fiber switch for gig

Wed Apr 2 05:44:23 UTC 2008

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Andrew Staples wrote:
> Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
> suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
> experience?  Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
> this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke.  Looking for a central switch
> for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.

Nortel 5530 has 24x copper, 12x SFP and 2x10GE (XFP): 
http://www.nortel.com/ers5530

We don't have 5530's but we have good experience with 5510 as L2 
device.  In your case you may be looking for a larger number of SFP GE 
ports though.

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