Allied Telesyn SFP in a Cisco switch ?
Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro
Has anyone used an Allied Telesyn SFP in a Cisco switch ?
I see that SFP is a standard but I don't have experience with this
material yet. The idea was to use an Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10 in a
Cisco 3750.
Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10
10km, 1000BaseLX, Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Module
http://www.alliedtelesyn.com.pt/pt-pt/products/cat/product.asp?cid=0&fid=0&pid=830&area=image
Thanks in advance
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Walter Roberson
Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <r...@koala.mat.uc.pt> wrote:
>Has anyone used an Allied Telesyn SFP in a Cisco switch ?
>I see that SFP is a standard but I don't have experience with this
>material yet. The idea was to use an Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10 in a
>Cisco 3750.
It -probably- will not work.
Although the functionality of SFPs is industry standard, each one has a
serial number in it, and if I recall correctly Cisco 3750's check the
serial numbers and only allow Cisco equipment.
Possibly the 3750 does not do this check for SFPs: the discussions
I have seen were more about GBICs... which are also supposed to be
industry standard [but aren't really].
The datasheet at the link you provided indicated that the
SFP would work with "Allied Telesyn compatible equipment".
Arnold Nipper
According to a recent discussion on cisc...@puck.nether.net it should
be possible to use 3rd party equipment. However read
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/products_qanda_item09186a00801b0971.shtml
first
Use
service unsupported-transciever
no errdisable detect cause gbic-invalid
to allow 3rd party SFPs to work.
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Arnold Nipper, AN45
Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro
> On 10.03.2006 16:09 Walter Roberson wrote
Thank you both. We decided to buy the Cisco SFP (82% more expensive than
the Allied Telesyn). Mostly because this SFP will be installed at the
other end of the connection in a switch that doesn't belong to us and
the people there might get nervous using undocumented commands, etc...
> > In article <durlad$esg$1...@koala.mat.uc.pt>,
> > Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <r...@koala.mat.uc.pt> wrote:
> >>Has anyone used an Allied Telesyn SFP in a Cisco switch ?
> > Although the functionality of SFPs is industry standard, each one has a
> > serial number in it, and if I recall correctly Cisco 3750's check the
> > serial numbers and only allow Cisco equipment.
> According to a recent discussion on cisc...@puck.nether.net it should
> be possible to use 3rd party equipment. However read
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/products_qanda_item09186a00801b0971.shtml
> first
The only relevant thing I found in that page was:
"Error Message C4K_CHASSIS-4-UNSUPPORTEDTRANSCEIVER: Unsupported
transceiver found in [char]
Explanation The transceiver was identified as an unsupported
non-Cisco transceiver."
Did you mean something else ?
On another page I found the description of the undocumented command
"service unsupported-transceiver":
http://www.elemental.net/~lf/undoc/#d0e3221
service unsupported-transceiver config IOS
Enables the use of third-party SFP or GBIC modules on Cisco switches
but note the warning below.
Example output:
Switch(config)#service unsupported-transceiver
Warning: When Cisco determines that a fault or defect can be traced to
the use of third-party transceivers installed by a customer or reseller,
then, at Cisco's discretion, Cisco may withhold support under warranty or
a Cisco support program. In the course of providing support for a Cisco
networking product Cisco may require that the end user install Cisco
transceivers if Cisco determines that removing third-party parts will
assist Cisco in diagnosing the cause of a support issue.
> Use
> service unsupported-transciever
> no errdisable detect cause gbic-invalid
You mean to use one OR the other command, right ?
> to allow 3rd party SFPs to work.
I have also seen this comment:
: Several people have reported success with non Cisco SFPs purchased
: from Zycko.
I don't know if this is due to Zycko doing something to the SFPs
or simply including in the assembling instructions the command(s) above.
http://www.zycko.com/networking/home/home.asp
Sourya
>
>
>
> Hello
>
> Has anyone used an Allied Telesyn SFP in a Cisco switch ?
> I see that SFP is a standard but I don\'t have experience with this
> material yet. The idea was to use an Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10 in a
> Cisco 3750.
>
> Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10
> 10km, 1000BaseLX, Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Module
>
http://www.alliedtelesyn.com.pt/pt-pt/products/cat/product.asp?cid=0&fid=0&pid=830&area=image
>
> Thanks in advance
>
project & i found that Allied Telesys switches accepts dlink & netgear sfp
modules & works very good. Dlink & netgear sfp modules are 50% cost than
Allied Telesys sfp. So it is helpfull *
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