[c-nsp] GLC-LH-SM vs SFP-GE-L

[Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:41:04 +0000, you wrote:

>> We have also been using Cisco-coded transceivers for years, and haven't
>> had significantly worse failure rate on those than on optics purchased
>> from Cisco. YMMV.

> Not surprising really,considering they're probably exactly the same
> hardware (bar an EEPROM label/value) maybe even from the same factory
> :-)

Some of them are perfectly fine. You can get something from quality
brands, which are at least as good as 'Cisco' (but still cheaper)...
probably because they are who OEMs the 'Cisco' SFPs.

But other pluggables (the Chinese copies?) really are crap, and in my
experience if you get something labeled <whatever> and coded Cisco, it
is a lot more likely to be Chinese copy crap than if you get something
from a quality brand.

But YMMV.

-A