Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-18 Thread Owen DeLong via NANOG
Unless you work for Intel or DEC in which case, it’s O0 DC. Owen > On Nov 15, 2022, at 08:20, Mel Beckman wrote: > > Oh. And it’s not “OCD”. It’s “CDO”, with letters in ascending sequence. :) > > -mel via cell > >> On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Mel Beckman wrote: >> >> No. GBIC stands for

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Jared Mauch
> On Nov 15, 2022, at 2:09 PM, Warren Kumari wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 12:55 PM, Eric Litvin wrote: > A, Gbics: > > If you google ws-g5483, 84, 86, 87 - you’ll see the whole line up. All had sc > connectors except 83 which was copper rj45 connector. > > > > Well

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Warren Kumari
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 12:55 PM, Eric Litvin wrote: > A, Gbics: > > If you google ws-g5483, 84, 86, 87 - you’ll see the whole line up. All had > sc connectors except 83 which was copper rj45 connector. > Well, clearly that's not true. As examples: The Cisco GigaStack GBIC - https://www.mt

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 11/15/22 08:16, Mel Beckman wrote: No. GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge. LC stands for Little Connector. Thus they are not compatible. LC is Little Click. As opposed to ST = Stab and Twist and SC = Stab and Click. I haven't seen such a thing for GBIC to SFP and the height may

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Eric Litvin
A, Gbics: If you google ws-g5483, 84, 86, 87 - you’ll see the whole line up. All had sc connectors except 83 which was copper rj45 connector. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote: > > Maybe you're thinking of X2, looking similar to GBIC but even bigger? >

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Bjørn Mork
Maybe you're thinking of X2, looking similar to GBIC but even bigger? There were converters taking 2 gig SFPs in one X2 slot. Don't think either GBIC to SFP or GBIC with LC makes much sense. The alternatives were dirt cheap and easily available by the time these could have been products. Bjørn

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
uot;Mel Beckman" Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" Subject: Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector... I feel like I've seen GBIC sleeves that accept SFP modules very similar to QSFP+ CVRs, but I can't seem to find any evidence of these

RE: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread warren
On Tue, Nov 15 2022 at 11:16 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote: > Warren, > > > > Do SFP+ modules count? > Nope -- it has to be an old-school (~1.2" wide) GBIC style thingie. SFP(+) / XENPAK / X2 / QSFP / X2-SFP adapters, etc are all excluded... W > > https://www.enetusa.com/455886-b21-enc > > https://w

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Matt Erculiani
I feel like I've seen GBIC sleeves that accept SFP modules very similar to QSFP+ CVRs, but I can't seem to find any evidence of these ever existing, so perhaps I'm misremembering. -Matt On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:23 AM Mel Beckman wrote: > Oh. And it’s not “OCD”. It’s “CDO”, with letters in asce

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Kevin Shymkiw
> GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge Classic - I needed a good laugh for today :) On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:17 AM Mel Beckman wrote: > > No. GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge. LC stands for Little > Connector. Thus they are not compatible. > > -mel via cell > > > On Nov 15,

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Mel Beckman
Oh. And it’s not “OCD”. It’s “CDO”, with letters in ascending sequence. :) -mel via cell > On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Mel Beckman wrote: > > No. GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge. LC stands for Little > Connector. Thus they are not compatible. > > -mel via cell > >> On Nov 15,

RE: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Jamie Bowden via NANOG
Warren, Do SFP+ modules count? https://www.enetusa.com/455886-b21-enc https://www.enetusa.com/455883-b21-enc I have a pair of the multimode versions of this sitting on my desk as I type this. Thanks, -- Jamie Bowden Senior Computer Network Technologist II O: +1 703.842.3848 C: +1 703.403.9745

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Mel Beckman
No. GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge. LC stands for Little Connector. Thus they are not compatible. -mel via cell > On Nov 15, 2022, at 7:59 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: > >  > Hi there all, > > While looking through my big box of random optics I suddenly realized that > I'd never