I remember now. I was getting Juniper coded EX-SFP-1GE-LX optics for $35 where the flexOptix ones were $41.80 according to their site.
I think the biggest benefit is when you just want to have a “pile” of optics laying around and code them on the fly for whatever vendor. Fortunately for us, we’ve never really had issues using 3rd party so it hasn’t been a big issue other than price. __________________________________ Charles Boening Network Manager 800-858-2399 | Office [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.cot.net<http://www.cot.net/> | Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cal-Ore/205066716227707> __________________________________ Cal-Ore | Real. Local. Trusted. Professional. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Boening Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Generic optics for Juniper? That’s what Core does for us. I’ve been using them more and more lately. They will code to Juniper, Cisco, Calix, etc. It’s nice getting “Calix” GPON SFPs at a reasonable price. ☺ I’ve looked at getting a flexbox V3. There was a reason I hadn’t ordered one yet but I’ll be danged if I can remember what it was. ☺ __________________________________ Charles Boening Network Manager 800-858-2399 | Office [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.cot.net<http://www.cot.net/> | Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cal-Ore/205066716227707> __________________________________ Cal-Ore | Real. Local. Trusted. Professional. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Kranz Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Generic optics for Juniper? Check out flexoptix.. they have a really great programmable SFP solution.. Your generic optic shows up as an official Juniper, Cisco, or whatever.. -PK From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Boening Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:52 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Generic optics for Juniper? I use http://www.datainterfaces.com/ when I need generic optics. I use Core Telecom when I need burned optics. Core can usually get pretty close or beat the generics depending on the optic. Never had an issue with either vendor. __________________________________ Charles Boening Network Manager 800-858-2399 | Office [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.cot.net<http://www.cot.net/> | Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cal-Ore/205066716227707> __________________________________ Cal-Ore | Real. Local. Trusted. Professional. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Baird Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:16 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Generic optics for Juniper? For those of you running Juniper (EX/MX), are you using generic SFPs? If so, can you recommend a brand? Will MT SFPs work? Thanks, Josh
