Ok. Thanks, Hammer. Yesterday, we upgraded the 7609-s IOS, after reload one 
es+t line card cannot up. Then the customer need us to provide EFA. 
Thanks for your information.  

Thanks and regards,
Xu Hu

On 23 Feb, 2012, at 23:46, -Hammer- <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's not a subscription based service or anything like that. Normally an EFA 
> is something that is agreed upon between the customer and the TAC engineer 
> and a few other folks. The decision is made (usually originating from within 
> Cisco) that something is odd with this particular widget and they want to 
> examine it in more detail. It's not a common thing at all. You can request an 
> EFA but if TAC (or your account team) or whoever doesn't agree I'm not sure 
> what the process would be. The few EFAs I've seen have been at the request of 
> Cisco based on a piece of hardware meeting a certain criteria.
> 
> -Hammer-
> 
> "I was a normal American nerd"
> -Jack Herer
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/23/2012 9:04 AM, Gmail wrote:
>> Thanks, Jack. Understood! Do we need to buy any special service from Cisco, 
>> not just SmartNet? Because it will cause much more Cisco resource!
>> 
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Xu Hu
>> 
>> On 23 Feb, 2012, at 22:28, -Hammer-<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> 
>>> EFA and RMA are different.
>>> 
>>> We all know what RMA is.
>>> When you EFA, you get your replacement part. However, you get a specific 
>>> address and shipper for your EFA. We've actually had private couriers show 
>>> up before. This needs to be arranged IN ADVANCE of your RMA. Otherwise it 
>>> goes to regular Cisco. Once your EFA part is picked up. It goes to a secret 
>>> and magical place where Wizards and Alchemists who only speak in assembler 
>>> will ride in on Unicorns and magic carpets to receive your part. They will 
>>> conjure up spells of enlightenment and cast out the demons that possessed 
>>> your part. Then, you will get an official writeup from the Magistrate 
>>> explaining what the issue was.
>>> 
>>> We've had a few good ones. Including "solar flares caused your device to 
>>> poop"
>>> 
>>> -Hammer-
>>> 
>>> "I was a normal American nerd"
>>> -Jack Herer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/23/2012 7:34 AM, Gmail wrote:
>>>> Ok. Before the RMA? Cisco will give us which kind of report? Depend on 
>>>> what?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>> Xu Hu
>>>> 
>>>> On 23 Feb, 2012, at 21:10, "Arie Vayner (avayner)"<[email protected]>   
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> You need to request this from the TAC engineer BEFORE you start the RMA 
>>>>> process.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Arie
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected] 
>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ??
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 13:00
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco EFA progress
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is anyone know the EFA progress of Cisco RMA?
>>>>> 
>>>>> The customer need us to do the analysis, they need the EFA report.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>> Hu Xu
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