Multiport Bridge With High-Bandwidth Backbone - Planet FGSW-2401 User Manual

Figure 5-4. Fileserver Link
Connecting servers through 100Base-TX ports increases performance to the clients, even through the clients are on 10Base-T
segments.
Because multiple 10Base-T devices can access the file server at the same time through a 100Base-TX connection, performance
increases to beyond the performance of standard 10Base-T or 100Base-TX hubs. Operating the Ethernet Switch at full duplex
further increases performance
Optimizing Servers to Handle Gigabit Ethernet
While Gigabit Ethernet relieves the bottleneck at the server, server environments are not yet fully optimized to handle the entire
available gigabit bandwidth. The good news is that server systems and their software and hardware components are rapidly
evolving to ensure that the server system bandwidth capacity will handle the Gigabit Ethernet data rate. In addition, Gigabit
Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) currently under design will overcome some of the server system bottlenecks and be
optimized for the upcoming evolution in server architecture. Critical server system improvements are described

Multiport Bridge With High-Bandwidth Backbone

With a Ethernet Switch, you can divide large network to ease congestion, and connect 10Base-T networks to 100Base-TX
networks for more flexibility. Adding your Ethernet Switch to a large network creates more segments in that network. Then the
Ethernet Switch's built-in filtering separates a segment's local traffic from network traffic, reducing the amount of network traffic
and easing congestion.