On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Pieter Hulshoff <phuls...@aimvalley.nl> wrote: > On 24-6-2014 8:37, Saku Ytti wrote: >> >> On (2014-06-23 11:13 +0200), Pieter Hulshoff wrote: >> >>> feature and market information for such a device, and I would welcome >>> some >>> feedback from interested people. Discussion about other types of smart >>> SFPs >>> would also be welcome. Feel free to contact me directly using the contact >>> information below. >> >> I'd do questionable things for subrate SFP, SFP which I can put to 1GE >> port >> and have 10M and 100M rates available. Or to 10GE port and get 1GE, 100M >> and >> 10M >> >> Use case is network generation upgrade where you still have one or two >> 100M >> ports for MGMT ports etc. > > > I've seen this request from others as well. Do you have any > proposal/preference to limit the data rate from the switch?
Seems like it would be just like emulating a media convertor. Drop any frames in excess of 100 Mbit? Perhaps buffer a little bit? If using the interface for any protocols, configuration might need to be made to adjust link costs.