iswichi se-fiber kuya kwe-ethernet
I-switch yase-fiber kuya ethemeti lithi ngcamango eqinileyo ye-network ephakamisa amahlobo aphakathi kwezixhobo zase-fiber kunye nezixhobo zase-ethernet, ekuvumela ukutshintshana kwezixa ngokunqoqonene phakathi kwezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-network. Le ngcamango enkulu ithuma izinyawo zokugcina kwiifayili zase-fiber ukuya kwiinyawo zokugcinwa ngemoto kwiintaba zase-ethernet kunye nezinye iindlela, ekuvumela abasebenzisi ukuthatha iqhaza lezi zinhlobo ezimbini zezixhobo. Le switch inamaqonga amaninzi, awo awu-SFP abekwe fiber kunye nezinqa zase-RJ45 zabalethu, akwenzeka izispeed zokutshintsha aphakathi kwe-100Mbps elikhulu ku-10Gbps. Ezi switch zibandakanya amaqhinga angcono njengokoqobo lwe-VLAN, inkqubo ye-QoS kunye neziphumo zokubuyela umsebenzi ukuze ikhuselwe intsekelelo ye-network. Zinzuzwa nangqo ama-interfaces edolobheni okanye kwiindlela zokusebenza ngokomiso, ekuvumela abaphathi be-network ukujikeleza kunye nokucwangca ingcamango ngendlela efanelekileyo. I-architecture ephambene yeswitch iyasebenzisa amafiber amaninzi, anjalo ke yasekhohlo kunye neyasebhambo, ukuba yinto enokuthatha isimo samathuba athileyo. Nangona kuphi kwiindawo zokugcina izixa, kwiintaba zamanje okanye kwiinkqubo zokuthumela izixa, ezi switch zinemoya eqinileyo kulo ngokwenza ubude be-network bube khona kunye nokuphepha kwesivimvo sokugcinwa ngokunqoqonene phakathi kwezinhlobo ezahlukene zemediya.