Cabletron Systems switches User Manual

 

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The 

 

is intended 

to provide much of the information necessary to allow Network Managers to 
design and evaluate workgroup networks using the Cabletron Systems family of 
standalone and stackable networking products. This guide also provides the 
methods for associating these workgroups into larger networks or incorporating 
them into existing facility networks.

This document was written with the assumption that the reader has some 
familiarity with four networking technologies; Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token 
Ring, and FDDI. If you are unfamiliar with these technologies, Cabletron Systems 
produces instructional and reference materials that may be of assistance in 
learning these networking technologies. The available instructional materials are 
referred to in 

 

, later in this chapter. For those already 

familiar with the Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Token Ring technologies, a brief 
refresher in the main design-specific aspects of these technologies is provided in 
later chapters.

 

This document assumes that the reader has read the 

 

Cabletron 

Systems Networking Guide - MMAC-FNB Solutions

 

. The 

document is available on the Cabletron Systems Hardware 
Manuals CD-ROM. If you are unable to locate a copy of that 
document, you may also order a printed version of any 
document listed above from Cabletron Systems.