RE: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-19 Thread greg.sweers
...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 2:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs? Assuming the source is reputable that would be the way to go. I wouldn't go with compatible SFPs unless the source will guarantee 100% HP compatibility - HP switches

RE: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-19 Thread greg.sweers
[mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs? We have purchased a slew of them from an ebay reseller ethernetoptics. Never had a problem with any of them. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com P.O. Box 1193

Re: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-19 Thread Hank .
: Re: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs? Assuming the source is reputable that would be the way to go. I wouldn't go with compatible SFPs unless the source will guarantee 100% HP compatibility - HP switches are VERY VERY picky about the SFPs - the devil is in the details, but generally speaking

RE: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-19 Thread Paul Hutchings
Hang, Greg, any issues around ProCurve firmware updates rendering them unrecognized ? Obviously HP do something to lock out non-HP SFPs. From: Hank . [mailto:hgedr...@gmail.com] Sent: 19 December 2010 17:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs? Same

RE: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-19 Thread greg.sweers
: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 1:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs? Hang, Greg, any issues around ProCurve firmware updates rendering them unrecognized ? Obviously HP do something to lock out non-HP SFPs

ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-18 Thread Paul Hutchings
Has anyone any experience with HP compatible and refurbished SFPs? I need some for some ProCurve connectivity and the HP pricing is not pleasant. I looked around online and a few places seem to sell refurbished and compatible SFPs. I guess you get what you pay for, but it's hard to

Re: ProCurve Compatible/Refurb SFPs?

2010-12-18 Thread Phil Brutsche
Assuming the source is reputable that would be the way to go. I wouldn't go with compatible SFPs unless the source will guarantee 100% HP compatibility - HP switches are VERY VERY picky about the SFPs - the devil is in the details, but generally speaking they will refuse to work with generic