[c-nsp] Will UDLD work with converters ?

[Marian Ďurkovič]

On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:24:05 +0100, Zoe O'Connell wrote
> Nick Hilliard wrote:
> > Also, bear in mind that not all c65k ports support reading DDM info
> > from SFPs.  SUP720 cards will, as will later hardware revisions of the
> > 6724sfp blades.

*Beware*, in SXI train, there's again a nasty IOS lock on 6724 cards:

>show inte gi 3/1 transceiver
DOM is not supported on this linecard

It's really odd that things that finally work as expected are again being
disabled in software for no reason.

> It's worth noting that while the restriction on optics in general is
> just annoying, the DOM restrictions do seem to be there for a reason: I
> have a number of non-Cisco optics reporting DOM data that's obviously
> incorrect

You get what you've paid for. If you're buying noname greymarket crap, DOM might
be broken. With any decent SFP manufacturer, it works just fine.

    With kind regards,

         M.