Chapter 11: Using Intelligent Switches

    

11.1	Assume you acquired a 64 port 10Base-T port switch. What is the maximum theoretical data transfer capacity of the switch?
11.2	Continuing Problem 11.1, assume you plan to connect 12 servers and 48 workstations to the switch. What is the maximum practical throughput through the switch you can expect when workstations operate in a client/server environment?
11.3	Suppose you looked at the vendor specification for the switch mentioned in Problem 11.2. If the specification indicates a backplane transfer rate of 100 Mbps, will this represent a problem? Why or why not?
11.4	Describe two methods of flow control supported by an Ethernet LAN switch.
11.5	Compute the delay associated with an Ethernet 10BASE-T store-and- forward switch on a per-frame basis for maximum and minimum length frames .