One Cisco 24-port gigabit switch and one Netgear 24-port 10-gigabit switch are installed in the back of the EHL. The 10g switch provides both 10GBASE-T and SFP+ connections. Where possible, SFP+/DA (Direct Attach) copper cables are used because they are simpler and less expensive than fibre fiber optic cables, and yet offer much lower latency than 10GBASE-T connections (2 nS vs 2 mS - one million times less latency). Devices which do not support SFP+ are connected with 10GBASE-T.