Re: MACsec SFP

[Jonathan Lassoff <jof () thejof com>]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Pieter Hulshoff <phulshof () aimvalley nl> wrote:
> On 24-6-2014 8:37, Saku Ytti wrote:
> > On (2014-06-23 11:13 +0200), Pieter Hulshoff wrote:
> >
> > > feature and market information for such a device, and I would welcome
> > > some
> > > feedback from interested people. Discussion about other types of smart
> > > SFPs
> > > would also be welcome. Feel free to contact me directly using the contact
> > > information below.
> >
> > I'd do questionable things for subrate SFP, SFP which I can put to 1GE
> > port
> > and have 10M and 100M rates available. Or to 10GE port and get 1GE, 100M
> > and
> > 10M
> >
> > Use case is network generation upgrade where you still have one or two
> > 100M
> > ports for MGMT ports etc.
>
>
> I've seen this request from others as well. Do you have any
> proposal/preference to limit the data rate from the switch?

Seems like it would be just like emulating a media convertor. Drop any
frames in excess of 100 Mbit? Perhaps buffer a little bit?

If using the interface for any protocols, configuration might need to
be made to adjust link costs.