[ale] switch recommendations

[Jim Popovitch]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Dumb question, but are there 1 GB ethernet switches that use GBICs?  I
> know FC switches do, and I've been told that 10 GB ethernet do, but I
> did not realize they would be used in 1 GB ethernet. 

Good question, not that I think about it, probably not.  My needs are 
for two purposes but I want to use 1 switch to do both.  ;-)   I need 
(want?) GigE for internal vlan'ed traffic (mainly NFS) and GBIC for 
upstream connectivity.

-Jim P.