Re: [nsp] 1000baseT GBIC

From: Mikael Abrahamsson (swmike@swm.pp.se)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2001 - 13:35:40 EST


On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, José Domínguez wrote:

> I have always seem the Cisco copper GBICs as a marketing plot and
> it's very confusing. They only work on certain 35xx and 29xx switches
> and nowhere else. I guess they have modified the underlying hardware
> to support the copper GBICs.

If one wants to, there are real copper GBICs from other vendors.

http://www.finisar.com/pdf/cgbic.pdf

... for example.

I have seen versions with an external RJ45 connector as well. These are
true GBICs as far as I have been told.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se



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