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You keep calling everything an SFP and that’s a problem. SFP, SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP-DD… they’re not interchangeable names, and they sure as hell aren’t interchangeable modules. If you don’t know what you’re plugging in, you’re just asking for headaches. Let’s fix that. #networking #it #tech #stem #fiber #networkengineer #ccna

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Chris1 year ago

I've had to force myself to instead call them optics or transceivers for a while now because of this. Well, this and I started my career working around long time network guys who called everything a GBIC, at least calling everything an SFP is slightly more accurate 😂

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A. Linder Jr1 year ago

we moved up from GBICs lol

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Brooks, aiming at DevCor1 year ago

We keep making up new names for GBICs and XFPs.

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Franz Hermann1 year ago

The customer still wants SFPs just for the price,but doesn't realize that SFP+,QSFP, etc.,are already available on the market, which are far superior and more robust for an enterprise solution. Great video,colleague. Greetings from Colombia. I hope to meet you in person someday.

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AV Network Guy1 year ago

It erks me when the techs call the QSFPs, SFPs 🤨

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Musky Tech LLC1 year ago

This is a great video. Good stuff.

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John McGrath 🇮🇪🇬🇧1 year ago

It's a explanation for someone starting out if in doubt read the tiny writing on them it will tell you what it is or get you glasses out or use the camera on you iphone and magnify if you are struggling to read it. top-tip

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Aliz (they/them pls)1 year ago

I just call them all GBICs ::trollface::

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Dave1 year ago

Thorough put 🤣

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Jeremy Bresley1 year ago

Good summary, there’s also SFP56 for 50Gb and the older QSFP+ standard for 40Gb. The numbers are how many lanes it has, so QSFP-DD is also called QSFP112. QSFP-DD800 doesn’t have a fancy name yet.

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