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OmniSwitch 6800 Series Application Examples OmniSwitch 6800 Series

page 1-8 OmniSwitch 6800 Series Hardware Users Guide June 2007

OmniSwitch 6800 Series Application Examples

The following OmniSwitch 6800 Series applications are described below:

• Gigabit-to-the-desktop migration

• Server aggregation

• Layer 3 Aggregation/Distribution

• Small Enterprise core

Gigabit-to-the-Desktop Migration

OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches provide a migration path to Gigabit on the edge of the LAN.

For example:

Application Example: Gigabit-to-the-Desktop Migration

Layer 2+ 10/100 Switching

Core Layer

OmniSwitch 6800

10/100/1000 Layer 2+ Switching

10/100/1000 Layer 3 Switching