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Re: SFP Cost Variation
From: "Jörg Kost" <jk () ip-clear de>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:38:42 +0100
Its all about support under warranty.CDW is selling the original Brocade SFP. The amazon links only shows a compatible one. In most cases it will work, but if that tiny metal piece will break your freshly installed 20-x2 linecard, Brocade may not replace it. Also some of the cheaper optics may not support monitoring or diagnostic options.
You can also check the second market for an used original optic, if you want to save some budget.
Jörg On 9 Mar 2016, at 19:59, Nicholas Warren wrote:
Quick question for the experts.Why when looking at SFPs, some sites list them as $800 when the same partnumber can be found on places like amazon for $30-$40. What is thedifference in them? Why would I buy them from a place like CDW with whatappears to be a 2,000% markup. https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Brocade-SFP-mini-GBIC-transceiver-module-G igabit-Ethernet/1411743.aspx http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0076Q1CTY Thanks, Nich
Current thread:
- SFP Cost Variation Nicholas Warren (Mar 12)
- Re: SFP Cost Variation Josh Reynolds (Mar 12)
- Re: SFP Cost Variation Nick Hilliard (Mar 12)
- Re: SFP Cost Variation Edward Dore (Mar 12)
- Re: SFP Cost Variation Jörg Kost (Mar 12)
- Re: SFP Cost Variation Mike Hale (Mar 12)
- Re: SFP Cost Variation Josh Reynolds (Mar 12)