Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series Hardware Installation Manual page 19

Chapter 1 Overview
Fast or Gigabit EtherChannel Backbone
Backbone for Small- to Medium-Sized LAN
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Figure 1-10 shows three Catalyst 2924M XL switches creating a high-speed
backbone for 10/100 PCs, Catalyst 2820 or Catalyst 1900 series switches, and
stacked FastHub 100BaseTX repeaters.
Figure 1-10 Fast EtherChannel Backbone
Catalyst 2924M XL
switches connected
via Fast/Gigabit
EtherChannel links
Figure 1-11 shows a Catalyst 2924M XL switch used as a corporate network
backbone of a small to medium-sized LAN, providing high-speed access to the
corporate servers using the Fast EtherChannel link.
This configuration provides a cost-effective migration path from legacy shared
10-Mbps networks to switched Fast Ethernet and gigabit Ethernet networks.
Catalyst 2900 Series XL Modules Hardware Installation Guide
Deployment Examples
10/100
workstations
Catalyst 2820 or
Catalyst 1900 series
FastHub 400 series
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