To close this thread, DAC's appear to have been a wash. Using like-vendor branded optics on both sides, and we have a functioning 40Gbps link.
Thanks for the feedback on, and off-list. :] -----Original Message----- From: juniper-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Anderson Sent: November-21-17 7:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [j-nsp] EX3400 or EX4600, and HPE FlexFabric-20/40, QSFP+ DAC's On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 06:28:07AM -0800, Emille Blanc wrote: > Hello folks, > > Trudging through the woes that are cross-vendor compatibility issues, and > failing completely at getting a link between an EX3400 or EX4600, and an HPE > FlexFabric-20/40 F8 card in our c7000 enclosure using an HPE branded QSFP+ > 3mtr DAC. That is to say, Juniper on one side, HPE on the other. > As an added bonus, the HPE module seems to be allergic to Juniper's QSFP > completely. > > After the inevitable "It's not us, it's them" back-and-forth between JTAC and > HPE Support, I'm looking for any success (or failure) stories from the > community. > > We've been testing with a pair of HPE DACs, and they each work fine when we > loop it to two QSFP+ slots in the same chassis/module. > > Has anyone been successful in making such a connection in the wild? Buy cheap QSFP+ optics and use fiber? _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
