[c-nsp] alternatives to Cisco's SFPs

[nick hatch]

Throwing in my two-cents...

I've always had surprisingly good luck on third-party SFPs. Recently I
replaced a 1000BaseZX Cisco GBIC transceiver with an ACP-EP no-name SFP
replacement. It was a bit of a leap of faith (less than 10% of the Cisco
price), so I treated it as an experiment, assumed that the optical
performance might not be ideal, and double-checked the link budget before
moving forward. In the months that followed, it has proved reliable.

I'd be interested to hear any tips when sourcing cheaper optics: even
finding a reliable data sheet for many manufacturers proved near impossible.

-Nick

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Inca <tincan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have good experience with non-Cisco SFPs? In particular,
> we're trying to look for lower cost alternatives to GLC-T (or
> SFP-GE-T), GLC-SX-MM (SFP-GE-S) and  GLC-LH-SM (SFP-GE-L). Also, any
> problem with using non-Cisco SFPs (even after enabling "service
> unsupported-transceiver")?
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
> _______________________________________________
> cisco-nsp mailing list  cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp
> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
>