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Karthik_Kumaran
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Mar 16, 2016

Differentiation Copper and Fiber SFP

Is there a command to verify if a particular interface has a copper or fiber SFP? The "show net interface all" shows the Media type, but how to identify if it is a copper or a fiber connection?   ...
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IanB
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Mar 20, 2016

The letters actually refer to the IEEE standard - you can find a list here for 10GB, and here for 1gbps.

 

10000SR is 'short range' multi mode fibre, and 1000T is twisted pair.

 

For completeness, "FD" refers to Full Duplex.