Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

Tue Nov 15 17:55:28 UTC 2022

Ahhhh, Gbics:

If you google ws-g5483, 84, 86, 87 - you’ll see the whole line up. All had sc connectors except 83 which was copper rj45 connector. 

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> On Nov 15, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 