Thanks Trey, this whole exercise is to avoid cross connect fees and I think I just figured out that it's not worth it. Lol.
I'm going to look into it a bit further just to learn however, thank you. On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 5:07 PM Trey Scarborough <t...@3dsc.co> wrote: > TJ, > > The big issue with what I am reading from you is that the carrier is > going to hand you an OTU4 with the waves muxed on to it. Your best luck > would be to use the same equipment they are using on the other end. At the > very least you need to know what it is and what timeslot configuration it > uses to make certain what you are using is compatible. Not all equipment > uses the same standard. Your best luck would be the ribbon or the ciena > more than likely. Getting ciena is hard right now so pricing can be steep > even for grey market gear. Id say ballpark greymarket for a 7 slot chassis > and cards 10-15k. > > Least expensive way would be if you could convince them to hand them to > you as colored channels on a passive MUX. I haven't had too much luck with > that except with carriers I have a people I know in the engineering > departments. > > > Trey > > > On 9/12/23 2:37 PM, TJ Trout wrote: > > Trey, > > Any sense on the least expensive way to do it? Even a ballpark? > > Tnx, > > TJ > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 12:17 PM Trey Scarborough <t...@3dsc.co> wrote: > >> Its pretty easy however most Ethernet switches won't accept OTU4. Some >> exceptions like nokia 7250 IXR-10/6. However just about every DWDM vendor >> has hardware that will do it. I Don't think fiberstore has 100G >> muxponders. >> >> Ribbon - 9904X and 9608D >> ciena 6500 with a 100g transport and 10x 10g card >> ekinops with a pm_100G-agg card >> >> >> On 9/9/23 10:56 AM, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> https://www.fs.com/c/100g-qsfp28-1159?c_site=community&c_ctype=knowledge&c_from=wordlink&c_cat=BMCS220033-100G_Modules-Wiki&c_rel=21493&_gl=1%2aqf87kv%2a_gcl_au%2aMjIyODM1NzExLjE2OTI2Mjc0OTk >> . >> >> >> >> I haven’t done it….but my impression is a dual mode QSFP28 such as the >> above can connect OTU4 to an ethernet switch. There are cheaper ones out >> there than FS. There’s now a Mikrotik with QSFP28 ports…..and probably >> other low cost vendors are getting into it as well. >> >> So I believe you could get one of these dual mode transceivers into a >> switch or router of choice and then use SFP+ for your 10g paths. >> >> >> >> Again, haven’t actually encountered OTU4 in the wild, I hope some smart >> guy will correct me if I’m mistaken. >> >> >> >> -Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >> Behalf Of *TJ Trout >> *Sent:* Friday, September 08, 2023 11:24 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OTU4 equipment? >> >> >> >> What are some of the more 'inexpensive' ways to break a OTU4 carrier down >> to multiple 10g ethernet? Looking at aggregating a bunch of 10g waves back >> to our DC on a single XC using OTU4 provided by the carrier? >> >> >> >> TJ >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > Thank you, > > TJ Trout > Volt Broadband > 209.480.3122 Cell > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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