[c-nsp] Gig-E Fibre/UTP/RJ-45 Media Converter

[Vincent De Keyzer]

Hi,

> Shouldn't a "plain" copper GBIC work just as well?
> 
> (Haven't tried in the PA-GE, but we use them all the time in various
> catalyst switches, and if the switch isn't too old, they will just
> do what we want).

we have happily used the copper GBIC in a PA-GE for a few months now.

A small problem is that the GBIC is not properly recognised:

downtown#sh int gig 2/0
GigabitEthernet2/0 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is WISEMAN, address is 0030.7bbd.7838 (bia 0030.7bbd.7838)
  Description: #backbone: STJ002sw31-GigE
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation 802.1Q Virtual LAN, Vlan ID  1., loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 1000Mb/s, link type is auto, media type is unknown media type

                                ----------------------->  ^ here ^
  output flow-control is on, input flow-control is on
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Input queue: 1/75/0/1 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  5 minute input rate 564000 bits/sec, 323 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 1022000 bits/sec, 306 packets/sec
     222225066 packets input, 2553748893 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 25077024 broadcasts (0 IP multicast)
     0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 6 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 456767231 multicast, 0 pause input
     1715229490 packets output, 652221956 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 2 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     9 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
downtown#

Apart from that, they work OK.

V