Yes, and they (old hardware plateformes) support only passive DAC. I remember being bitten by this at the time.
Tangent : hum 🤔... doesn’t seem normal to me. Maybe a bug ?!? Best regards. > Le 21 mars 2018 à 23:36, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> a écrit : > > No one knows of such a command and apparently the VDX line is finicky with > what passive DACs they'll work with. I just ordered more of the ones I know > that work. > > > Tangent: Is it normal for these guys to still transmit light even when the > interface is shut? > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> > To: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:18:28 PM > Subject: Brocade unsupported transceiver? > > Anyone know if there is a command in Brocade NOS (4.x) to force the use of an > unsupported transceiver? If so, what is it? > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com >
