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New Cisco 9300 Switch with Fiber connection enable.

Zee-Far-Man
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Good day pros.

A new project is about to start at my organization.  And I have task to buy and configure Cisco 9300 switches with all 48 port would be connected with FIBER using SFPs/GBIG.  All end user devices would also be connected via fiber not coper wire.

Question:

1.   Which 9300 switch model would be best for this purpose (All 48 ports would be connected with Fiber/SFPs/Gbigs).

2.   Which model number of SFPis would be suitable to connect end user devices (work station/Desktop/Laptop).

3.   What kind of Fiber wok for this task, Single mode/Multi mode.

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

Zee-Far-Man.

 

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Enes Simnica
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hello @Zee-Far-Man Let me answer ur question using bullet Points, so it will be cleaner and better: 

  1. Switch model: For an all-fiber deployment, you’ll want a Cisco Catalyst 9300 “Fiber” SKU, such as the C9300-48S-A or C9300-48S-E. These come with 48 x 1G SFP ports instead of copper RJ-45 ports.

  2. SFP model: If you’re connecting end-user devices directly via fiber, u’ll need matching 1G SFP transceivers for both the switch and the user’s media converter or fiber NIC. and my Cisco friend, u have some common options;

  • GLC-SX-MMD - Multimode fiber, up to 550 m (850 nm wavelength)
  • GLC-LH-SMD - Single-mode fiber, up to 10 km (1310 nm wavelength)
  1. Fiber type:

  • Use multimode (OM3/OM4) if the cable runs are short (typical office/campus <300–400 m) and u want lower cost optics.
  • Use single-mode if you have long runs (up to kilometers) or want futureproofing for higher speeds.

And of course since desktops/laptops typically don’t have built-in fiber interfaces, u’ll need fiber-to-Ethernet media converters or fiber-capable NICs for each endpoint.....

hope it helps and PEACE!

 

-Enes

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Enes Simnica
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hello @Zee-Far-Man Let me answer ur question using bullet Points, so it will be cleaner and better: 

  1. Switch model: For an all-fiber deployment, you’ll want a Cisco Catalyst 9300 “Fiber” SKU, such as the C9300-48S-A or C9300-48S-E. These come with 48 x 1G SFP ports instead of copper RJ-45 ports.

  2. SFP model: If you’re connecting end-user devices directly via fiber, u’ll need matching 1G SFP transceivers for both the switch and the user’s media converter or fiber NIC. and my Cisco friend, u have some common options;

  • GLC-SX-MMD - Multimode fiber, up to 550 m (850 nm wavelength)
  • GLC-LH-SMD - Single-mode fiber, up to 10 km (1310 nm wavelength)
  1. Fiber type:

  • Use multimode (OM3/OM4) if the cable runs are short (typical office/campus <300–400 m) and u want lower cost optics.
  • Use single-mode if you have long runs (up to kilometers) or want futureproofing for higher speeds.

And of course since desktops/laptops typically don’t have built-in fiber interfaces, u’ll need fiber-to-Ethernet media converters or fiber-capable NICs for each endpoint.....

hope it helps and PEACE!

 

-Enes

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If this post solved your problem, kindly mark it as Accepted Solution. Much appreciated!

Thanks for your response. That's exactly I was looking for.

I took it as resolution.

Thanks and Much appreciated.

Zee-Fa-Man

Mark Elsen
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  - @Zee-Far-Man       Do you have any specific requirements for this ? Not many IT administrators will find it feasible to get fiber at each user desk.... Let alone  the fact that then all end user devices must support fiber....

   M.



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@Mark Elsen,

Thanks for your response. No there is no specific requirement for this at this time.  I am sure there would be 4-5 Users at Initially, but they want to have for future expansion to add more users.

Thanks. 

Joseph W. Doherty
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For #1, using a C9300 48 (fiber) port switch, @Enes Simnica correctly pointed to the C9300-48S models.  As you mention switches, plural, whether there might be a better option cannot be determined with the limited information you've provided.

For #2 and #3, they are interrelated.  Enes provided a couple of examples, and noted you need a similar set of optics on both ends of the fiber link, hopefully you also understand each port could be using different optics and/or fiber type.

Generally, MM fiber is much more distance limited than SM fiber, and there are different grades of MM, with different "reach" based on the OM grade.  Further, the optical transceivers, on a particular kind of fiber (for which they are intended [I recall there are a couple of optical transceivers that can be used on either MM or SM, but that has its own considerations]), also have different "reach".  I.e. based on the bandwidth and distance you want to provide, there's only specific combinations of optical transceivers and fiber types (and possibly attenuators) to meet that requirement.  (Besides particular optical transceivers with particular types of fiber have a maximum distance, they also sometimes have a minimum distance.)

Basically, with MM, better optical fiber grades permit additional distance, while higher bandwidth transceivers reduce distance.

For SM, generally, max distance depends on the optical transceiver standard.

(For MM fiber, you might want to take a look at the comparison table in this Wiki article.  You might also find the table in this article interesting. Another two articles about fiber, Fiber Optic Cable Distance: A Comprehensive Guide and Single Mode vs Multimode Fiber, What is The Difference? .)

When you get into optics, you can also get into optical networking, which usually isn't done at any one site.  (I only mention optical networking because, again, I have insufficient information to suggest different optical approaches.)

Optics is complex enough, these forums even have it as its own topic forum.

Basically, from the nature of your questions, I suspect you don't yet even know what you don't know (laugh - but we all go through that).  I suggest either getting local support (i.e. contractor) to assist in designing for this requirement or you take the time and learn a lot more about optics.  Otherwise, you may find you'll have optical operational issues and/or later discover you've painted yourself into a corner.

BTW, your project is a bit unusual, and it reminds me of an article I read years ago, that fiber should be used rather than copper for hosts.  This because, one of the biggest expenses is installation of the cabling plant and with (the right) fiber, very likely you can increase bandwidth using the same fiber.

Leo Laohoo
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