Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 25/07/2012 19:17, Jared Mauch wrote: > You will only save money. SFP is a standard media just like USB ports. It is a standard medium, just like e.g. SATA or SCSI is a standard medium. It's a hardware interface mechanism and is subject to driver bugs, interface protocol ambiguities, hardware

Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread Jeffrey G. Fitzwater
How does DOM support fit into all this? CISCO SFP vs 3rd party? If a third party tells you they support DOM, does that mean it works as advertised and the values returned are correct.Is this a good reason to buy only CISCO? Jeff Fitzwater OIT Network Systems Princeton University On Jul 2

Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread John Gill
The SFP is a standard, and if there is any problem with that link, it is just a reasonable expectation that you won't ask TAC to troubleshoot it or tell you what is wrong with it, and obviously can't replace it. There are certainly certified SFPs that work great and others that will be flaky.

Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread pamela pomary
Thank you all folks for your quick responses. Am grateful :). I can breathe a sigh of relief now. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: > You will only save money. SFP is a standard media just like USB ports. > > Jared Mauch > > On Jul 25, 2012, at 2:02 PM, pamela pomary wrote: >

Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread Jared Mauch
You will only save money. SFP is a standard media just like USB ports. Jared Mauch On Jul 25, 2012, at 2:02 PM, pamela pomary wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I have a peculiar problem. I have followed postings in the forum and I > believe your experience with Cisco networks will help answer my ques

Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread JP Senior
uly 2012 12:10 PM To: pamela pomary Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960 The only problem you're likely to have is with your wallet if you buy Cisco branded optics.:) Others may disagree but I have never had any problem with 3rd party transcei

Re: [c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread Scott Granados
The only problem you're likely to have is with your wallet if you buy Cisco branded optics.:) Others may disagree but I have never had any problem with 3rd party transceivers in lots of products including the 2900 series. On Jul 25, 2012, at 2:02 PM, pamela pomary wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I

[c-nsp] Unsupported SFP on Cisco 2960

2012-07-25 Thread pamela pomary
Hello Folks, I have a peculiar problem. I have followed postings in the forum and I believe your experience with Cisco networks will help answer my question. I have a Cisco 2960 with Gigabit SFP module. I connected a third party addon SFP GBIC to 2960 switch and I get the following error that dis