What Are the Differences Between a Combo Interface and a Common Interface?
A combo interface consists of a GE electrical interface and a GE optical interface on the panel. The multiplexed electrical and optical interfaces share one internal forwarding interface and cannot work at the same time. When one interface works, the other interface is disabled. You can use the electrical or optical interface based on the remote interface type. The electrical and optical interfaces share one interface view. When you enable the electrical or optical interface, configure the interface attributes (such as the rate and duplex mode) in the same interface view.
For example, part 3 on the panel shown in Figure 1 consists of eight combo interfaces, each of which contains a GE electrical interface and a GE optical interface on the panel. The electrical and optical interfaces share one interface view and cannot work concurrently.
