Behind every medium to large sized corporate campus network is a series of network switches, big black boxes with tens or hundreds of 100/1000 Ethernet ports that route network traffic from one computer and or switch to the next. All network access runs through switches from a simple document request from a file server to a print job request to a network printer; from compiling a database to accessing the Internet, switches form the backbone of any modern network.
Bellwether Cisco Systems is the largest manufacturer of network switches and routers in the world; the company dominates the global...