2016: Starting the decline of 1 Gigabit Ethernet

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cesmith9999

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I am still asking when

Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switches: Multigigabit Ethernet technology will be introduced in the form of a new E-Series line card compatible with Supervisor Engine 8-E and beyond. • Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches: New 24-port and 48-port switches will support Multigigabit technology. • Cisco Catalyst Compact Switches: A new 8-port switch will support Multigigabit technology.

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Chuckleb

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I would also ask is what NICs we need on the client side? Will they have 5Gbps cards or everyone goes 10Gbps and it will pair at max?
 

cesmith9999

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I would also ask is what NICs we need on the client side? Will they have 5Gbps cards or everyone goes 10Gbps and it will pair at max?
I have the same question. it does not do us any good to have a Nbase-T switch with out the appropriate NICs. and with 10 GB NICs dropping in price. I do not see a way for the old NICs to be downgraded with a firmware update.

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Jeggs101

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Aren't the Atom C2000 NICs 2.5Gb? I wonder and hope they can negotiate to 4x 2.5Gb on the Nbase-T stuff.
 

cesmith9999

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ok, in looking at the new Cisco 350x spec sheet. What is looks like the network gear plan is: All of the new NBase-T Switches are really 10 GB switches that can negotiate down.

So for now we just use 10 GB cards with these new switches. New onboard NICs will show up to connect to them over time. <speculation>1 GB TP NICs will get upgraded to 2.5/5GB TP NICs for a little more than current cost (but at a power savings)</speculation>.

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Scott Laird

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jeggs101, I was thinking the same thing, but it doesn't look like they include an Nbase-T PHY. So they're able to do 4x2.5, but it's not clear that there's a cheap way to make that 4x Nbase-T.