Installation guide

AT-9108, AT-8518, AT-8525, and AT-8550 Installation Guide
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Network Configuration Examples
This section describes where to position the switches within your network.
One common use of the switches is on a Gigabit Ethernet backbone. Figure 1-6 shows
an example of a Gigabit Ethernet backbone within a building.
Figure 1-6
AT-8550 Used in a Backbone Configuration
The switch on each floor is connected to the backbone Gigabit Ethernet switch using
a 1 Gbps, full-duplex link. Using Gigabit Ethernet as a backbone technology removes
bottlenecks by providing scalable bandwidth, low-latency, high-speed data switching.
As well as providing a fast-switched backbone between Ethernet LANs, Gigabit
Ethernet-equipped file servers and devices can be directly attached to the switch,
providing improved performance to the Ethernet desktop.
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