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 using the “service unsupported-transceiver” would NOT be supported by TAC. If you can get a third party optic to work without the command – are they supported by TAC? It is a grey area for sure. From: CiscoNSP List [mailto:cisconsp_l...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 9:24 AM To: Nick Cutting <ncutt...@edgetg.com>; Doug McIntyre <mer...@geeks.org> Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] CISCO-AVAGO CISCO-FINISAR etc SFPs This message originated from outside your organization. ________________________________ Thanks Nick - So they sell competing Optics? i.e They have a "cisco-avago" SFP-10G-AOC and "cisco" SFP-10G-AOC? - The cisco-avago being cheap, and cisco being 000's? (They couldnt(wouldnt) be doing this?) - lol, No one in there right mind would purchase the "cisco" optics ever again? Cheers ________________________________ From: Nick Cutting <ncutt...@edgetg.com<mailto:ncutt...@edgetg.com>> Sent: Wednesday, 1 November 2017 12:12 AM To: CiscoNSP List; Doug McIntyre Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] CISCO-AVAGO CISCO-FINISAR etc SFPs No, they still rip you off big time. Just got quoted on a 10g SFP+ singlemode SFP for roughly 70 times more expensive than the equivalent component in fiberstore. I gave the client the option for both - $40 $2,847.76 And they went with the genuine cisco part, because of our scary disclaimer about TAC. Imagine they needed 10 of these - that’s $400 vs 28,0000. Do you chaps just keep a couple of "genuine parts" lying around to quickly shove in if you need TAC assistance for a bug? No one in their right mind can be buying a lot of "genuine" optics in 2017? -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of CiscoNSP List Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:52 AM To: Doug McIntyre <mer...@geeks.org<mailto:mer...@geeks.org>> Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] CISCO-AVAGO CISCO-FINISAR etc SFPs This Message originated outside your organization. Thanks - Yes I realize Cisco dont manufacture their own optics (They use finisar etc), but all "genuine" Cisco optics Ive seen previously have never had the manufacturers name in bold writing on the optic? (Havent purchased genuine Cisco optics for a long time - Probably the reason why 😊) They still sell "cisco" only branded optics for 10 times the price of others? Or do they now sell (only) these cheaper co-branded ones to compete? Thanks ________________________________ From: Doug McIntyre <mer...@geeks.org<mailto:mer...@geeks.org>> Sent: Tuesday, 31 October 2017 11:38 PM To: CiscoNSP List Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] CISCO-AVAGO CISCO-FINISAR etc SFPs On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:05:10AM +0000, 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 will not initialize in ASR920, 100G give > no light/power readings in NCS5500) Cisco OEMs optics from everybody under the sun. If you can show that you bought them as Cisco parts, then TAC should be fine dealing with them. They do use Avago/Finisar parts frequently, and they are labelled as you see them. All hardware is finicky dealing with optics at some point in time. They may need to send you another "brand" to deal with your hardware, or they are bad. TAC should be fine talking to you about it. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp<https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/<http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/> _______________________________________________ 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/
