Re: Brocade unsupported transceiver?

[Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <bengelly () gmail com>]

Yes, and they (old hardware plateformes) support only passive DAC. I remember being bitten by this at the time.

Tangent : hum 🤔... doesn’t seem normal to me. Maybe a bug ?!?

Best regards.



> Le 21 mars 2018 à 23:36, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> a écrit :
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> No one knows of such a command and apparently the VDX line is finicky with what passive DACs they'll work with. I 
> just ordered more of the ones I know that work. 
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> Tangent: Is it normal for these guys to still transmit light even when the interface is shut? 
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> From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 3:18:28 PM 
> Subject: Brocade unsupported transceiver? 
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> Anyone know if there is a command in Brocade NOS (4.x) to force the use of an unsupported transceiver? If so, what is 
> it? 
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> Mike Hammett 
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> Midwest-IX 
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