Has anyone used an Allied Telesyn SFP in a Cisco switch ? I see that SFP is a standard but I don't have experience with this material yet. The idea was to use an Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10 in a Cisco 3750.
Allied Telesyn AT-SPLX10
10km, 1000BaseLX, Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Module
Although the functionality of SFPs is industry standard, each one has a serial number in it, and if I recall correctly Cisco 3750's check the serial numbers and only allow Cisco equipment.
Possibly the 3750 does not do this check for SFPs: the discussions I have seen were more about GBICs... which are also supposed to be industry standard [but aren't really].
The datasheet at the link you provided indicated that the SFP would work with "Allied Telesyn compatible equipment".
Thank you both. We decided to buy the Cisco SFP (82% more expensive than the Allied Telesyn). Mostly because this SFP will be installed at the other end of the connection in a switch that doesn't belong to us and the people there might get nervous using undocumented commands, etc...
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The only relevant thing I found in that page was:
"Error Message C4K_CHASSIS-4-UNSUPPORTEDTRANSCEIVER: Unsupported transceiver found in [char]
Explanation The transceiver was identified as an unsupported non-Cisco transceiver."
Did you mean something else ?
On another page I found the description of the undocumented command "service unsupported-transceiver":
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service unsupported-transceiver config IOS
Enables the use of third-party SFP or GBIC modules on Cisco switches but note the warning below.
Example output:
Switch(config)#service unsupported-transceiver Warning: When Cisco determines that a fault or defect can be traced to the use of third-party transceivers installed by a customer or reseller, then, at Cisco's discretion, Cisco may withhold support under warranty or a Cisco support program. In the course of providing support for a Cisco networking product Cisco may require that the end user install Cisco transceivers if Cisco determines that removing third-party parts will assist Cisco in diagnosing the cause of a support issue.
You mean to use one OR the other command, right ?
I have also seen this comment:
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:hiujBlDyTb0J:puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/2004-January/008021.html+%22no+errdisable+detect+cause+gbic-invalid%22&hl=pt-PT&gl=pt&ct=clnk&cd=3 : Several people have reported success with non Cisco SFPs purchased : from Zycko.
I don't know if this is due to Zycko doing something to the SFPs or simply including in the assembling instructions the command(s) above.
Hi friends there is a good news. Recently i was working in industrial project & i found that Allied Telesys switches accepts dlink & netgear sfp modules & works very good. Dlink & netgear sfp modules are 50% cost than Allied Telesys sfp. So it is helpfull *
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