Auspex Support for Cisco Fast EtherChannelTM Technical Report 21 Version 1.0 March 1998 Document 300-TC049, V1.0, 980310 Auspex Systems, Inc. 2300 Central Expressway Santa Clara, California 95050-2516 USA Phone: 408/566-2000 · Fax: 408/566-2020 Email:
[email protected] http://www.auspex.com Copyright 1998 by Auspex Systems Inc. All rights reserved. Auspex is a registered trademark of Auspex Systems, Inc. Key aspects of Auspex's Functional Multiprocessing Architecture are protected under U.S. patents #5,163,131; #5,175,825, #5,355,453, #5,388,231 and #5,485,579. NeTservices, NetServer, DataGuard, ServerGuard, DriveGuard and FastBackup are trademarks of Auspex Systems, Inc. All other trademarks used herein are the properties of their respective owners. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................ 1 1 CHALLENGES FOR THE ENTERPRISE NETWORK............................................................................ 1 SPECIFIC TECHNICAL FACTORS................................................................................................................................ 1 CHANGING CUSTOMER NEEDS................................................................................................................................. 2 2 WHAT IS CISCO FAST ETHERCHANNEL? ........................................................................................... 2 “FAT PIPES”...........................................................................................................................................................