[c-nsp] Non-Cisco Gbic

[Hank Nussbacher]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:

> We had the following 3 different cases with non-Cisco GBICs.
>
> GBICs working fine in 6500s, but not working in 7200s.
> GBICs working fine on 7200s, although they appear as unknown type under GE.
> GBICs not working at all.
>
> In other words: if you find a GBIC that works, stick with it ;)
>
> PS: The ones made by Finisar had the best results for us...

We had a Finisar ZX fail.  Then again, we only realized it was a Finisar
and not Cisco original when we pulled it out.  And we ordered "Cisco
original equipment".  No answer yet who pulled the switcheroo on us -
Cisco EMEA or Cisco's Gold Partner. :-)

-Hank

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> Tassos