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Magnum 6K25 Managed Fiber Switch Installation and User Guide (04/06)
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2.4 Applications
Magnum 6K25 Fiber Switches offer high performance and modularity. They
provide the flexibility of 100Mbps fiber and copper ports as well as Gigabit ports, with
industry-standard LAN management software. Magnum 6K25 Switches are easily used
in a variety of applications including MANs (metropolitan area networks) client/server
computing, secure VLAN- performance upgrades to departmental networks, and LAN
traffic centers require Gb backbone services. The performance characteristic of the 6K25
Switches enables them to inter-connect a series of subnets (one subnet per 6K25 Switch
port) in a LAN traffic center. The subnet connections may be via fiber or twisted pair
cabling, 100Mbps or 10 Mbps speed, and full-or half-duplex mode.
The mixed-media capability is ideal for upgrading existing Ethernet LAN
networks where existing cabling must be accommodated. The fiber-built-in media
capability is ideal for integrating future-proof fiber cabling into the LAN structure.
Example 1 : Magnum 6K25 Switch for a VLAN application
Equipped with lots of useful features, the Magnum 6K25 Managed switch is
able to handle a VLAN application and provide a security and performance in an
Ethernet network center. A secure VLAN-enabled network is simply an administratively
configured broadcast domain. The network administrator determines which ports and
nodes are in which broadcast domains by setting membership profiles for each of them.
The Magnum 6K25’s VLAN capability can be developed in several types of Virtual
LANs, such as Port-based VLANs, or Tag-based VLANs.
In an office environment where departments such as Finance, Engineering,
R&D, and Marketing need to keep a secure LAN, the 6K25’s VLAN feature will prevent
traffic cross-over among domains, and thus from keep sensitive data and information
controlled. The Managed Magnum 6K25 equipped with VLANs capability is ideal for
any application where a secure VLAN to multiple departments is needed.
The modularity of the 6K25 Managed Fiber Switch makes it an attractive
choice for use in applications with LAN connections to an organization’s multiple site
offices. The different offices can be easily connected together with the Fiber ports
supported by the Magnum 6K25 Switch. A main NT-server in a secure area protected
from earthquake or fire hazards can be connected to the full duplex Gigabit Fiber port.
Full-duplex future proof fiber media can easily connect long distance subnets