Gnodal back on eBay

[doop]

I remember you guys liked this one. Not sure if it's a good deal - way too expensive for me.
Gnodal GS4008 GX 10201 XX Layer 2 Ethernet TOR Switch 40 x 10GbE | eBay

 

[pyro_]

Had contacted seller earlier this week about what his best price would be and he said 850$ each

 

[PnoT]

Looks like the last batch went for around ~$500-750.

 

[T_Minus]

For what you get at 500-800 seems like a great deal to me... if only I had a use case currently

 

[Patrick]

If you are seeing this (today), it is coming over one of these Gnodal switches.

 

[hnamanh]

I made an offer for $750 and was accepted. Now to sell the IBM G8124.

 

[Dstew74]

I picked up one at 750 too.

 

[PnoT]

How would you bridge this to a 1Gb switch in my environment?

 

[Dstew74]

Assuming you have some type of sfp uplink on your 1Gb switch, you should be able to use that and plug into one of the 10Gb ports. It should negotiate down to 1Gb. Then setup your trunk. You need sfp interfaces and a fiber patch.

Well this is what I'm planning on doing anyways.

 

[JayG30]

Assuming you have some type of sfp uplink on your 1Gb switch, you should be able to use that and plug into one of the 10Gb ports. It should negotiate down to 1Gb. Then setup your trunk. You need sfp interfaces and a fiber patch.

Well this is what I'm planning on doing anyways.

Could you not just use a Copper Twinax Cable instead of fiber?

 

[Dstew74]

Could you not just use a Copper Twinax Cable instead of fiber?

Yep. Honestly that's probably cheaper and easier. I just have some OM3 patch and sfp+ transceivers laying around. If I can't get them to work I'll go the Twinax route myself.

 

[whitey]

I hate you guys so very very much...hahah I kid of course!

 

[Scott Laird]

I haven't tried it (I have a GS0018, so no 10G SFP+ ports), but I don't think the Gnodal switches support 1G SFP, only 10G SFP+. Yes, most devices will negotiate down, but not everything.

The cheapest way around this may be a LB4M; they have 2 SFP+ ports.

 

[Dstew74]

I haven't tried it (I have a GS0018, so no 10G SFP+ ports), but I don't think the Gnodal switches support 1G SFP, only 10G SFP+. Yes, most devices will negotiate down, but not everything.

The cheapest way around this may be a LB4M; they have 2 SFP+ ports.

Looking through a, hard to find, GS4008 manual I'm thinking you're right. No mention of any 1Gb love besides the MGNT port. Guess a LB4M is in my future.

 

[PigLover]

Looking through a, hard to find, GS4008 manual I'm thinking you're right. No mention of any 1Gb love besides the MGNT port. Guess a LB4M is in my future.

Where did you find the manual? Is it electronic - can you post it?

 

[Dstew74]

Where did you find the manual? Is it electronic - can you post it?

I shouldn't of said manual. It was the installation guide that was posted on this forum last year. Still very useful. The file is too large to upload. His is the link in case you didn't see it, DOC-90002-00_A Installation Guide 1U Switch.pdf - DocDroid.