Nick Hilliard wrote: > You may want to look at third party optics from reputable > manufacturers (e.g. http://www.finisar.com/optical_modules_2), > although many organisations have policies in place which work against > using third party components. Also, it is very easy to pick up grey > optics with cisco serial numbers on them, which means that the special > command which we all know about isn't necessary. > > Also, bear in mind that not all c65k ports support reading DDM info > from SFPs. SUP720 cards will, as will later hardware revisions of the > 6724sfp blades. Earlier hardware revisions won't. Also, 12.2SX >= > SXF9 will not present DDM unless it sees a Cisco serial number.
It's worth noting that while the restriction on optics in general is just annoying, the DOM restrictions do seem to be there for a reason: I have a number of non-Cisco optics reporting DOM data that's obviously incorrect, so I don't trust anything that's non-Cisco. Sadly, on platforms where it will show you DOM from any SFP, there's no obvious indication if it's a Cisco or third party optic. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
