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Many thanks... That's what I thought but always worth checking.
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Many thanks... That's what I thought but always worth checking.

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Fiber is also generally more reliable assuming a proper installation.
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Fiber is also generally more reliable assuming a proper installation.

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We are restructuring our switch network and I'm looking at running additional connectivity to my remote cabinets. My question is will I see any advantage in using fibre over copper. The switches are all HP. I have a limited number of 1000 mb G BICS ports but a larger number of free 1000mb copper ports. Is there any advantage in buying new switch gear that has more gbics ports and trunking the fibre as opposed to using the existing switches and trunking the free copper ports?<br />
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I don't have the budget to change the core switches to accept 10gb Fibre
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We are restructuring our switch network and I'm looking at running additional connectivity to my remote cabinets. My question is will I see any advantage in using fibre over copper. The switches are all HP. I have a limited number of 1000 mb G BICS ports but a larger number of free 1000mb copper ports. Is there any advantage in buying new switch gear that has more gbics ports and trunking the fibre as opposed to using the existing switches and trunking the free copper ports?

I don't have the budget to change the core switches to accept 10gb Fibre

Fibre uplinks over Copper

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.