Gbic question

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I recently purchased some ws-g5483 GBIC's from eBay, does Cisco track GBIC S/N's as far as which company they "could" have belonged to? I just want to make sure if I call into support for them that everything goes smoothly?

[letsgomets · Accepted solution]

Cisco doesn't provide hardware support for GBIC transceivers. So they don't care about the serial numbers.

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I am concerned that I might have bought counterfits, hmm dang, I was hoping I could call Cisco to verify.

[letsgomets · Accepted solution]

You will know when you plug them into the cisco device.

Cisco conterfeiting is very common. You need to ensure that you are purchasing from a respectable seller.

Best of luck.

I personally recommend buying GBICs brand new. They are not that much more money to begin with and they typically fail often which is why Cisco doesn't offer replacement for them.

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thank you