[c-nsp] SFP-10G-LRM in Nexus 5000

[Crist J. Clark]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:50:10PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> On 14/09/2015 21:03, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> > We're obviously looking at getting new optics, but we're wondering
> > why what we have works and if it still isn't possible to get
> > the Nexus 5548 and Cat 6880X links to behave better.
> 
> these symptoms sound like electronic dispersion compensation problems.  Are
> you using mode conditioning patches at each end of the link?
> 
> You would be better off biting the bullet and installing single-mode
> cabling plant for 10G infrastructure if you're going outside the range of
> standard 10G-SR.  MMF is pure pain for longer runs.
> 
> Nick

We are running all of this over SMF.
-- 
Crist J. Clark