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Does there exist a Cisco switch with only Gbics ports or a fiber?

I have a fiber network with 4 fiber pairs terminating at one station where I have a Cisco 3550 switch. I can connect 2 of the fiber pairs to the 2 gbics in the 3550, but how can I get all 4 connected?  

Does Cisco make a small level 2 switch that has, say, 4 gbics ports and no fastethernet?
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There is the 3750 series which has a 12 port sfp model. Most of their recent 48 port switches also have 4 sfp ports on them.
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What about the WS-C3508G-XL-EN?  
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Hi,

The cisco WS-C3560X-24T (available with LANbase or IPbase IOS) is a 24 x 10/100/1000 switch. You can purchase the C3KX-NM-1G= module which gives you 4 SFP gigabit ethernet ports.
But i need at lest 5 fiber trunks. Will the cisco 3508g provide me with the necessary dot1q trunks?
WS-C3750X-12S-S will give you 12 Gigabit SFP ports.
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Thanks. We know we are using old and cheap equipment. I think it is fitting.