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Hi<br />
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I was looking at the specs of a 3560E and saw this:<br />
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Performance <br />
68Gbps Backplane Speed <br />
128Gbps Switching Fabric <br />
101.2Mpps Forwarding Rate<br />
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What's the difference between backplane and switching fabric. Does that mean the 3560E has a built in switching fabric? If so, then frames or packets would use that instead of the backplane? &nbsp;
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Hi

I was looking at the specs of a 3560E and saw this:

Performance 
68Gbps Backplane Speed 
128Gbps Switching Fabric 
101.2Mpps Forwarding Rate

What's the difference between backplane and switching fabric. Does that mean the 3560E has a built in switching fabric? If so, then frames or packets would use that instead of the backplane?  

What is the difference between BACKPLANE and SWITCHING FABRIC?

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