iswitchi senethiwekh enenye imipoti ye-fiber
Isithwici se-nethiwekhi ngezipoti le-fayibha sibonisa ukuphumelela kwe-inthanethi, kubandakanya amathuluzi we-inthanethi okuquka ubunzima be-fayibha yokuxhumana. Lolu hlobo oluhlelwe yindlela ephambene nezinye izinto zokuxhumana, lusebenza njengesicathami esikhulu sokuxhumana ngendaweni ethile, lubeke inqanawa phakathi kwezinto eziningi futhi usebenzise amathuluzi angcono a-fayibha yokuxhumana. Lo switch uyine zipoti ezifanele nezipoti zemilo, ekuvumeleni ukuthi kube khona uhlanganisano olujwayelekile phakathi kwezinethiwekhhi ezijwayelekile zasekela nezipoti ezingaphezulu. Izinto zesi hlobo ngokuvumelekile zisebenza ku-Layer 2 noma Layer 3 ye-OSI model, zinikeza imvume yokuguqula i-packet futhi ukuhlelela. Ukufaka kwezipoti le-fayibha kuvumela ukuba kube khona isigaba eside sangaphandle kokuchuleka komshini, kuya kuma-kilomitha ehlanu ngenkathi kugcina amathuluzi aphezulu a-transfer edatha angu-1Gbps kuya kuma-100Gbps. Iziswitchi ezinhle zase-XNUMX zingafaka amathuluzi amaningi njenge-Quality of Service (QoS), isekeli le-VLAN, nezimali eziphambene nezimvume. Zidizainwe ngokukodwa ukulandelana nokudinga kwamadatha, amanethiwekhhi wokwenyama, namathulwana wezixaziso aphathekayo, lapho kuyadingeka ukuthi kube khona ukusebenza futhi kungcono.