A beginner you say ? Have no fear, even the non-beginners are drowning in IT
terminology. There are many words and acronyms which have been created,
dropped and re-created in this field.
In concept, the "backplane" is the physical part of the switch(usually found
in the "back" of the switch)which is connected to all other parts of the
switch. It is somewhat similar to the "motherboard" or "mainboard" of a
computer. Packets which must go from one module to another will cross the
backplane. It has the switching bus and is extremely fast because it is
based on hardware components. Not all packets have to cross this backplane,
but when they do they do so at a high rate of speed. You will be able to see
the backplane in many switches if you remove the modules.
Hope this helps,
Winston.
-----Original Message-----
From: Moerdo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 8:02 PM
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Subject: About Backplane
I still don't understand with cisco catalyst 5500 backplane. What does the
backplane mean for ? is there anybody can answer this beginner question ?
thank you.
moerdo
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