Adaptive switching

Short description: Automatic selection between cut-through and store-and-forward modes

An adaptive switch is a network switch designed to normally operate in cut-through mode but if a port's error rate jumps too high, the switch automatically reconfigures the port to run in store-and-forward mode.^[1]^[2] This optimizes the switch's performance by providing higher speed cut-through switching if error rates are low but higher throughput store-and-forward switching when error rates are high.

Adaptive switching is typically done on a port-by-port basis.

References

↑ Dong, Jielin (2007) (in en). Network Dictionary. Javvin Technologies Inc.. p. 23. ISBN 9781602670006. https://books.google.com/books?id=On_Hh23IXDUC&dq=adaptive+switching+network&pg=PA23. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Cray makes its ethernet switches responsive to net conditions" (in en). IDG Network World Inc. 1 July 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=6xcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=adaptive+switching+network&pg=PA8. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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[Dong-1] Dong, Jielin (2007) (in en). Network Dictionary. Javvin Technologies Inc.. p. 23. ISBN 9781602670006. https://books.google.com/books?id=On_Hh23IXDUC&dq=adaptive+switching+network&pg=PA23. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

[2] "Cray makes its ethernet switches responsive to net conditions" (in en). IDG Network World Inc. 1 July 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=6xcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=adaptive+switching+network&pg=PA8. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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