Faisal sent me this a while back for those. Works on the G8264 also. ===================== For 3rd party SFP's to work in IBM switches
To set/reset SFP override, from the console port, start a reload of the switch, when it says memory test and starts putting periods up on the display, press the "shift-m" key combination several times, and it will boot into a "=>" prompt At the "=>" prompt enter the following (note the "O" in "Override" is case sensitive): ==================== setenv sfp Override saveenv <<< This is necessary to save the setting to NVRAM to survive a PoR printenv <<< this is to check to make sure the variable is set boot ================================== On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone have experience with sfp compatibility? > > I just stupidly ordered a bunch of transceivers from fiberstore before > doing research and now I'm seeing that some models are vendor locked 😂 >
