Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

Tue Nov 15 16:16:55 UTC 2022

Warren,

Do SFP+ modules count?

https://www.enetusa.com/455886-b21-enc
https://www.enetusa.com/455883-b21-enc

I have a pair of the multimode versions of this sitting on my desk as I type this.

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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+jamie.s.bowden=raytheon.com at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Warren Kumari
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 10:56 AM
To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: [External] Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

Hi there all,

While looking through my big box of random optics I suddenly realized that I'd never seen a GBIC with an LC connector, and I started wondering if anyone else had / if such a thing actually exists.

Yes, I realize that this would be a fairly niche device - if you arrived somewhere with a device that took GBICs and there was existing fiber with LC connectors you could just replace the patch cable or use an LC-SC convertor, but that doesn't really satisfy my curiosity.

A quick look through the GBIC MSA / SFF documentation implies that such a thing *could* probably exist (there is a defined value for the 'LC' connector), but I wasn't able to actually find any. It might not actually be compliant with the specs (the document I found only lists SC fiber or copper (coax with BNC, TNC or DB-9?!)), but that doesn't mean that no-one made them.

So, has anyone seen a regular (30mm/1.2") GBIC with LC connectors? And, if so, "pics or it didn't happen"... :-)

Obviously I don't have an actual use for this, it's just to satisfy my (OCD) curiosity...
W

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