Thank you all folks for your quick responses. Am grateful :). I can breathe a sigh of relief now.
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Jared Mauch <[email protected]> wrote: > You will only save money. SFP is a standard media just like USB ports. > > Jared Mauch > > On Jul 25, 2012, at 2:02 PM, pamela pomary <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Folks, > > > > I have a peculiar problem. I have followed postings in the forum and I > > believe your experience with Cisco networks will help answer my question. > > > > I have a Cisco 2960 with Gigabit SFP module. I connected a third party > > addon SFP GBIC to 2960 switch and I get the following error that disables > > the interface. > > > > *Mar 16 21:05:15.720: %GBIC_SECURITY_CRYPT-4-VN_DATA_CRC_ERROR: GBIC in > > port Gi0/2 has bad crc > > *Mar 16 21:05:15.720: %PM-4-ERR_DISABLE: gbic-invalid error detected on > > Gi0/2, putting Gi0/2 in err-disable state > > > > After checking online I found these two command lines that corrects the > > error > > on the Cisco 2960 switch and brings the interface up. > > > > 1) no errdisable detect cause gbic-invalid > > 2) service unsupported-transceiver > > > > Cisco 2960 switch however reported a warning on entering the second > command: > > > > "Warning: When Cisco determines that a fault or defect can be traced to > > the use of third-party transceivers installed by a customer or reseller, > > then, at Cisco's discretion, Cisco may withhold support under warranty or > > a Cisco support program. In the course of providing support for a Cisco > > networking product Cisco may require that the end user install Cisco > > transceivers if Cisco determines that removing third-party parts will > > assist Cisco in diagnosing the cause of a support issue." > > > > I understand Cisco's warranty terms mentioned in the above Warning. > > > > My worry is, is it safe to do this. Is it likely I will have problems in > > future > > with the switch. Am I likely to experience abnormal data transfer on the > > network in future? > > > > > > Thank You > > > > Pamela Pomary > > ICT Dept. > > University of Ghana > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
