24 Feb
2009
24 Feb
'09
12:15 p.m.
Eric Gearhart wrote:
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Note that the traffic to a switch is bi-directional (full duplex) - so a 24 port gigabit switch can max out its 32 Gig backplane, if all 24 ports have a gig coming in and going out (24 X 2 is 48, more than the 32 gig backplane).
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I think your math is faulty. While there may be 24G going in and 24G going out, there is only 24G crossing the backplane. You can't count a bit twice (once on in and once on out). Its the same bit.