Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:28 AM, Charles Sprickman sp...@bway.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: On 2/Feb/15 18:46, Warren Jackson wrote: Sure, no problem! 1) Lack of Cisco support. You will find yourself behind the eight-ball dealing with the

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 02/02/2015 16:46, Warren Jackson wrote: 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. You won't run into problems like this unless

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS LDP Sync w/ ISIS over point to point Link

2015-02-02 Thread Lukas Tribus
With this new site, I only planed on only bringing up the isis adjacency as it is a new site and no OSPF is required (because I don't need to migrate anything off). However the ISIS adjacency won't come up because it doesn't have an LDP session up yet. And the LDP session wont come up without

[c-nsp] MPLS LDP Sync w/ ISIS over point to point Link

2015-02-02 Thread Troy Boutso
Hey I've been rolling out new routers to various sites throughout our organisation. And in doing so, I've been applying the mpls ldp sync command under the router isis subsection. This has been fine up until now. Because all other sites are running OSPF and ISIS together (as we are in the process

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 6500 SUP720-3BXL upgrade to 15.1.2.SY4a question

2015-02-02 Thread George Peek
Apparently didn't send the correct link (release notes will take you here). http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/28724-161.html On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 10:51 AM, George Peek gp...@ucsc.edu wrote: They are independent of each other and not required for

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Hans Kristian Eiken
Den 02.02.2015 17:46, skrev Warren Jackson: 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. Cisco do actually have

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS LDP Sync w/ ISIS over point to point Link

2015-02-02 Thread Blake Dunlap
Are you doing ldp sourced from loopback or something? -Blake On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Troy Boutso sensible...@gmail.com wrote: Hey I've been rolling out new routers to various sites throughout our organisation. And in doing so, I've been applying the mpls ldp sync command under the

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS LDP Sync w/ ISIS over point to point Link

2015-02-02 Thread dip
Without going too deep right now as I am outside I think mpls ldp igp sync holddown sec should fix the problem . On Monday, February 2, 2015, Troy Boutso sensible...@gmail.com wrote: Hey I've been rolling out new routers to various sites throughout our organisation. And in doing so, I've

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Phil Mayers
On 02/02/2015 12:02, Warren Jackson wrote: Highly recommend you do not use this in production. Disagree, strongly. Vendor transceivers are racket, a scam, hugely inflated and price, and the practice of transceiver locking is enormously anti-competitive, not to mention operationally tedious.

Re: [c-nsp] Enabling multicast routing on 3750G platform

2015-02-02 Thread Lobo
Yes it was all on one switch to simulate an environment where a stack of 3750s services multiple floors in a building for streaming a TV. On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Warren Jackson wrjack1...@gmail.com wrote: And this is all on one switch? On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:12 PM Adam Vitkovsky

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Feb/15 13:23, Harry Hambi - Atos wrote: Hi all , I have a non-cisco SFP can someone remind me of the command to run in order to use the SFP in a cisco chassis. Is the command a hidden command?, do you need to run in interface config mode?, will the switch require a reboot?. Thanks in

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Harry Hambi - Atos
Thanks   Rgds Harry   Harry Hambi BEng(Hons)  MIET  Rsgb -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Warren Jackson Sent: 02 February 2015 12:03 To: Mark Tinka; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP Highly recommend

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Feb/15 14:02, Warren Jackson wrote: Highly recommend you do not use this in production. Because? We do, no issues. Mark. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Phil Mayers
On 02/02/2015 12:35, Phil Mayers wrote: hugely inflated and price s/and/in/ Sigh ;o) ___ 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/

Re: [c-nsp] Enabling multicast routing on 3750G platform

2015-02-02 Thread Warren Jackson
And this is all on one switch? On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 6:12 PM Adam Vitkovsky avitkov...@gammatelecom.com wrote: Well there are actually two versions of the cmd. ip igmp static-group - Is used widely in contribution video setups where there's no PIM/IGMP between the two providers. Or in

[c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Harry Hambi - Atos
Hi all , I have a non-cisco SFP can someone remind me of the command to run in order to use the SFP in a cisco chassis. Is the command a hidden command?, do you need to run in interface config mode?, will the switch require a reboot?. Thanks in advance Rgds Harry Harry Hambi BEng(Hons)

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Jared Mauch
And why is that? We have many non-cisco optics deployed without trouble. I would avoid the cheapest-of-the-cheap optics, as those have been rumored to have trouble, slow i2c responses, or other issues that the software is poorly coded to handle. We’ve done this with SFP, XFP, SFP+ and CFP

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Warren Jackson
Highly recommend you do not use this in production. On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:50 AM Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: On 2/Feb/15 13:23, Harry Hambi - Atos wrote: Hi all , I have a non-cisco SFP can someone remind me of the command to run in order to use the SFP in a cisco chassis. Is

[c-nsp] BGP/route-map/acl question/logic...

2015-02-02 Thread CiscoNSP List
Hi Everyone, If I want to block certain prefixes from an upstream, and accept the rest and then tag the accepted prefixes, which is the correct method..I *thought* the first one was correct, but it doesnt do what I expected...i.e. the ACL gets a hit on deny 10.0.0.0/24, but it is still

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Rick Martin
I am glad to see this thread, we are on the cusp of making the plunge into aftermarket optics and have been looking for anything to tip the scale one way or the other. I had a chat with a Gartner fellow a couple of weeks ago and the outcome of that call did not tip the scales for me. This

Re: [c-nsp] BGP/route-map/acl question/logic...

2015-02-02 Thread Karsten Thomann
Hi, if you want to deny the prefix you have to use deny ;) The untested version of your route-map should do the expected, but you don't need the continue 20 as the continue doesn't work with a deny. Karsten Am 03.02.2015 06:21, schrieb CiscoNSP List: Hi Everyone, If I want to block certain

Re: [c-nsp] BGP/route-map/acl question/logic...

2015-02-02 Thread Lukas Tribus
route-map UPSTREAM_A_IN permit 10 match ip address 98 I would strongly suggest to use prefix-lists instead of access-lists, they are made on purpose to match prefixes, are a lot easier to use and provide much more flexibility.

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 03:29:41PM +, 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

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Jared Mauch
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 +, 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

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Blake Dunlap
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

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Howard, Christopher
Agreed. We have all sorts of third party brand SFPs around here. 1G and 10G. You can buy both DOM capable or not. We've not had any problems out of them. Actually, this morning we swapped out an optic that died over night. It was a Cisco branded one. :) -Christopher On 2/2/15, 12:56 PM, Jared

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 6500 SUP720-3BXL upgrade to 15.1.2.SY4a question

2015-02-02 Thread George Peek
They are independent of each other and not required for the upgrade to 15.x (in most cases just s72033-advipservicesk9-mz.151-2.SY4a.bin will do). I wouldn't be too surprised if these are the latest versions you found. Now that being said, I don't know what you are currently running so it may be a

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Jared Mauch
I was offering something for the super-geeks :) at $dayjob we purchase from champion one, but have also tested other optics from OSI hardware and others. I’ve even heard of good luck from fiberstore.com as well, which is super-cheap. - Jared On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Matthew Crocker

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Mon, 2 Feb 2015, Warren Jackson wrote: Sure, no problem! 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

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Matthew Crocker
You could buy http://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox-v3-transceiver-programmer.html and save the rPi headaches. I haven’t used this but it does look interesting. Or, you could just go here: http://approvedoptics.com/ Cisco, Juniper every SFP, XFP, SFP+ i’ve ordered has worked 100% and they

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Warren Jackson
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

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Aaron
As previously mentioned , hidden IOS command service unsupported-transceiver...it is global, not interface level... and for IOS XR I use, interface level, transceiver permit pid all I use non-cisco xcvrs all over the place in my network, they seem fine. Also, ASR901 takes the legacy hidden

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Feb 2, 2015, at 7:29 AM, Rick Martin rick.mar...@arkansas.gov wrote: We are also looking at aftermarket DAC or Twinax cables, what has been your experience with those in a Cisco environment? We have had a couple dozen Dell DAC's connecting Dell servers to HP 5900's with good success but

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Jared Mauch
On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:46 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

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 04:46:30PM +, Warren Jackson wrote: 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. It will only be a

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Feb/15 18:46, Warren Jackson 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. I've found this not to be

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Feb/15 19:24, Aaron wrote: As previously mentioned , hidden IOS command service unsupported-transceiver...it is global, not interface level... and for IOS XR I use, interface level, transceiver permit pid all I have service unsupported-transceiver in IOS XR and it works with no

Re: [c-nsp] Non Cisco SFP

2015-02-02 Thread Charles Sprickman
On Feb 2, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: On 2/Feb/15 18:46, Warren Jackson 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