[j-nsp] Twinax direct attach cables coming loose?

[Morgan McLean]

Failures?

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Brent Jones <brent at brentrjones.com> wrote:

> We have not been entirely happy with Juniper DAC cables so far. From
> compatibility issues to quality of the cables themselves.
> Luckily, they are fairly inexpensive to keep a bucket of spares.
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Morgan McLean <wrx230 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is anybody having issues with twinax / DAC cables from juniper staying
> > secure? We run redundant L2 links just about everywhere so this hasn't
> > caused down time, but at least 7-8 times I've had a link to a switch go
> > down, usually at our core, and we barely nudge it inward and the link
> comes
> > back up.
> >
> > I like the DAC cables but I'm starting to get a little nervous with them
> > being so sensitive. Its going between EX3300 switches and the 40 port
> 10gig
> > card for the 8208.
> >
> > Anyone else experience this? Any solutions?
> >
> > Morgan
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> Brent Jones
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