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Sample Applications

3.2 Sample Applications
The switch is designed to consolidate your network core providing high- bandwidth
connections between the server chassis and workgroup switches. Some typical
applications are described in this section.
3.2.1 Backbone Connection
The switch can connect to the network backbone or other key sites over high-
speed Gigabit Ethernet links, increasing overall bandwidth and throughput.
In the figure below, the uplink ports are providing 2 Gbps full-duplex connectivity to the
corporate backbone, to the Internet, and to other servers.
Figure 2: Backbone Connection
3.2.2 Making VLAN Connections
This switch supports Virtual LANs (VLANs) which can be used to organize any
group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains. VLANs confine broadcast
traffic to the originating group, and can eliminate broadcast storms in large networks.
This provides a more secure and cleaner network environment.
VLANs can be based on untagged port groups, or traffic can be explicitly taggedto
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