[c-nsp] Need advise on Cisco Switch/Fibre Connectivity

[Peter Rathlev]

Hi Nimal,

On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 14:20 +0800, Nimal David Sirimanne wrote:
> Need to ask somemore noob questions. Based on the product lit, i need to 
> get a device with an SFP transceiver to plug in a fibre connector?. And 
> SFP ports are included in switches that have "dual-purpose uplinks"? So 
> my choices right now are:
> 
> WS-C2960-24PC-L
> 
> • 24 Ethernet 10/100 PoE ports and 2 dual-purpose uplinks
> • 1 RU fixed-configuration
> • LAN Base Image installed
> 
> WS-C2960-24TC-L
> 
> • 24 Ethernet 10/100 ports and 2 dual-purpose uplinks (each dual-purpose 
> uplink port has one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and 1 SFP-based Gigabit 
> Ethernet port, 1 port active)
> • 1 RU fixed-configuration
> • LAN Base Image installed
> 
> I'm terribly confused. Any help on this matter is much appreciated. Any 
> site that actually deciphers these "PC-L" or "TC-L" or any of the cisco 
> abbreviations?

The WS-C2960-24TC-L is a "plain" switch, whereas the WS-C2960-24PC-L has
PoE ports (Power over Ethernet). It is the only difference bewteen these
two switches.

Regards,
Peter