Hi,
I have read in PC Magazine:
Definition of:SFP
(Small Form-factor Pluggable) A small transceiver that plugs into the SFP port of a network switch and connects to Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fiber cables at the other end. Superseding the GBIC transceiver, SFP modules are also called “mini-GBIC” due to their smaller size. By choosing the appropriate SFP module, the same electrical port on the switch can connect to fibers of different types (multimode or singlemode) and different wavelengths. If the fiber is upgraded, the SFP module is replaced.
The SFP converts the serial electrical signals to serial optical signals and vice versa. SFP modules are hot swappable and contain ID and system information for the switch.
However, I could still not understand what '(Small Form-factor Pluggable) A small transceiver that plugs into the SFP port of a network switch and connects to Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fiber cables at the other end’ means
Could anyone please explain this '(Small Form-factor Pluggable) A small transceiver that plugs into the SFP port of a network switch and connects to Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fiber cables at the other end’ ’ in other words, at least give me illustration steps to do that?
Which kind of of Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) optical fiber cables can be used for plugging between the SFP connector and Gigabit Ethernet? in the screen shot below, Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet has one SFP port.
Then What can be plugged into ‘SFP’ port, if a cable, then what device would the other end of cable be connected to?
