From: "Hoonpongsimanont
Date: Mon Oct 11 2004 - 13:43:18 GMT-3
I'm glad it's not flash/ram that Cisco start checking .. I have a lot of
Kingston flash/ram in customer network. :P
>
> From: James <james@towardex.com>
> Date: 2004/10/11 Mon PM 12:22:05 EST
> To: "Sharifi, Reza" <Reza.Sharifi@gd-ns.com>
> CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: GBIC Rumor...
>
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 12:04:46PM -0400, Sharifi, Reza wrote:
> > Group,
> >
> > A rumor I would like to qualify or invalidate. The rumor states that
Cisco
> > devices running IOS 12.2.3 (I may have the version wrong) and higher
will
> > check to ensure that chassis GBICs used are of CISCO origin. It is said
that
> > it checks an EPROM chip on the GBIC to determine this. While all of
Cisco's
> > documentation states that CISCO GBICs should be utilized in CISCO
chassis,
> > realistically third party GBICs are a common way to reduce costs without
> > losing functionality. If the rumor is true, it will become a great
concern
> > for many customers. Your comments are appreciated
>
> The rumor unfortunately is quite true and further aggravates service
provider
> customers / end-users like myself. Does nothing but increasing our hatred
> toward Cisco and look for other vendors --- and wait, Extreme Networks
just
> started doing it too! :P
>
> Smarter folks with more clue understand that router vendors like Cisco are
> reselling optics for 10x-100x the price they can be actually purchased
for.
> But as clearly obvious, it is the job of the vendor to rape the customers
out of
> the most buck they can. We start to get extremely aggravated when vendors
> suddenly remove our choice in the market by locking down GBIC/SFP mods
with
> vendor ID for no reason other than to force customers into paying more
money.
>
> With that being said, please feel free to hack EPROM in your SFP gbic's at
> will :P
>
> -J
>
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