I-2.5G SFP yimodyuli ye-optical kunye nesantya sokudluliselwa ukuya kuthi ga2.5Gbps. Yamkela i-SFP (IiPluggable zeFom-factor ezincinci) ifomathi yokupakisha, iimpawu zokuqhayisa ezifana nobukhulu obuncinci, ukusetyenziswa kwamandla aphantsi, kunye nokuthembeka okuphezulu.
Le modyuli ixhasa imigama eyahlukeneyo yothumelo, ukusuka kumakhulu eemitha ukuya kumashumi eekhilomitha, kuxhomekeke kuhlobo lwentambo yesiziba esetyenzisiweyo. Ngokomzekelo, imodyuli ye-2.5G ye-multimode ebonakalayo inokudibaniswa nayoOM2iintambo zokuvala, ukufikelela kumgama wothumelo oluphezulu ukuya kuthi ga500m. Kwelinye icala, imodyuli ye-2.5G yemodyuli yemodyuli enye inokudityaniswa kunye ne-OS2 yendlela enye yeentambo zokuvala, ukufikelela kumgama omkhulu wothumelo ukuya kuthi ga.160km.
I-2.5G SFP imodyuli ye-optical isetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuhambisa ezifanaI-Ethernet,SDH,I-SONET, kwayeFC. Ngokukodwa kwiimeko ezinje ngothungelwano lwengingqi yemetropolitan,uthungelwano lwengingqi,uthungelwano lwendawo ebanzi,uthungelwano campus, kwayeamancinci ukuya kumaziko edatha aphakathi, uluhlu lwayo olubanzi lwemigama yothumelo inokuhlangabezana neemfuno zeemeko ezahlukeneyo zesicelo.