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1. Ref# SC618-5/95 Rev 1.0 page 1
Bay Networks Token Ring
Switches and Routers
Partners in the IBM Environment
2. Ref# SC618-5/95 Rev 1.0 page 2
Speed Switchbandwidth and transport
Optimized LAN performance
Explorer broadcast reduction
Configurable virtual rings
Bay Networks routersapplication
and routing services
Connect users to SNA applications
Update network topology
Segment multiprotocol traffic according
to network layer address
Speed Switch and Bay Networks Routers
IBM Environment LAN Backbone
3. Ref# SC618-5/95 Rev 1.0 page 3
APPNVirtual Network Routing
for IBM Traffic
APPN Connection
Network
APPN
Network Node
Control Point
Routers APPN Control Point instructs end stations to make
connections through the Speed Switch
Name Request Response
Explorer
Response
4. Ref# SC618-5/95 Rev 1.0 page 4
Speed Switch and Bay Networks Routers
Remote Office Networking
Bay Networks routers -- high-level SNA features extend
the enterprise network to remote offices
DLSw for reliable connections across
the WAN
APPN for native SNA routing
Frame Relay for native host connection
SDLC for existing SNA devices
Bay Networks Symmetric Multiprocessing Architecture
power for concentrating many remote sites
Speed SwitchToken Ring bandwidth for workgroup and
campus backbone
DLSw, APPN,
SDLC, Frame Relay
5. Ref# SC618-5/95 Rev 1.0 page 5
Bay Networks Routers
Extend the Speed Switch Across the WAN
DLSw, APPN,
Frame Relay