This is exactly the opposite of my experience. The Cisco branded optics are generally the problem supporting dom properly, or have interoperability issues in their own gear, while the generics + a programmer are generally more reliable, far cheaper, and far more usable across the different platforms due to the Cisco attempts at DRM for a standardized interface.
-Blake On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Warren Jackson <wrjack1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure, no problem! > > 1) Lack of Cisco support. You will find yourself behind the eight-ball > dealing with the TAC if you have these in your chassis. Sounds like a > small deal, but I for one don't have the time to deal with it. > 2) Cost. If you buy through a Cisco gold provider then you are going to > get a good price on the optics, enough to where the difference pays off in > support, as these can been wrapped in through your smartnet converage. If > you have optics from another vendor you are dealing with their support and > Cisco support, keeps things simple. Makes it worth paying the bit extra you > would pay. We aren't talking about thousands of dollars difference in > price here. > 3) Who? Which SFP manufacturer(s) would you recommend besides Cisco? > 4) Several of the Cisco SFP's provide the show tranceiver telemetry that > aid in troubeshooting the physical layer, which you won't get with the > off-market brand tranceivers. > > Just my 2 cents based on my experience. How about the rest of you guys? > > -Warjack > > On Mon Feb 02 2015 at 11:37:59 AM Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > >> >> > On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 03:29:41PM +0000, Rick Martin wrote: >> >> I am glad to see this thread, we are on the cusp of making the plunge >> into aftermarket optics >> > >> > Whatever "aftermarket" optics are - I would not go and by *used* optics, >> > because that's about the only thing in modern hardware that truly ages, >> > aka "optics burn out over time". >> >> Agreed, general use optics shouldn’t cost you more than $300, and that is >> being quite generous. >> >> If you wanted to program your own optics, apparently you can get one of >> these new raspberry pis: >> >> http://eoinpk.blogspot.com/2014/05/raspberry-pi-and- >> programming-eeproms-on.html >> >> It includes a link at the bottom for how to program the optics to be >> ‘cisco compatible’. >> >> - Jared >> _______________________________________________ >> cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
