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    14 hours ago

    Most (all?) 10gbe copper switches will negotiate 1/2.5/5 gbps.

    Most 10g switches with sfp+ will as well, but you also have to make sure the sfp+ ethernet module will negotiate lower speeds.
    I’ve had some annoying interactions between 1gbps and 10gbps when using different sfp+ switches and sfp+ ethernet modules. I never dug into it, I just swapped stuff around until it worked.

    So no reason not to get a 10g switch to start building things out