I've bought over 100 of these from Cisco, and the simple fact was that there
was no one Cisco model. I saw at least three different versions from Cisco
and some definitely did not have the Cisco name on them. It is possible the
Agilent unit did come from Cisco. My advice is that if it works, it
probably is fine. If I understand correctly, a GBIC is built to the GMII
Gigabit Media Independent Interface standard so interchange should be
implied.
Don
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> 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.
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