The Network Works

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The Network Works
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Current LAN Technologies

• 10/100Mbs to the desktop
• 100Mbs or 1000Mbs to servers
• Wireless LAN
• Gigabit between Switches
• Copper to Desktop, Fiber in Risers and outside
• Dual Fiber/ Redundancy

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Current WAN Technologies

• Metropolitan Area Network-own Fiber-gig or 10 gig
• Within a city T1, Local Ethernet service, ATM,
  DSL, VPN
• Long Distance Frame Relay, F/T1, ATM, VPN
• Converged Networks Voice, video, data- where it
  makes sense

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Cisco Switches

• 6506
• 4006
• 3500 series
• 2950 series
• 1900 series
• 1500 series
• See www.cisco.com for features

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LAN Design Considerations

• Traffic Analysis, IE Location speed of servers,
  etc
• Location and numbers in MDF and IDFs
• Cost
• Choke Points
• Sensitivity of Applications
• VLANs
• QOS needs
• Redundancy/ High Availability
• Hot Standby Routher Protocol

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6506

• 256 Gig backplane-Core switch
• 6506-6 slot- one slot for Supervisor card
• Sup card can include Layer 3 capability
• Copper 10/100 cards
• Fiber Gig cards-some need GBICs
• 100FX cards

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4006

• 32 Gig backplane-Core or closet switch
• 4006-6 slot- one slot for Supervisor card
• Sup card can include Layer 3 capability
• Copper 10/100 cards
• Fiber Gig cards-some need GBICs
• 100FX cards

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Catalyst 3500 XL series

• 3512 12 10/100 copper ports and 2 GBIC slots
• 3524 24 10/100 copper ports and 2 GBIC slots
• 3448 48 10/100 copper ports and 2 GBIC slots
• 3508 8 GBIC Slots-Layer 2 only switch

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Catalyst 2950 series

• 2950-12 12 10/100 ports
• 2950-24 24 10/100 ports
• 2950C-24 24 1/100 ports and 2 100FX ports
• 2950G-12-EI 12 10/100 ports 2 GBIC slots- L3
• 2950G-24-EI 24 10/100 ports 2 GBIC slots- L3
• 2950G-48-EI 48 10/100 ports 2 GBIC slots- L3

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Catalyst 1900 1500

• 1900 switches 10Mbs
• 1500 switches very small standalone switches-
  limited features

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Thank You for your attentionJohn DeFilippo
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