[c-nsp] Third party transceivers that fail only with new, NX-OS 6.2.2a on sup-2E

[Jeffrey G. Fitzwater]

Did you happen to try to overwrite a slot0:    file , even though this is unrelated to the transceiver issue.  In my case its just another bug with 6.2.2a on sup-2E.


Jeff
On Nov 19, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Christina Klam <cklam at ias.edu> wrote:

> Jeff,
> 
> They are plain ole N7K-SUP2 with N7K-M224XP-23L line cards.  I just
> accepted the fact that we will have to pay the Cisco tax.
> 
> Regards,
> Christina
> 
> On 11/19/2013 02:45 PM, Jeffrey G. Fitzwater wrote:
>> Christina, are you running on sup-2E ?   We are running many non-CISCO transceivers on nexus 7k running 6.1.3 but when I did the upgrade to 6.2.2a NO GOOD.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We also ran across issue with 6.2.2a on sup-2E that you cannot overwrite slot0: file.   Delete but no overwrite.  TAC case open.
>> 
>> Jeff
>> On Nov 19, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Christina Klam <cklam at ias.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Jeff,
>>> 
>>> We have been running 6.2(2) since the summer.  In the last six months, I
>>> had to return some third-party "Cisco compatible" twinax cables because
>>> they were "Invalid" on our M2s.  And, I just had to swap out some
>>> official Cisco SFP-10G-LR because they were "version 1" which also do
>>> not work with our M2 cards.
>>> 
>>> As it has been awhile since we ran 6.1 so I do not know if the issue
>>> began with 6.2 or not.
>>> 
>>> I do not know if this helps. But, I feel better after venting. :-)
>>> -- 
>>> Christina Klam
>>> Network Engineer
>>> Institute for Advanced Study
>>> Email:  cklam at ias.edu
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> 
> -- 
> Christina Klam
> Network Engineer
> Institute for Advanced Study
> Email:  cklam at ias.edu
> 
> Einstein Drive          Telephone: 609-734-8154
> Princeton, NJ 08540     Fax:  609-951-4418