
Server Farm
10Mbps
200Mbps
200Mbps
200Mbps
FNSW-2401
200Mbps
Figure 5: Sample Application