[c-nsp] 5505 with 1000baseT gbic

[Mike]

Okay, I just thought I try anyway, and  sure enough the copper gbic is 
working on my 5505 with a sup IIIG

Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 03:36:55PM -0500, Mike wrote:
> 
>>I put a 1000baseT gbic in a 5505 and it shows up as: Unknown GBIC
>>
>>It's recognized correctly on the 6509. Does this mean the 5505 can't use 
>>this gbic or it's usable but with problems?
> 
> 
> Somewhere in the archive of this list is the answer people found some
> years ago: the 1000baseT GBICs doesn't work in the Cat5k Supervisor
> boards, and (if I remember correctly) not in the 3-GE blade, but they
> are supported in the 12-GE blade, or something.
> 
> The reason given was these GBICs need more power than fiber GBICs, and
> the boards can't drive them.
> 
> <conspiracy>
> My pet theory is that Cisco just didn't bother to implement support
> because they planned to let the cat5k series die anyway...
> </conspiracy>
> 
> gert
>