Netgear FS 524S User Manual download pdf (Page 27)

3-3applications

• The FS524S Switch has two bi-directional stacking ports, which allow load-balanced,

fault-tolerant, redundant connections when cascaded with another FS524S Switch.

Up to eight FS524S Switches can be cascaded, providing up to 192 ports in a single

switched stack.The high-speed stacking ports deliver 4 Gbps of throughput across the

stacking back plane.

To add gigabit connectivity, two FS517TS Switches can be added to the stack to

create one large virtual switch with up to 224 stacked ports and two 1000BASE-T

ports.Since the FS517TS Switch has a single stacking port, adding it to a stack of

FS524S Switches reduces the stacking backplane speed to 2 Gbps and removes

support for load balancing, fault tolerance, and redundancy that a pure FS524S

stack has.

Figure 3-3.Example of Switched Stacking

Internet

FS517

Switch

FS517

Switch

10 Mbps

1000 Mbps

DSL modem

FR314 Router

PS113 Print Server

Printer Printer

PC PC PC MAC

Servers

100 Mbps

FS524

Switch

FS524

Switch

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