[SunHELP] Sun gigabit ethernet technologies

[Matthew Hattersley]

Basically, it breaks down like this:

CAT5 is rated upto 100Mbps
CAT5e is rated upto 1000Mbps
CAT6 not sure, but if you want minimal packet loss etc at 1000Mbps, this is
the way to go.

This is the cable rating btw, in case you don't know.

As regards hardware, the Sun gigaswift cards aint too expensive, especially
on ebay.


-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Weigel [mailto:unique at idempot.net] 
Sent: 29 June 2005 19:09
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Sun gigabit ethernet technologies


fabio at crearium.com said:

> want to buy a gigabit ethernet card, but I dont understand when they refer
> to copper and fiber.

They're two different gigabit media.  'Copper' is RJ-45 plugs on a
Cat-5e/Cat-6 cable; 'fiber' is an older fiber optic medium that probably
isn't of much interest to you.

> Is it possible to use gigabit ethernet with utp conventinal cables used in
> 10/100 hubs ?

Probably.  Gigabit uses more (all?) of the wire pairs in Cat-5 cable, so
unless they were wired on the cheap (or done to carry 100BaseT and phone
over the same cable) they should work.

> If so, What Sun products can be used on a blade 1000 ?

Have you checked http://sunsolve.sun.com?  A quick perusal points to X4150A.
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 Matthew Weigel
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