""Steven Aiello"" wrote in message
news:200303051415.OAA08748@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello all,
>
> in a recent post I saw the term "collapsed backbone". I know that
> the network backbone is usually a high speed connection that a server
> farm sits on, and could even extend out to your IFD's. However I'm
> fuzzy on the term collapsed backbone. What dose this imply.
I believe the term comes out of the wiring / cabling world, and not from
routing architecture.
A "collapsed" backbone has all wiring closets linked back directly to the
BDF / MDF
a "distributed" backbone has the wiring going from closet to closet in a
series
>
> Thank you all,
> Steve
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