SFP and GBIC are tranceivers. Its definitely technically possible to
intermix.  The difficulty is the cable in-between.  The question that
remains is: Does someone make a solid cable of this type, or would you need
the respective tranceivers to have open/interchangeable/female cabling ends
so that you could supply your own intermediary media?

All GBIC cables I have seen have been solid.  I haven't seen a cable-less
transceiver in about 10 years - because 10 years ago the tech was as large
as a modern cell phone, and would cause massive connector stress on your
equipment.

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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Been a while since I purchased Cisco equipment (almost 10 years!). My
> question is on the SFP modules.
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> If I have a GBIC on one switch, I cannot have a SFP module on the other
> end? If I read this right, two different ends on the cable(beige and grey)?
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> I have a Cisco rep.. if he is still around.
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> Thanks
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> Jacob
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