Re: SFP DOM SNMP Polling?

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

Seems bogus to me. I can't imagine why realtime stats would be in flash rather than RAM. In fact, that can't be the 
case: they have to update the stats many more times per second than SNMP would poll them. 

 -mel beckman

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 6:33 AM, Tim Durack <tdurack () gmail com> wrote:
>
> I have a vendor that does not support SFP DOM SNMP polling. They state this
> is due to EEPROM read life cycle. Constant reads will damage the SFP.
>
> We SNMP poll SFP DOM from Cisco equipment without issue.
>
> Not heard this one before. Trying to see if there is some validity to the
> statement. Thoughts?
>
> Tim:>