How to connect a 6120XP to Cat3560 Uplink Eth Switch?

[Burak Atasal]

Hi guys,

I have a question the company has bought a 5108 Chassis,6 B-200 M2 blades and 2 6120XP for our test lab.But i need to know that how can i connect my 6120XPs to the Cat 3560 for uplink ethernet?

I tried to use that SFP GigPort on the 3560 but it didn't respond.I think i need to know what kind of SFP+ trancievers or which models do i have to use.

Thanks.

BR from Istanbul

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi

The 6120 comes with 20 10Gig ports and you have to use SFP+

have a look at this doc for more info and part numbers.  You also need 10Gig ports on your 3560, so it has to be 3560E or X

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10276/data_sheet_c78-524724.html

HTH

Reza

[Jerry Ye]

The first 8 ports on the 6120 FI supports GE SFPs. Please see the following link Table 2:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10276/data_sheet_c78-524724.html

Table 3 of the above link has all the supported GE SFPs. SFP's part number starts with GLC is supported on the 3560s.

HTH,

jerry

[chrisb2]

As Jeye said only the first 8 ports support 1Gbit, however it won't work if you just plug in a 1 GB SFP - you have to manually set the port speed for 1gb in UCSM (it will always default to 10gb)