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OT: GBIC compatibility and pricing (was Managed, cheap, DC power switches)
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:31:44 -0400
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 01:16:09PM -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote:
Jay R. Ashworth wrote:For what it's worth, I gave the sales rep what-for about the price, and he gave it back to me, telling me that ProCurve switches will only accept ProCurve(-compatible) SFP GBICs, which cost more, both because they're compatible, and because they're SFP.Recent ProCurve switches only accept "rev B" modules; I have a new-ish switch that won't accept a pile of Finisar optics that did work in older HP switches. I don't know what the difference between "rev B" and older ones are, though.
Specifically, that rep (Bill Billings) told me that a *firware upgrade* broke compatibility with the old GBICs, which *originally* worked, and he ended up eating nearly 300 of them at one point. But we're probably off topic now. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Josef Stalin)
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