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Fiber optic cabling from the computer room to the switch
Choose an SFP module based on the fiber optic cabling that will be connected to the network switches. Here fiber connects the desktop directly without the electronics in the telecom closet (renamed telecom room in later versions of the standard. ) Since fiber needs no intermediate electronics, the cost of equipment drops and the need for power, AC and grounds - or even the space allocated for the. Fiber to the Desk (FTTD) is the practice of using fiber-optic cables to connect computer workstations to the company network instead of copper cables. Even the most advanced optical transceivers can only perform at their peak when paired with properly installed, clean, and precisely managed fiber. SFP transceiver modules are specific to the type of fiber being connected (either single mode or multimode).
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