[179122] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Experience Brocade ICX7750 and other vendor SFP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt)
Wed Apr 1 04:52:21 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:50:30 +0200
From: "i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt" <martijnschmidt@i3d.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Hello=2C
Brandon Martin=3Clists=2Enanog=40monmotha=2Enet=3E =2C 31/3/2015 10=3A07 PM=
=3A
I=27m not sure where the VDX line ends up in this=2E It=27s apparently=
somewhat the result of actually merging the two technology lines=2C
and it
runs somewhat different software as a result=2E
The VDX was AFAIK already in development before Brocade bought Foundry=2C=
which is further backed up by the fact that in e=2Eg=2E FlexOptix=27s
transceiver re-programming tool you have to select a =22Brocade Storage=22=
firmware for those transceivers rather than the =22Brocade IP=22 firmware=
used for Foundry-like gear=2E It is however true that Brocade has since
ported over a lot of Foundry features to the VDX platform=2E
As for optics=3A it will work well =28read=3A interface comes up and passes=
traffic=29 with most other-vendor transceivers even if you don=27t
re-program=2C but like the Foundry-lineage kit you lose light level
monitoring when the firmware doesn=27t match=2E
Best regards=2C
Martijn Schmidt
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