[c-nsp] Non-Cisco Gbic

[Michael K. Smith]

On 4/5/06 3:46 PM, "Mark Rogaski" <wendigo at pobox.com> wrote:

> An entity claiming to be Voll, Scott (Scott.Voll at wesd.org) wrote:
> : Will a non-cisco gbic work in a 7204 vxr G1 with 12.3(6f) code?  Is
> : there a special command to make it work?
> : 
> 
> We had problems with third party GBIC's and were told that CIsco doesn't
> support their use.
> 
> Mark

There are hooks in various switching platforms for disabling the GBIC check
but I don't think it made it into the router platforms.  I'm not even sure
the router cares.  

Are you sure it's a matter of the GBIC not being recognized versus having a
bad GBIC or a misconfigured interface?  Have you tested the interface config
with a Cisco GBIC or another non-Cisco GBIC?  Tested light levels?  Etc.
etc.?

Regards,

Mike