CAT5500 w/ Supervisor I or II is capable of 1.2 gbit/sec across the
backplane. With a Supervisor III it's capable of 3.6 gbit/sec (that's about
all I recall from my Switch test from the books, heh).
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""Shaw, Winston Mr."" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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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