Cisco Switch Fiber Question

[DanTheMuffinMan]

Hello everyone, I've got a couple of questions about my Cisco SG500-52MP switch. I'm trying to get the best possible speed connection to the computer that is going to become my NAS in the near future.

 

1) Is it possible to use the two SFP ports on the far-right as normal switch ports to a computer? They are labelled as G51/SE and G52/S4. Not sure if they are special port only for trunking/etc.

 

2) Are they 5 gigabit ports? I think that is what the 1G/5G indicates, that they can be either 1 gigabit or 5 gigabit. And that's how I read the datasheet from Cisco.

 

3) Does anyone know exactly what SFP module, connector, cable I would need to connect it from the switch to a PC? Perhaps there is some kind of SFP to CAT6 adapter so I can just run CAT6 to the PC?

 

4) Any NIC recommendations for the PC to make use of the 5gbps SFP connection?

 

Thanks in advance, please let me know if I need to provide any more info.

 

 

 

The existing fiber connection is to the router.

[seanondemand]

I'm watching college basketball and have been researching this during commercials and came across this about these ports, which according to the data sheet are "combo ports", have a look

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/embedded/6300/software/config/b_ESR6300_config/b_ESR6300_config_chapter_011000.pdf

 

[Bdavis]

https://community.cisco.com/t5/small-business-switches/sg500-5gb-sfp-module/td-p/2007817

 

They are 5gb/1gb combo sfp ports and not sfp+ ports. It looks like a weird proprietary standard. You will probably struggle to find a nic for your nas that supports it. It appears to be intended for stacking multiple switches.