I would have thought that if Cisco stop clone equipment from working then it would be more of an incentive for the cloners to copy the signatures. If it is a warning then the buyers will know and be able to make more informed decisions about their supply chain. They could log the event in NVRAM to guard against warrenty claims. Things like GBIC/SFP are supposed to be standard and interchangable, line cards are in a bit grayer area.
Oli -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Leadmon Sent: 10 November 2007 11:00 To: 'Adrian Chadd'; 'Ian Henderson' Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] "service unsupported-linecard" I agree, it should be configurable. As I would be damn peeved if I had a working switch or router, and out of the blue it stopped working. I find it hard to believe the counterfeiters won't quickly just include whatever response the IOS is looking for in their clone products as well. I believe all my Cisco gear is genuine, but if by any chance any linecards or wics are not, they still work fine! I am sure for the most part it's just about protecting their revenue stream.. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
