Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

Tue Nov 15 16:44:38 UTC 2022

Maybe you're thinking of X2, looking similar to GBIC but even bigger?
There were converters taking 2 gig SFPs in one X2 slot.

Don't think either GBIC to SFP or GBIC with LC makes much sense.  The
alternatives were dirt cheap and easily available by the time these
could have been products.

Bjørn

Matt Erculiani <merculiani at gmail.com> writes:

> I feel like I've seen GBIC sleeves that accept SFP modules very similar to
> QSFP+ CVRs, but I can't seem to find any evidence of these ever existing,
> so perhaps I'm misremembering.
>
> -Matt
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 9:23 AM Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
>
>> Oh. And it’s not “OCD”. It’s “CDO”, with letters in ascending sequence. :)
>>
>> -mel via cell
>>
>> > On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > No. GBIC stands for Great Big Inserted Cartridge. LC stands for Little
>> Connector. Thus they are not compatible.
>> >
>> > -mel via cell
>> >
>> >> On Nov 15, 2022, at 7:59 AM, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>>