Configuring Workgroups; Current Organizational Structure - 3Com CoreBuilder 5000 User Manual

2-10 D E
ESIGNING AND
Configuring
Workgroups
Dividing the Network
into Workgroups
N
XPANDING THE ETWORK
One of the primary advantages of dividing your network layout into
smaller isolated networks is the potential increase of network
workgroups. Workgroups enable administrators to have more flexibility
in organizing their network, while simultaneously decreasing the
amount of traffic on the backplane segments of the hubs in which the
workgroups reside. The following section provides a detailed example
of how workgroups help administrators to efficiently organize users in
their network.
Network administrator Jane Smith plans to reorganize the development
and support organizations in her company by dividing each department
within those organizations into separate workgroups. Currently, each of
the organizations are connected to separate backplane segments as
shown in Figure
Engineering
Technical
Support
Development
Organization
Figure 2-3

Current Organizational Structure

2-3.
Hub C
CAD
KEY
BSx = Backplane Segment
(where x is the segment number)
Marketing
Technical
Sales
Publications
Support
Organization
BS6
BS5
BS4