> > Can you run 1000Base-X over these links? > With some reading "1000base-x" does seem the right thing to say here. > It's even what is reflected in the CMODE field for those ports.
One more thing you might need is managed = "in-band-status"; > > If you can, it is probably > > worth chatting to Russell King about using inband-signalling, and what > > is needed to make it work without having back to back SFPs. If i > > remember correctly, Russell has said not much is actually needed. > > That'd be ideal. The sticking point seems to be allowing it to have no PHY. I think there is more to it than that. This is new ground to some extent. Andrew