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backplane is the shared capacity between interfaces on a switch switch fabric is also the shared capacity between interfaces on a switch and can also be the shared capacity between interfaces on multiple switches using some sort of interconnect, typically vendor specific.
Would someone please be able to explain to me, what is the difference between Switching Fabric, and Backplane on a switch? The reason i ask, we are doing a small network upgrade and we are tossing up between the Cisco 3560E-12D-E, and the HP A5820-14XG-SFP+ for our geographically distributed core switches.