Server Hardware Configuration: Server Name Processor Proxy 1.6 GHz 1 GB Sun Server 650 MHZ Admin Mail 500 MHz Server UMIS Server 500 MHz Student Mail 2.0 GHz Server Web Server 2.0 GHz Switch Switches, a fundamental part of most networks, allow several users to send information over a network simultaneously and without network delays. Switches make it possible for different network nodes to communicate directly with each another. LAN switches provide separate connections for each node in an organization's internal network. A LAN switch connection, therefore, contains only the specific two devices communicating with each other at a given moment. Switches have many benefits; switch allows many users to communicate in parallel through the use of virtual circuits and dedicated network segments in a collision free environment. This maximizes the bandwidth available on the shared medium. Also, moving to a switched LAN environment is very cost-effective because reuse existing hardware and cabling. Finally, the power of the switch combined with the software to configure LANs give network administrators great flexibility in managing the network. 24 RAM HDD NIC Os 30 GB 3 Linux 2 GB 40X2 GB 2 Sun Solaris 256 MB 9.1 GB-SCSI I Linux 256 MB 256 MB 512 MB 9.1 GB 2 30 GB 1 80 GB 1 Windows NT Linux Limix