What cable and connector type to use for the Cat-3650 - Gigabit-interfaces

[waheedullah Bahaduri]

Hello,

What cable and connector  to use for the Cat-3650  4 x Gigabit-interfaces?   the normal RJ-45 with cat6 cables does not connect

Thanks,

[Mark Malone]

Hi

there fibre ports so you can either use a GLC-T 1000 base and then you can use copper cat6 , bascaiily fibre to copper converter

or insert an actual fibre SFP like GLC-SX-MM an use LC-LC cabling or some other fibre type depending distance and what you require locally

[waheedullah Bahaduri]

Hi,

I found this on cisco website, not sure it is built for this purpose or not. 

 (10-Gigabit Ethernet CX1 Copper Connector)

can you confirm, if that is through to order it ?

[Mark Malone]

no I wouldn't get that those ports don't support 10gb there 1gb module ports

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/152-4413069-2764139?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=GLC-T+1000+base

[waheedullah Bahaduri]

But if the CX1 supports 1gb , it is enough for me.   can I go with that ?   because it is cisco product

[Mark Malone · Accepted solution]

From experience never buy anything that the switch does not have listed as supported , here is what 3650 can connect with

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/transceiver_modules/compatibility/matrix/GE_Tx_Matrix.html

Catalyst 3600 Series Switches Support

Network Device	Transceiver Module	Minimum Software Release Required
		DOM Support	Cisco IOS Release
WS-C3650-24TS WS-C3650-48TS WS-C3650-24PS WS-C3650-48PS WS-C3650-48FS WS-C3650-24TD WS-C3650-48TD WS-C3650-24PD WS-C3650-48PD WS-C3650-48FD WS-C3650-48FQ WS-C3650-48PQ WS-C3650-48TQ WS-C3650-24PDM3 WS-C3650-48FQM3 WS-C3650-8X24UQ3 WS-C3650-12X48UQ3 WS-C3650-12X48UR3 WS-C3650-12X48UZ3	GLC-T (10/100/1000) GLC-TE GLC-LH-SM GLC-LH-SMD GLC-SX-MM GLC-SX-MMD GLC-EX-SMD1 GLC-ZX-SM GLC-ZX-SMD GLC-BX-D GLC-BX-U CWDM SFP SFP-GE-S SFP-GE-L SFP-GE-T SFP-GE-Z DWDM SFP DWDM SFP (add.)	XE 3.3.0SE	XE 3.3.0SE
	GLC-BX40-D-I GLC-BX40-DA-I GLC-BX40-U-I GLC-BX80-D-I GLC-BX80-U-I	XE 3.7.1E	XE 3.7.1E

[waheedullah Bahaduri]

Thanks a lot Mark

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Are you referring to the uplink ports (fiber)?

For the user side, you can use copper but for the uplinks you would need to use fiber transceivers with fiber patch cords.

HTH

[waheedullah Bahaduri]

Yes I m referring to the 4-uplink ports.  I want to interconnect two Cat-3650 switches.      does cisco offers the fiber transceivers with patch cords ?   if yes, can you please tell me the part-number.  I couldn't find it on cisco