Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* lane () laneandmimi com (Lane Patterson) writes:
> > Can't wait until more routers start to incorporate inline optical
> > power readings in "show interface" commands the way Procket did :-)

* deepak () ai net (Deepak Jain) adds:
> Don't SFPs provide this sort of optical digital diagnostics?

Yes, but hardly any vendor provides ways to extract this highly useful
information from the hardware.

I think the Cat6.5k does.  The Foundry MG8 shows you the serial #'s of
inserted SFPs and XENPAKs in `show media'; useful in a different way.


        -- Niels.