Stacking Vs. Chassis Switch: How to Choose?
Maximizing scalability and optimizing performance are two paramount factors when you design or upgrade your network. It is hard to find the right balance. Given that you need more than 48 ports in a wiring closet, but you could not decide which type of switches…
Three Main Types of SFP Transceiver
SFP stands for “Three Main Types of SFP Transceiver” and transceiver means a device that can both transmit and receive data. This article “Three Aspects You Should Know About SFP Transceiver” is intended to describe all about SFP transceivers in detail that could help network professionals…
Are You Ready For 400G Ethernet?
The rapid development in telecom industry is driving massive demand for higher bandwidth and faster data rate, from 10G to 40G and 100G, will this keep going on? The answer is definitely “Yes”. Some time ago, migration from 10G to 40G or 25G to 100G…
Compatible Issues of Optical Transceiver
When deploying the cabling system, sometimes you may encounter such situation when there is already brand A switch, but you got brand B optical transceiver. Then, the compatible issue is what you most worry about. Just like the following figure shows, Cisco SFP-10G-SR transceiver definitely…
What Is Ethernet?
It’s known that Ethernet is created by Xerox, and jointly developed into the base LAN standard by Xerox, Intel and DEC. Although Ethernet is the most common communication protocol standard in present LAN, and it seems that there are still many people confused about the…
What’s the Difference Between Single Mode and Multimode Fiber?
In the data center, single mode and multimode fiber optic cable is commonly used. However, What’s the difference between single mode and multimode fiber? Today, this article will have an introduction for us. Brief Introduction of Single Mode and Multimode Fiber Single mode fiber is only…