04-02-2009 10:07 AM
In the list of gbic's you are to use for SMIP modules found here:
They say you can use DS-SFP-FCGE-SW. They call this a tri-rate GBIC, saying it can operate 1/2GB FC or 1GB Ethernet.
Is there anything really special about this GBIC? I mean, my experience is that just about any 1/2GB FC GBIC can run short haul fiber ethernet (850nm). I assume this is just marketing, or am I missing something? I just plugged in a rather generic FC gibc (agilent or finisar or the like) and I plugged it into a SMIP and could ping across just fine with no errors.
04-03-2009 12:24 AM
I'm not sure about modern SFP's but older FC ones would not work as ethernet.
It might be the standard now for all of them to be tri-rate.
I'll have a look around for some old sfp's and give them a go...
04-03-2009 06:33 AM
Ok, I think I just got very lucky. I happen to use a ton of Finisar FTRJ8519P1BNL which happen to support 1/2GB FC as well as Gig Ethernet.
04-13-2009 02:37 PM
I've found some older FC sfp's and the certainly don't do ethernet :\
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