[AusNOG] Cisco Compatible SFP's

[Mitch Kelly]

Hi Mark,

That sounds more like a Equipment issue rather than the SFP's Perhaps just
compatibility or power regulation to the SFP. Having 4 SFP's Fail at the
same time is highly unlikely even if they are FS. SFP's are Pretty basic
devices with a simple IC, generally a PIC for the ID and Optical Driver
IC's. There isnt much that can fail.

Ive used Codecom, FS and Genuine and have only had a handful of issues
(Usually with the Genuine), Most of the issues being Equipment rather than
the SFP itself.

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:32 PM Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It’s less a case of 1-in-a-million and more about statistical likelihood
> of failure.
>
> Cheaper price = lower quality, it’s a case of when not if you’ll encounter
> a failure and if that’s acceptable to your business.
> If you’re prepared to have spares, prepared to see a link fail and can
> have it replaced in a reasonable time, that’s an acceptable risk.
> If any of the above isn’t acceptable, you make a more reliable choice.
>
> - Tim
>
> > On 28 Jun 2023, at 14:14, Mark Caetano <mark at mc.id.au> wrote:
> >
> > What sealed the deal for me was sitting on the floor of a DC to replace
> a dodgy (new) 10G-LR and feeding an entire tray into this chassis, and
> every one of them belching errors instantly. Scheduling midnight outages to
> replace 4x failed SFP’s spread across Sydney that we were assured were a
> “new and better quality” batch just rubbed salt in the wound.
> >
> > The aftersales support was pretty lacklustre even after demonstrating
> many many failures. It gets to a point when you need to remember you’re
> running a network, not a charity, and if they’re not up to par, there’s no
> “giving them a chance”
> >
> > We also had a decent cross-section of 100G-LR’ and ER’s all faulty very
> early on before we just decided to return all of our stock to their
> warehouse.
> >
> > Codecom actually trust that a field tech/neteng know what they’re
> talking about when they say an optic is cooked, and send RMA without making
> you run through bullshit hoops. That, and Purcell will always take your
> call and endeavour to help where they can.
> >
> > That being said, FS uniboots are still the best patch leads.
> >
> > ---
> > Regards,
> > Mark Caetano
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On 28 Jun 2023, at 13:56, Shane Chrisp <shane at 2000cn.com.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 28/6/23 10:06, Chris Brown wrote:
> >>
> >> Have to mention another good supplier is Simple Tech APAC
> https://www.simpletech.com.au/. We have been using their modules for more
> than 10 years and have never had a faulty one yet.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Shane Chrisp
> >> 2000 Computers & Networks Pty Ltd
> >> U8, 19 Outram St, West Perth, WA 6005
> >> Ph 08 6298 7391 Fx 08 6298 7393
> >> Mb 0412 409 856
> >> Email shane at 2000cn.com.au
> >> Web http://www.2000cn.com.au
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> Who do we use and trust for Cisco Compatible SFPs? I'm looking for
> some 1000Base-LX and the cisco price is completely crazy compared to the
> likes of FS who just seem too cheap but also have quick dispatch stock.
> >>>
> >>> This is for floor switches with redundancy so its not super critical.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>
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