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Re: sfp "computer"?
From: Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:42:06 +0300
On 21 October 2015 at 21:01, Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com> wrote: Hey Dave,
These have been around for a while and looked awesome. http://www.rad.com/10/Ethernet-Demarcation-SFP/24944/ There was a great ad for it to, not sure if it was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMfi4NqlpRs
Based on Baldur's original message, it seems he is aware of these, but he wants SFP where the control-plane is exposed to him to do what ever he pleases there. I know Huawei has router-in-SFP called 'ATOM', unsure if it's VRP based or something smaller, but I don't think it meets Baldur's use-case either. There is clearly nothing stopping from having general purpose PC on SFP, but there may be insufficient demand. I'm sure if you'll order 1000 of them, someone will make them in non-terrible price. Another SFP+ I'd be interested is, is subrate SFP+, which turns your 10GE port into 10/100/1000 port. Very annoying if after upgrade cycle, for that one port in pop, you need to chain additional switch. I think for this subrate SFP+ there would be market which would justify ordering some volume of them. -- ++ytti
Current thread:
- Re: sfp "computer"?, (continued)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Ray Wong (Oct 15)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Hicks, Byron (Oct 18)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Jerry Jones (Oct 16)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Jason Biel (Oct 16)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Colton Conor (Oct 19)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Anhost (Oct 19)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Chip Marshall (Oct 19)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Saku Ytti (Oct 20)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Andriy Bilous (Oct 21)
- Re: sfp "computer"? Saku Ytti (Oct 21)