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

[Tim Durack]

Second that. The more people buy 3rd party (coded if you want) the better.
Vendors only listen to sales.

On Tuesday, November 19, 2013, Jared Mauch wrote:

>
> On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > On 19/11/2013 13:54, Christina Klam wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Can't say I'm surprised.  If Cisco is going to do stupid customer-hating
> > stuff like locking transceivers, they ought to expect to shoot themselves
> > in the foot from time to time.  Pity that it's the customers who end
> taking
> > the bullet though.
>
> The failure of Cisco to support their own first party optics correctly is
> a significant problem we have faced.  We’ve done many rounds with them on
> this topic and it’s not gone well for them.  The optics folks have been
> borderline arrogant and ignorant of the software-side problems that exist.
>
> My suggestion: Speak with your wallet and discontinue purchasing them.
>  You can save lots of $$$.  When you type “show” commands on a device, make
> sure you map them back to the SFF-8472 MSA fields.  If the software
> platform doesn’t display all of them, insist it’s basic support of the
> optics and their optics and software are substandard.
>
> Regarding Twinax cables.  You really shouldn’t need these as the optics
> are fairly inexpensive via 3rd party, and you can use a fiber cable for
> “cheap” as well.
>
> Look at places like monoprice, champion one, osihardware and many others
> out there. Most places have better warranty support than Cisco with paid
> support in my experience.
>
> - Jared
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Tim:>