Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-18 Thread Vincent Hoffman
5bbee3.html Vince > Frank > > -Original Message- > From: Richard A Steenbergen [mailto:r...@e-gerbil.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:00 PM > To: Jason Lixfeld > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: SFP vs. SFP+ > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:41:28PM -0800, Sam Chesl

Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-18 Thread Vincent Hoffman
5bbee3.html Vince > Frank > > -Original Message- > From: Richard A Steenbergen [mailto:r...@e-gerbil.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:00 PM > To: Jason Lixfeld > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: SFP vs. SFP+ > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:41:28PM -0800, Sam Chesl

Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-18 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 18/02/2011 05:55, Peter Nowak wrote: You can plug SFP module (copper or fiber) into any SFP+ port. So, on 10G port you can run either 1GE or 10GE. A well known counterexample of this is the Cisco Nexus5k, where only some of the SFP+ ports are 1G capable (first 8 on the 20 port box, and the

Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:55:45AM -0500, Peter Nowak wrote: > > You can plug SFP module (copper or fiber) into any SFP+ port. > So, on 10G port you can run either 1GE or 10GE. Not true. Some devices support this, since SFP and SFP+ are physically and electrically compatible, but not all. The de

RE: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Peter Nowak
4:29 -0500 Subject: RE: SFP vs. SFP+ Are there are any optics that plug into 10G ports but have a copper or optical 1G interface? There's some equipment that I'm specing where it is $10K for a multi-port 1G card, even while I really may only *occasionally* need a single 1G port and the

Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:04:29PM -0600, Frank Bulk wrote: > Are there are any optics that plug into 10G ports but have a copper or > optical 1G interface? There's some equipment that I'm specing where > it is $10K for a multi-port 1G card, even while I really may only > *occasionally* need a

RE: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Frank Bulk
to use. Frank -Original Message- From: Richard A Steenbergen [mailto:r...@e-gerbil.net] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:00 PM To: Jason Lixfeld Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: SFP vs. SFP+ On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:41:28PM -0800, Sam Chesluk wrote: > Depends on the switch. Some,

Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:41:28PM -0800, Sam Chesluk wrote: > Depends on the switch. Some, like the 2960S and 4948E, have 1G/10G > ports. They will, however, not operate at 4Gbps (that particular speed > was chosen to allow the core components to work for gigabit Ethernet, > OC48, 2G FC, and 4G

RE: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Sam Chesluk
- From: Jimmy Changa [mailto:jimmy.changa...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:39 PM To: Sam Chesluk Cc: Jason Lixfeld; Subject: Re: SFP vs. SFP+ I'm curious also. Could you use a SFP in a ten gig port if you only need 4gb of throughput? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2011,

Re: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Jimmy Changa
I'm curious also. Could you use a SFP in a ten gig port if you only need 4gb of throughput? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2011, at 6:25 PM, "Sam Chesluk" wrote: > Jason - there are no SFP-10G parts based off of the original SFP; they > all are based on the SFP+ standard, so there will be no i

RE: SFP vs. SFP+

2011-02-17 Thread Sam Chesluk
Jason - there are no SFP-10G parts based off of the original SFP; they all are based on the SFP+ standard, so there will be no issues with the optic not being able to work at the full 10Gbps it's rated for. Sam Chesluk Network Hardware Resale -Original Message- From: Jason Lixfeld [mail