what is SFP

sayhi2shashi · ‎01-05-2007

when u go thru the brousure of cisco switches , we will find most of the managable switches mentiones some thing SFP i.e

48 10/100 + 2 SFP ip base image

48 10/100/1000T + 4 SFP IP service image

and so on

what is this SFP ?

regd

Shashi

spremkumar · ‎01-05-2007

Hi Shashi

Its nothing but number of optic ports available in your switch.

SFP stands for Small Form Factor Pluggable fiber optic ports..

You can refer the below link for more info on the same..

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_data_sheet0900aecd8033f885.html

regds

icabrera · ‎01-05-2007

Hi, SFP (Small form-factor pluggable) is a gigabit port. You have differents types, for copper and fiber optic (monomode or multimode).

When you have a description "48 10/100 + 2 SFP ip base image" this means that you have a switch with 48 10/100 ports and to slots where you can put SFPs interfaces, you have to decide what type you need.

Here some urls with SFPs types:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_data_sheets_list.html

Regards

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