I am receiving this error after connecting a copper adapter on a GBIC blade in a 6509. Here are the results from the show Interface.  I am waiting to confirm the device on the other side settings but as far as I see I get UP and Up for protocol and line respectively. GigabitEthernet2/11 is up, line protocol is up (connected) Hardware is C6k 1000Mb 802.3, address is 0009.11e4.f3ce (bia 0009.11e4.f3ce) Description: RCPBSDEV MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec, reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255 Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set Full-duplex, 1000Mb/s, media type is T input flow-control is off, output flow-control is on Clock mode is auto ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00 Last input never, output 00:00:33, output hang never Last clearing of "show interface" counters 33w6d Input queue: 0/2000/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0 Queueing strategy: fifo Output queue: 0/40 (size/max) 5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec 5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec 85 packets input, 12846 bytes, 0 no buffer Received 85 broadcasts (84 multicast) 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored 0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input 0 input packets with dribble condition detected 2603 packets output, 196484 bytes, 0 underruns 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 4 interface resets 0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred 0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out ... View more