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Building a Hierarchical MapA SampleHierarchical MapFor example, consider a large network with more than 150 hubs. Such anetwork is too complex to manage as a single entity. However, if youdefine the entire network in terms of departmental workgroups, youmight find that each workgroup is actually physically linked to a smallernumber of hubs.For our example, let’s say there are five groups:❏❏❏❏❏Corporate AdminEngineeringMarketing and SalesManufacturingCustomer ServiceWhen the network was installed, each workgroup was networkedtogether using hubs linked together on an Ethernet backbone.AsantéViewManagementStationEngineeringManufacturingCorporate AdminMarketing and SalesCustomer ServiceFigure 2-22Example Workgroups for a Hierarchical Map diagramEach of the workgroups is represented by a branch on the tree.Now you will see how this is done using AsantéView 2.6. Read throughthe next two sections without actually performing the operation. Thesections are an example of building a hierarchical map tree for a largenetwork. After you have read both sections, try to build a hierarchicalmap tree for your own network.Page 2-21