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BayStack 350 10/100/1000 Series Switches
309979-A Rev 00
1-17
Desktop Switch Application
Figure 1-5 shows the BayStack 350-24T switch used as a desktop switch, where
desktop workstations are connected directly to switch ports.
This configuration provides dedicated 100 Mb/s connections to the network
center, to the server, and up to 26 users. This configuration uses the optional
400-4TX MDA (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX MDA).
Figure 1-5. BayStack 350-24T Used as a Desktop Switch
Server Up to 22 users
To
Network
Center
Key
10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
200 Mb/s
BayStack 350-24T switch
10BASE-T hub
Before After
Server Up to 26 users
To
Network
Center
BS35005A
- 22 users share 10 Mb/s (10/22 Mb/s per user)
- Server bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth)
- Network center bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth)
- 26 users; each with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
- Server with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
- Network center with dedicated 100 Mb/s full-duplex
bandwith (200 mb/s bidirectional)