B5-Series 10G Port does not support 1G SFP

FAQ_User — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:33:00 GMT

Article ID: 12975

Products
B5K125-24, B5K125-24P2, B5K125-48, B5K125-48P2

Changes
Inserted a 1g transceiver (MGBIC) into one of the two "

code:

10g

" port slots per switch.

Symptoms
The 1-gigabit MGBIC will not function, though a 10-gigabit 10GBASE works fine in the same slot.

Cause
B5 hardware only supports 10g transceivers (10GBASE) within the two port slots labeled "

code:

10g

".

Solution/Workaround
Functions as Designed (FAD).

These B5 switches also contain two combo (5489) "

code:

SFP

" port slots for 1g MGBIC insertion.

Alternately, the C5-Series (C5K125-24, C5K125-24P2, C5K125-48, C5K125-48P2, C5K175-24) does support a dual 10g/1g SFP+ capability via two "

code:

SFP+

" port slots per switch.

See also: 9852.

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B5-Series 10G Port does not support 1G SFP