Re: Programmable SFP+ Transcievers

[Ashley Kitto <Ashley.Kitto () nominum com>]

I haven’t had to actually reprogram any, but have a bunch of flexoptics modules preprogrammed for Arista which have 
been working great. Very easy people to deal with, and yes, candy. :>

Ashley Kitto
Nominum

> On Jan 22, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Matthew Crocker <matthew () corp crocker com> wrote:
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> https://www.flexoptix.net/en/ will give you a programmer on your first order if you post something about it on social 
> media.    They also send some candy with every order :)
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> I’ve had very good luck with Flexoptics for SFP, SFP+ & XFP,  Juniper, Cisco, HP all work perfectly.
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> Matthew Crocker
> President - Crocker Communications, Inc.
> Managing Partner - Crocker Telecommunications, LLC
> E: matthew () corp crocker com
> E: matthew () crocker com
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> > On Jan 22, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:
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> > Freddy,
> >
> > So are you saying if you order enough from Fiberstore.com they will give
> > you a programmer? That seems like the best solution.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Frederik Kriewitz <frederik () kriewitz eu>
> > wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > What options are out there for re-programmable SFP and SFP+ transceivers?
> > > > So far I have found both
> > > > https://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox-v3-transceiver-programmer.html and
> > > http://solid-optics.com/tools/multi-fiber-tool/so-multi-fiber-tool-id1768.html
> > > > Is there anything else out there? Any opinions on these two companies?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I believe they both require you to use their SFPs in order to program
> > > them,
> > > > but I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > You're right, both companies programmers only work with their own
> > > transceiver.
> > > We've some transceivers from FlexOptix including the FlexBoxv3. We
> > > never had a problem with them. They have very good engineers.
> > > From the pricing SolidOptics list prices are better than FlexOptics,
> > > but just talk to them and see if they can meet your pricing
> > > requirements.
> > > In our case we ended up with FlexOptix but we're only ordering there
> > > when we need something urgent (same/next day).
> > > Otherwise we're buying directly from China (Fiberstore). Neither Solid
> > > Optics or FlexOptix could beat their prices. We're buying all the
> > > expensive stuff stuff and larger quantities from them. So far we never
> > > had a problem with them either. After reaching a sales volume of 30000
> > > USD they will give you a programmer for their transceivers too.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Freddy

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