Hi all,
I'm trying to replace some old and just plain not good switches in our DC. Currently we have 2 Cisco Small Business SG500x switches that down link to a pair of HP Procurve 6120XG Blade switches via LC to LC transceivers. We are replacing the SG500x with 2 Aruba 8320 48p Base-T 6p QSFP+ (JL581A). I need to keep at least 10Gb connectivity to the blade switches until we completely migrate off the blade system.
I'm trying to figure out how I can accomplish this. I don't seem to be able to use a breakout cable on the 8320 - at least I've not found any command reference to it in any AOS-CX documentation, and I can't find any supported part numbers in the quickspecs.
Similarly, I can't find any Base-T transceivers for either the 6120XG or SG500X. Ideally I'd like to remove the SG500 and connect the 8320 directly to the 6120, but if needed I can keep the SG500s until we are off the blades.
My question is if anyone has a direct way of connecting the 8320 to the 6120. I'm wondering if I can use a LC QSFP+ transceiver on the 8320 and it negotiate to 10Gbps? Is this possible with the 8320?
Any help would be awesome, thanks!
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