[188242] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SFP Cost Variation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?utf-8?q?J=C3=B6rg?= Kost)
Sat Mar 12 14:55:32 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: "=?utf-8?q?J=C3=B6rg?= Kost" <jk@ip-clear.de>
To: "Nicholas Warren" <nwarren@barryelectric.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:38:42 +0100
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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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
> part
> number can be found on places like amazon for $30-$40. What is the
> difference in them? Why would I buy them from a place like CDW with
> what
> appears 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
