It isn't as grey as you'd think. I did the TAC dance for a while.
The first thing a decent engineer would do for a L1/L2 problem is pull a
"show inventory" and "show version" to verify the SW and HW combo for being
supported. This includes checking the S/N on the optics.
We would plug the S/N int
Hello,
2017-10-31 15:49 GMT+01:00 Nick Cutting :
> Well, a bunch of vendors now sell optics that do not require the secret
> command on IOS to ignore the non cisco coding.
>
> I guess buy a few – the 10g SR’s are about $16 -
>
> However, we got burned in 2015 when a client with non cisco parts
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Thanks Nick - So they sell competing Optics? i.e They have a "cisco-avago"
SFP-10G-AOC and "cisco" SFP-10G-AOC?- The cisco-av
"cisco" optics ever again?
Cheers
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No, they still rip you off big time.
Just
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:05:10AM +, CiscoNSP List wrote:
> Are the cisco-avago, cisco-finisar "genuine" Cisco optics? i.e TAC will
> provide support if you are using them? Ours were purchased throu
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:05:10AM +, CiscoNSP List wrote:
> Are the cisco-avago, cisco-finisar "genuine" Cisco optics? i.e TAC will
> provide support if you are using them? Ours were purchased through a Cisco
> disty (As a Cisco part)We are hitting multiple issues with them (10G
> Optic
Are the cisco-avago, cisco-finisar "genuine" Cisco optics? i.e TAC will provide
support if you are using them? Ours were purchased through a Cisco disty (As a
Cisco part)We are hitting multiple issues with them (10G Optic will not
initialize in ASR920, 100G give no light/power readings in NC
