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Applications
The switch is designed to provide flexibility in configuring network connections. The
switch can be used as an aggregation switch in a larger network or as a backbone switch
in a small office or home office network to support 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1 Gbps
Ethernet and fiber routers, switches, and hubs and to support 10G high-speed devices
and uplinks over fiber or copper. You can connect PoE and PoE+ devices (model
GC728XP or model GC752XP) and non-PoE devices (model GC728X, GC728XP,
GC752X, or GC752XP) directly to the switch.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Aggregation and Backbone Switching
• PoE Overview
• Aggregation and Backbone Switching With PoE
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