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It is a common requirement to connect two or more switches together that are in close proximity to each other, sometimes in the same cabinet. Usually this is done to expand the number of available ports in a location without having to run an extra dedicated link back to the [Read More]

Tutorial: How Best To Connect Switches Together

8 Nov, 2017 in Tutorials by Chris Kennett

Technology inevitably progresses, sometimes in huge leaps, sometimes in smaller, yet still significant steps. The ten-fold increase in data rates realised by 10G networks may seem like a huge leap – in fact it is – but the hardware powering this shift didn’t have a face lift. Compared to the [Read More]

Tutorial: Identifying SFP and SFP+ Modules

19 Apr, 2017 in Tutorials by Sandy Kennett

Generally fibre networks allow you to plug and play with fibre patch leads fresh out of the packet, and this is all thanks to some documentation that goes by the name, “TIA/EIA-568-B.1-7-2006 (Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard)”. It sounds like a thrilling read, I know, but in all honesty it [Read More]

Tutorial: Crossing Polarity on LC Connectors

3 Feb, 2017 in Tutorials by Sandy Kennett

Correctly installing and removing SFP modules is vital to ensuring the modules themselves and devices they are installed into, remain free from damage. SFP modules and their variants such as SFP+, QSFP+ etc are designed to be “hot-swappable” or “hot-pluggable”, meaning the switch, router, server or other device they are [Read More]

Tutorial: Installing & Removing SFPs

31 Jan, 2017 in Tutorials by Advance