DefinitionSFP ports are devices designed for use with small form factor (SFF) connectors, and offer high speed and physical compactness. A SFP is a hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into the SFP ports,linking the switch with the fiber-optic network.The Cisco 4948 switch has four ports tha

DefinitionThe small form-factor pluggable (SFP) is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. The form factor and electrical interface are specified by a multi-source agreement (MSA) under the auspices of the SFF Committee. It interface

DefinitionAn optical fiber (or optical fibre) is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair.Optical fibers are used most often as a means to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber and find wide usage in f

Definition:IEEE 802.3 is a working group and a collection of IEEE standards produced by the working group defining the physical layer and data link layer‘s media access control (MAC) of wired Ethernet. This is generally a local area network technology with some wide area network applications. Physic

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