GBIC port

[netcoord]

Any one know what a GBIC port on a gigabit switch is used for.

 

[PHUNBALL]

It is a Gigabit Interface Converter, converts serial electric signals to serial optical signals and visa versa. Allows you to interface a fiber optic sustem with an Ethernet system. In switches they are often used for trunks, but can also be used to directly interface with host systems, etc.

 

[netcoord]

thx

 

[bdavids1]

You can also get copper modules which plug into a GBIC port. Basically it's a gigabit ethernet with no physical adapter. That lets you choose between SX, LX or TX.

 

[BobSutan]

^^^ What PHUNBALL said.

The short, short version is that its essentially a Gigabit AUI adapter.