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Re: MSA’s and network architecture
From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 10:29:59 +0200
On 5/18/22 08:39, Saku Ytti wrote:
We could also add an explanation to our proposals for the acronym. :) In your fair proposal, MSA is related to network architecture as a way to standardise pluggable (optics). But as always standards are incomplete, ambiguous and do not guarantee interoperability, so it will take some time for industry to decide what is 'correct' interpretation of MSA. Implying when you buy early in life cycle new optics, you may want to source more carefully and test, compared to buying later in life cycle sourcing pluggables anywhere with 0 testing is relatively low risk.
Unless you are truly desperate and/or happy to get stuck in vendor-land, always wise to be slightly behind the curve when it comes to optics.
Mark.
Current thread:
- MSA’s and network architecture Martin Hannigan (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Mark Tinka (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Martin Hannigan (May 18)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Saku Ytti (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Saku Ytti (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Mark Tinka (May 18)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Saku Ytti (May 18)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Saku Ytti (May 17)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Mark Tinka (May 18)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG (May 18)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Mark Tinka (May 20)
- Re: MSA’s and network architecture Mark Tinka (May 17)