[j-nsp] SFP Compatibility

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 04:46:13PM -0500, Eric Van Tol wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is anyone using Transition Networks' SFPs in their Junipers?  If so,
> have you had any problems with them?  I'm looking at possibly using the
> TN-SFP-LX12
> (http://www.transition.com/TransitionNetworks/Products2/Product.aspx?ID=
> 26601&CategoryName=tnsfp) and I'd like to know if it works.  I'm not
> aware of Juniper imposing 'err-disable'-like "features" yet on their
> SFP-based GE PICs, but you never know.

Much to their credit, Juniper plays no vendor locking games with optics. 

The worst you'll get is NON-JNPR instead of a part number in show chassis 
hardware, like so:

    Xcvr 0                NON-JNPR     K6S00Y5           XFP-10G-LR

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