下面是IT168上的解釋
配線架是管理子系統(tǒng)中最重要的組件，是實(shí)現(xiàn)垂直干線和水平布線兩個(gè)子系統(tǒng)交叉連接的樞紐。配線架通常安裝在機(jī)柜或墻上。通過(guò)安裝附件，配線架可以全線滿足UTP、STP、同軸電纜、光纖、音視頻的需要。在網(wǎng)絡(luò)工程中常用的配線架有雙絞線配線架和光纖配線架。
雙絞線配線架的作用是在管理子系統(tǒng)中將雙絞線進(jìn)行交叉連接，用在主配線間和各分配線間。雙絞線配線架的型號(hào)很多，每個(gè)廠商都有自己的產(chǎn)品系列，并且對(duì)應(yīng)3 類、5類、超5類、6類和7類線纜分別有不同的規(guī)格和型號(hào)，在具體項(xiàng)目中，應(yīng)參閱產(chǎn)品手冊(cè)，根據(jù)實(shí)際情況進(jìn)行配置。
雙絞線配線架
光纖配線架的作用是在管理子系統(tǒng)中將光纜進(jìn)行連接，通常在主配線間和各分配線間。
SC光纖配線架
ST光纖配線架
A patch panel or patch bay is a panel, typically rackmounted, that houses cable connections. One typically shorter patch cable will plug into the front side, while the back will hold the connection of a much longer and more permanent cable. The assembly of hardware is arranged so that a number of circuits, usually of the same or similar type, appear on jacks for monitoring, interconnecting, and testing circuits in a convenient, flexible manner.
Patch panels offer the convenience of allowing technicians to quickly change the path of select signals, without the expense of dedicated switching equipment. This was first used by early telephone companies, where the telephone switchboard (a massive array of patch panels) and a large room full of telephone operators running it was ubiquitous.
配線架和跳線架的區(qū)別：
跳線架 看起來(lái)一排排象魚骨頭一樣,也稱為魚骨架.一般是電話使用
配線架 從后面看跟跳線架差不多，但是正面卻變成了RJ45口，專門方便電腦網(wǎng)絡(luò)線纜連接
跳線架上面沒(méi)有類似于RJ45或RJ11的接口，但是配線架上就有了，很明顯就能區(qū)分開。兩者都是起這連接作用上的。跳線架用在電話網(wǎng)絡(luò)中比較多。