Re: Third Party SFP - unsupported-transceiver

I think cisco devices know when a non cisco sfp is inserted and it doesn't like it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hadrava <lhadrava_at_ipexpert.com>

Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:21:09
To: Kim Teu - Amitabha<kim.teu_at_gmail.com>
Cc: John Edom<jedom123_at_gmail.com>; Cisco certification<ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: Third Party SFP - unsupported-transceiver

I have run into some problems with firmware issues on 3rd party SFP's not
being fully compatible.

Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Kim Teu - Amitabha <kim.teu_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Make sure the third party SFP has warranty and reliable. We bought some
> cheap ones in the past. We have been switching out those junk with the
> Cisco ones....
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:08 AM, John Edom <jedom123_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I can use third party sfp with cisco switch using command "service
> > unsupported-transceiver" but i wanna know if something wrong in use of
> sfp
> > in this way? Can i encounter any problem in future and someone faced any
> > issue because of this forced method?
> >
> > Need your comments
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