Re: [j-nsp] Sources for SFP+ optics

2012-02-25 Thread Saku Ytti
> 4. Vendors don't often spin their own optics. Vendor C and J often > use optics from Agilent, Finisar, etc, which are just re-branded > (official label, different vendor ID programmed into the unit, > etc.). Agreed, I don't know any switch/router vendor who is also optic manufacturer. But I do

Re: [j-nsp] Sources for SFP+ optics

2012-02-25 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, Saku Ytti wrote: Yet optic vendors even give you USB eeprommer boxes, where you can on-the-fly code your optics to fit another vendors router/switches, where they are seen as official optics. Possible reasons the market exists 1. Legally required by some customer contracts