The backbone of the Defcon network consists of a Cisco fiber switch (second box from top). The firewall (bottom server) is a quad-core Xeon running OpenBSD and employing pf to filter and shape traffic ...

Is there a way to interrogate a SFP in a Cisco switch (2950, 3750, etc) in order to glean info about fiber quality? Noise, signal loss.. my company is too cheap to buy a real fiber tester.

Broadcom Inc. has announced the launch of the Brocade G710 24-port 64G switch, designed as the industry's most responsive and efficient top-of-rack SAN switch, specifically aimed at small to mid-sized ...