HPWorld 98 & ERP 98 Proceedings

High Speed Networking Positioning:
Migrating to Gigabite

David Smith

IASD Product Manager


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Table of Contents

High Speed Networking Positioning: Migrating to Gigabit

Contents

Scope of this Presentation

Drivers for High Speed Networking

Drivers for High Speed Networking

Server Perspective

Which technology is Best?

High Speed Technologies and Characterization

Nominal Speeds for Network Technologies

Ethernet Family

ATM

FDDI

Fibre Channel

100VG

100Base-T

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-SX)

HS Networking Environments

HS Networking Environments: Workgroups

HS Networking Environments: Backbone

HS Networking Environments: Data Center

Basic Networking Business Requirements

Technology Choice Factors

General Positioning

High Speed Networking Positioning: topology view

Alternative Positioning

Summary

Appendix -- High Speed Products