Cabletron Systems ELS10-26TX Manual De Usuario

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Configuring Your ELS10-26

The ELS10-26 allows you to define logical groups of associated 
ports (virtual workgroups) to provide a more efficient flow of 
traffic across your Ethernet network. 

Virtual workgroups offer you the ability to limit broadcasts to 
logical domains within the network. Workgroup destinations are 
recognized by the ELS10-26 and packets are routed directly to 
ports within the workgroup, eliminating the need to perform a 
general broadcast across each segment of the network to find 
specific host addresses. 

Figure 3-3 shows an ELS10-26 that has been programmed to 
identify workgroups A and B. Workgroup A uses ports 3 through 
5,13 and 16 and workgroup B uses ports 7, 11, 16 and 24. Port 16 
connects a segment that contains both workgroup A and 
workgroup B hosts.