The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved a 40/100Gbps
standard for switches. Manufacturers have made these high-speed devices available.
Older Layer 3 switches typically support 10Gbps speeds. However, for organizations
that support the very largest web sites, this is actually too slow. To support that level
of web site traffic, they network together 10Gbps Ethernet switches or purchase the
higher-speed Ethernet switches
