Cabletron Systems bridges Switch User Manual


 
Introduction
1-2 Document Organization
Document Organization
The following summarizes the organization of this manual:
Chapter 1,
Introduction
, provides basic information about this document,
including the organization and format of the document.
Chapter 2,
Review of Networking
, describes the important design restrictions
and characteristics of three basic networking technologies.
Chapter 3,
The Workgroup Approach
, explains the history and product
philosophy behind standalone and stackable workgroup networking devices.
Chapter 4,
PIMs and BRIMs
, details the operation and use of Cabletron Systems’
various speciality interface modules.
Chapter 5,
Network Design
, covers the information and decisions involved in the
identification of networking needs and formation of solutions which meet those
needs.
Chapter 6,
Ethernet
, explains and illustrates the network design process involved
in creating Ethernet workgroups.
Chapter 7,
Fast Ethernet
, provides information and examples that show the
design issues that must be dealt with when configuring a Fast Ethernet network.
Chapter 8,
Token Ring
, supplies design and configuration information for Token
Ring workgroup solutions.
Appendix A,
Charts and Tables
, provides a centralized source for the design
tables found throughout this document, and useful information relating to the
networking technologies that are discussed.