[c-nsp] CWDM GBICs in Cat 6509?

Deepak Jain deepak at ai.net
Thu Aug 26 15:54:10 EDT 2004


Second part of your question is that as long as you can do an 
err-disable, you should be fine with third party GBICs in the 6500. 
5000s I don't even think have the vendor specific code. I could be wrong.

Deepak Jain wrote:

> 
> MRV sells a full range of colors of GBICs I think.
> DJ
> 
> Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> 
>> I am looking for any feedback, regarding compatibility of third-party 
>> CWDM
>> GBIC's in Catalyst 6509 or 5000 switches.
>>
>> So far, I've looked at vendors like Finisar (but they only have two 
>> colors
>> at this time) and Fiberdyne (they aren't aware of anyone using 6500's).
>>
>> Any input would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
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