[c-nsp] Catalyst 2970 and third-party SFPs

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Adam Rothschild wrote:

> ...which would seem inconsistent with such a lock at a minimum, and
> possibly bordering on false advertising, if this is indeed the case.
> So, I'm hoping that's not it.

Yes, it is. Cisco has vendor locking on SFPs and Xenpaks, whereas GBICs 
are free (even though I have heard rumours of ZX being locked on some 
platforms).
 
> Anybody out there who's run into this issue before, or is otherwise in
> a position to shed some light on the situation?

I take every chance to complain to my reps regarding this. Cisco is now 
pretty much alone in the business with this policy. The reason for it is 
that the markup on reselling SFPs is excellent, they're making a lot of 
money off of this policy.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se