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scalability to support a business’ current and future needs. This approach allows small 
businesses that are building their networks with future growth in mind to start small while 
thinking big. 

Summary of Contents for FSM726S

Page 1: ...g the full value of their environment Among the hidden costs of a poorly managed small business network are Lost time due to excessive network downtime Low productivity due to bottlenecks and poor und...

Page 2: ...paper shows how small businesses can benefit from a managed switch It describes the basic and advanced management features found in managed switches and provides practical suggestions for putting man...

Page 3: ...sing Gigabit Ethernet Building backbone Connect a central Gigabit Ethernet switch with centrally located servers and with workgroup and department switches located in wiring closets Campus backbone Co...

Page 4: ...to the switch Once the IP address is assigned you can access the switch from any PC or workstation that has an Internet connection and a Web browser SNMP based solutions enable industry standard SNMP...

Page 5: ...owth and sizing of new applications Based on that information estimates of the resources required to support future workloads can be estimated With capacity planning small businesses can Measure their...

Page 6: ...ultaneous transmission and reception doubles the bandwidth for each port A 10 or 100 Mbps connection for example becomes a 20 or 200 Mbps connection when operating full duplex Most switching ports tod...

Page 7: ...managed switch are designed to optimize total network performance design and security The following sections describe these advanced features Port Trunking VLAN support Traffic Prioritization and Cla...

Page 8: ...VLANs allows companies to segment their network in ways that make sense for the organization These include By departmental groups a company might have one VLAN for the Human Resources department anot...

Page 9: ...nd data may require a higher priority for video and audio traffic to ensure jitter free video and audio while relegating Web browsing video to a lower priority Data intensive applications where users...

Page 10: ...heir performance SNMP consists of two components agents and managers An agent is software or firmware included with the SNMP compliant device The agent monitors network operations but does nothing els...

Page 11: ...sites Conclusion Networking has emerged as an essential component of small businesses For many of them success or failure revolves around the power of the network and their ability to keep it operatin...

Page 12: ...12 scalability to support a business current and future needs This approach allows small businesses that are building their networks with future growth in mind to start small while thinking big...

Page 13: ...ccessible only by the organization s members employees or others with authorization An intranet s Web sites look and act like any other Web sites but the firewall surrounding an intranet fends off una...

Page 14: ...dvanced features the FSM726S also supports Port trunking Allows multiple ports to be combined into a single high speed connection to increase throughput and resiliency VLAN tagging Allows logical grou...

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