optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)

Thu Sep 2 14:49:23 UTC 2004

Ordered them when they first became available order is still on "New
Product Hold".

BTW they use standard infiniband cables

                            Scott C. McGrath

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Thomas Kernen wrote:

>
> >
> > > On the other hand, it'd be nice to see a copper 10GBIC, even if its max
> > > cable length were a few metres. ;-)
> >
> > There is one. It's called CX4 and has a reach of 15 meters. Cisco sold it
> > for $600 list price at first but it has now disappeared from the price
> > list. I don't know why.
> >
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps4835/products_data_sheet09186a008007cd00.html
> >
>
> According to my info sources (I tried to purchase some a couple of weeks
> ago) they have not yet been released (= delayed) and that's why they have
> been removed from the GPL... should be back within a month (hopefully).
>
> I'm trying to get my sticky fingers on a few for testing in our lab... the
> other problem is finding people that actually stock the CX4 patch cables.
>
> Thomas
>