When I was learning a bit about SAN's and Fibre Channel, one of my instructors mentioned that there were only 3 manufacturers of GBICs (couple years ago, may have changed by now). I have put GBICs (no long haul stuff) obtained from Nortel, IBM, Compaq, Brocade, Cisco, and "unknown" into a 3500, a 2950, a Nortel 420, Dell and a couple others just to see if they would work. They did. Fibre Channel GBICs, GigE GBICs, all seemed to work just fine. I'll try it in a 3550 later this month, and it will probably seem to work just fine also.
SEEMED to work just fine. I wouldn't do that on a production network, but on a 'oh s$!%' or a giggles and grin basis, yea - no worries. YMMV, VWPBL, OSTCAAT... TTFN, Bill Pearch, Anchorage -----Original Message----- From: Chuck's Long Road [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: GBIC's - Cisco and otherwise [7:51148] I took a bit of a risk, and purchased some GBIC;s off That Auction Site. Of the four, three are Cisco branded, and the fourth is labeled "Agilent" ( used to be HP ) I had done a bit of investigation prior to purchase. I see that the Auction Site has listings for Agilent, IBM, and Extreme GBIC's, as well as Cisco. However, I was unable to find any direct and clearly stated indication that all GBIC's are interchangeable. IBM and Agilent GBIC's cost few pretty pennies less than Cisco BTW, although I suspect now that the same source OEM's for all these manufacturers. So I paid my money, took my chance, and have an Agilent GBIC on one switch connected to a Cisco GBIC on another. No connectivity problems. Came right up. Is passing traffic even as I write. Thinking logically, why should GBIC's be any different that NIC's or patch cables, transceivers of various sorts and brands, or CSU/DSU's? They are all build to industry specifications and industry standards. They all do the same thing. Just thought I'd pass that along to those trying to stretch their practice lab or network upgrade dollars. [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=51285&t=51148 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
