They don't even need to be MethodE, that string just needs to appear there as vendor. I think there is some part of code which uses that vendor string to discriminate how the CuSFP does link-state.
CuSFP is notoriously difficult compared to opticals. On 5 April 2018 at 02:59, Daniel Roesen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 11:59:31AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: >> Has anyone tried a copper SFP in an MX204? With 18.1R1, the ports can >> be set to 1G mode, and I can use a fiber SFP, but a copper SFP doesn't >> work for me. The router sees it, but the port shows "up" (even with no >> wire connected), and it won't actually pass any traffic when connected >> (both ends see transmits but 0 receives). > > I've seen this with Finisar Copper-SFPs in 20x1G MICs which worked fine > in 40x1G DPCs. Swapping them out with Methode Elec. SFPs did the trick. > > I remember that there were basically two different ways to signal > link status from SFP to host, and the Finisars didn't do it the way the > newer MX hardware expected it. > > > Best regards, > Daniel > > -- > CLUE-RIPE -- Jabber: [email protected] -- dr@IRCnet -- PGP: 0xA85C8AA0 > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp -- ++ytti _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
