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Example of a Managed Multisegment Stack
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The three parts of the stack are operating in different rooms. The Accounting
cascade is 60 meters from the Administration cascade. The Human Resources
cascade is 40 meters from the Administration cascade, for a total cumulative
distance of 100 meters.
The Accounting cascade contains:
• Four hubs.
– Hubs A and B are assigned to segment 1.
– Hubs C and D are assigned to segment 2.
• An Advanced NMM in the expansion slot of hub A.
– The NMM is assigned to segment 1.
The Administration cascade contains:
• Two hubs.
– Both hubs E and F are assigned to segment 1.
The Human Resources cascade contains:
• One hub.
– Hub G is assigned to segment 1.
Example Summary
Hubs in the stack share connectivity in the following ways:
• Hubs A and B are on the same segment, are one Ethernet repeater, and are
both managed at the Advanced level by the NMM.
• Hubs C and D are on the same segment, are one Ethernet repeater, and
are both managed at the Standard level by the NMM.
• Hubs E, F, and G are on the same segment (because of the MDI-X/MDI
10BASE-T connection between hubs E and G), but hubs E and F are one
Ethernet repeater, and hub G is another. All three are managed at the
Standard level by the NMM.
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