[c-nsp] ASR-1K and 3rd party sfps

[Charles Sprickman]

On Apr 23, 2014, at 12:39 AM, Mike Hale wrote:

> We've seen really weird behavior with third party SFPs in the past.
> NHR has been surprisingly solid for us across all out platforms so far
> *knock on wood*.
> 
> We've got some Finisar-branded SFPs in our ASR which work nicely (but
> that's expected since Finisar is the OEM, IIRC, for Cisco's SFPs).
> 
> Actually...check this out.
> 
> https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/11445646/advice-needed-cisco-asr-1002-routers-sfps
> 
> The GLC-T don't appear to be supported on first glance.  The GE-T are.
>  Since your vendor calls them GLC-T (even though they claim to be
> GE-T), that might be your issue?

I suspect you nailed it.  The sticker says GLC-T, the idprom (or perhaps this is something IOS is generating based on some other properties of the GBIC) says "GE-T":

Transceiver Type:                         = GE T (26)

Of course it also claims the connector is an LC (or "LC."), which is beyond nonsensical:

Connector type                            = LC.

Vendor is supposed to be shipping something out to replace it, not sure what yet.

I promise to follow-up for the archives when I've got something that works.

Thanks,

Charles

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> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 7:17 PM, CiscoNSP List
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>> Ive got some ASR1006's with SPA-5X1GE with NHR Gb copper SFP's that work fine....dont have any 1002-X's to test sorry.
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