iswitchi sefiber kunye neswitchi yeeethernet
I-switch yase-fayibha ne-ethernet isebenza njengesiqinisekiso esibalulekile sokuxhumana kwezinhlanhla okuhlanganisa imininingwane ye-ethernet yokuxhuba nokuqondisa kwe-fayibha yokuxhumana. Le qheke lokuxhumana leqinisekisa ukuthumelana ngokuzimela kwedatha phakathi kwezinhlanhla ngaphandle kokuba kube nemelweyo futhi inhlaba yespeidi futhi iqinisekiso lokusebenza kwe-fayibha yokuxhumana. I-switch isebenza ngokulandelana ngokucacile kwezinye zokuxhumana phakathi kwezinhlanhla ezihlotshaniswa, ikhankanyela i-copper ethernet connections nezixhobo zase-fayibha. Iyakhawula izigcawu zedatha ngokucophelela ukuhamba kwazo endaweni efunekayo ngemva yimaliphi. Lezi switch ziyahlukahluka ngokulinganisa kwezindawo, kanye ne-RJ45 ports yezixhobo ze-ethernet ne-SFP/SFP+ ports yefayibha yokuxhumana. Zikhankanya imithwadi wezinhlanhla nezinhlobo, kanye ne-IEEE 802.3 specifications, futhi ingake ukubopheka amathemu edatha kusukela ku-100Mbps kuye kakhulu emibili yegigabite ngosuku. Ukudibanisa kwe-fayibha yokuxhumana kuvumela ukuthunyelwa kwezinto ezinde, ukuphumelela kwegxilongo, futhi uvumeke ukungafeli komoya wamandla akhalelwe. Izinkimbini zase-fayibha ne-ethernet zamanje ziyadinga izimo ezinhle kanye ne-VLAN support, I-Quality of Service (QoS) yokuphathwa, nokufinyelela ngokusheshayo. Zibaluleke kakhulu kuzo zombili izinhlanhla zokusebenza kanye nezinfrastrakti zokuxhumana, zinikeza umqomo wespeidi eliphezulu, ukuxhumana okuyimali kuzindlela eziningi kusukela kizindatshana kuya kizinhlanhla zokusebenza.