isitchi se-fibre core
Isithungisi sefiberi kusemelwa njengesistimu yenkqubo yedatha yesibonelo, esembenzisa ukulayisha datha ngokomkhiya we-ophthalamic. Lo ndawo eqinisekiswe yokusebenza kwedatha isebenza phakathi kwenkqubo yamanjelela, ubudlelwane phakathi kwezinye izinhloso zedatha ngokomkhiya futhi usebenze kahle. Isithungisi sasodwa senhlobo leziphini eziningi ezingavumelana nezindleko ezingu-10Gbps kuya ku-100Gbps, ekuvumela ukuxhumana okuhlanuwe phakathi kwezinsiza, amathekwani wokugcina futhi nezinye izinhloso zedatha. Izikhombisa isithungisi zinemibandela yokubandakanya futhi zivikela imigomo yamanjelela, eyaziwayo ngokuthi yi-Ethernet, i-Fibre Channel, ne-InfiniBand. Zifaka phakathi izimpilo zokulethwa kwamandla futhi zinikeza ukushisa okuvumele ukusebenza ngokuphelele emaphakathini embalwa. Iizithungisi ze-fiberi zase-moderni zazifaka izinto ezinhle zokuphatha njengezokukhankanywa kweQoS (I-Quality of Service), inkxenye ye-VLAN (Virtual LAN) futhi nezimfuneko zasekile. Lezi zinhloso ziyahamba kahle emaphakathini apho kudingeka ukulayishwa okuningi, ukucima okuncane futhi usebenze kahle, okwenza lula ikhisimane, imanjelela yezinkampani, futhi ukunikezwa komhlaba.