[c-nsp] 4GE-SFP-LC and CWDM SFP problem

[Niels den Otter]

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Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) wrote:
> Emanuel Popa <> wrote on Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:32 PM:
>> We have installed in our network a 4GE-SFP-LC engine 3 linecard in a
>> 12008 GSR. We wanted to use one CWDM-SFP-1470 with this inecard.
>> Unfortunately we were not able to do that:
>> [...] 
>>
>> Does anybody have any idea why this is happening? I haven't been able
>> to find in the Cisco knowledgebase any of the error messages above.
>> And I couldn't find any document to say that CWDM optics would not
>> work with 4GE-SFP-LC.
> 
> I think CWDM SFP's on GSR requires 12.0(32)S..

or IOS <= 12.0(26)S1 (unsupported). We have requested support for this
for a long time and got several indications that it would become
available in 12.0(28)Sx also, but not so far unfortunately.

ar5.leiden1#sh ver
[...]
IOS (tm) GS Software (GSR-K4P-M), Version 12.0(26)S1, EARLY DEPLOYMENT
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
[...]
GigabitEthernet11/3 is up, line protocol is up
[...]
  Full-duplex mode, link type is autonegotiation, media type is CWDM-1470





- -- Niels
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