[106023] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Managed, cheap, DC power switches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Thu Jul 17 16:16:16 2008
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:16:09 -0700
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20080717200517.GF7772@cgi.jachomes.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
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.
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Seth Mattinen sethm@rollernet.us
Roller Network LLC
