iswitchi enenye ipoti ye-fiber
Isithwici se-fiber porti sibonisa isithwici esibalulekile sokuxhumana okuhlanganisa amathuluzi wokuxhumana ngokwezindaba ne-fiber optic connectivity. Le qhali le netiwekhi yenziwa ngamaphorti e-Ethernet amavumelekile kanye ne-fiber optic interfaces, ekuvumela ukuxhumana okungahlelwa phakathi kwezinhlanhlayo zasekati nezinhlanhlayo ze-fiber. Lo ndawo isebenza ku data link layer ye-OSI model, balela ukuthumela idatha ngendlela efanele phakathi kwezinhlanhlayo ezahlukene. Ingxenye ye-fiber porti iyavumela ukuthunyelwa okude kakhulu, okuqala kuma-kilometere angama-600 kuya kuma-kilometere angama-100, bakuphepha ubunzima bomsuka futhi uyizilo lapho kudingeka. Le qhali kuyasebenza nezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-fiber, njengoba ngu single-mode futhi multi-mode fiber, ekuvumela ukusebenziswa ngezinethiwekhini ezifanayo. Ukuxhumana kwamaporti we-fiber kuyavumela ukuthunyelwa kwe-idatha enobunikazi obukhulu, okusungula ku-1Gbps ukuze kube ngu-100Gbps, lokhu kuyafuna izinhlanhlayo zemvumo kanye nezinhlanhlayo ezinobukhosi obukhulu bomsebenzi. Izithwici zamanje ezine fiber ports kuyadinga amathuluzi amasha njenge-VLAN support, Quality of Service (QoS) management, kanye nezothekwano zokuphepha. Ziludzwa indima ebalulekile kuzinhlanhlayo zezinkampani, izinkundla zedatha, kanye nezinethiwekhini zokuxhumana, lapho kudingeka ukuxhumana okuphephe kanye nobukhosi obukhulu bubaluleke.