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What is meaning of "1GE/5GE SFP Ports" in switches. What does it stand for? I dont have much knowledge of networking, but I just wanted for information.

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1 gigabit or 5 Gigabit Small form-factor pluggable transceiver ports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form-factor_pluggable_transceiver

Ryan Ries
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    In case somebody is wondering like me if there are some 5 Gbit fiber transceivers - answer is NO. These 5GE SFP are actually copper twinax cables having SFP on both ends with fixed lengths 1, 3 and 5 meters. Google for SFP-H10GB-CU1M –  Oct 09 '13 at 16:02