Cabletron Systems 100 Manual De Usuario

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Configuring Your ELS100-16TX

The ELS100-16TX 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 ELS100-16TX 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 ELS100-16TX 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 and 16. Port 16 
connects a segment that contains both workgroup A and 
workgroup B hosts.