23 Jun
2025
23 Jun
'25
3:52 p.m.
Thanks for the info there, I hadn't seen OPS's when I was looking. My almost workaround was a 50:50 optical tap, but without backup power it seemed to only complicate the solution for such a minor gain On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:
On 6/23/25 17:40, Kevin Shymkiw via NANOG wrote:
- Only available in Copper. - You can't FTW optical since you need an OEO conversion
An OPS (optical protection switch) can continue to pass light in the event of power failure. The only issue is the last state gets locked in, so there won't be any failover in case the worker path dies, as that requires power.
Mark.