Adaptive switching

An adaptive switch is designed to operate in cut-through mode ( cut-through switching ) normally but if a port’s error rate jumps too high, the switch automatically reconfigures the port to run in store-and-forward mode

This optimizes the switch’s performance by providing higher speed cut-through switching switching if error rates are low but higher throughput Store and forward switching if error rates are high

Typically done on a port-by-port basis