[j-nsp] QFX3500 optics lock?

[Chuck Anderson]

On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 01:26:19PM -0500, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
> We just received our first QFX3500s, and contrary to what the Juniper
> SE told us, they will not work with non-Juniper optics.  Is there some
> clever, undocumented means of using third-party optics in these
> switches?  JTAC says it will "never" be compatible with non-Juniper
> SFP+.  Right now it looks like we will be sending them all back and
> going with another vendor.  Glad I wasted my time doing Q&A with the
> sales engineer.. :/

That's nuts.  What if you have a different vendor at the other end of
a Direct Attach Copper SFP+ cable assembly that does the same thing?