Olicom 8605 Three Switching Modes, Feature Function Benefit Cut-Through, Store and Forward, Auto

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Three Switching Modes

Feature	Function	Benefit
Cut-Through	Switches with	Lowest possible switch-latency,
	minimum and	which means optimal response
	constant latency,	time for end-users.
	approximately 35 µs
Store and Forward	Each packet is	Does not propagate errors to
	forwarded only after	other segments.
	the entire packet has
	been received by the
	switch. This is used
	for data transfer
	between LAN
	segments of different
	speeds or for LAN
	segments with a high
	error rate.
Auto	Cut-through	Same speed as cut-through
(Adaptive	switching that checks	switching, but with built-in
Cut-Through)	for error packets. If a	adaptation to errors which
	port’s errors exceed a	means that bandwidth is
	user-defined threshold	effectively preserved
	then the port switches
	to store and forward.

Table 9. Switching Modes

CrossFire 8600/8605 Token-Ring Switches v. 1.2, P/N: 710001641 Switch Theory of Operation