Description
Distribution routers and switches connect the access layer to the backbone network. The distribution layer directs and filters traffic between access layer and the core layer.
Brick Information
Tactical
(0-2 years)
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Strategic
(2-5 years)
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- Cisco Systems
- Foundry Networks
- Enterasys Networks
- Extreme Networks
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- Cisco Systems
- Enterasys Networks
- Extreme Networks
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Retirement
(To be eliminated)
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Containment
(No new development)
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- 3Com
- Asante
- Cabletron Systems
- Marconi
- Networth (now HP Compaq)
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Baseline
(Today)
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Emerging
(To track)
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- 3Com
- Asante
- Cisco Systems
- Cabletron Systems (now Enterasys Networks)
- Extreme Networks
- Foundry Networks
- HP Compaq
- Marconi
- Networth (now HP Compaq)
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Comments
Time Table
This architecture definition approved on:
February 8, 2005
The next review is scheduled in:
TBD