We have some FS optics in Zhone equipment. Works better than the original and has stronger output. However there is one catch: after a reboot zhone recognise that the optics are not original and refuse to bring the ports online. You then have to swap in an original optic to activate the port. Afterwards you can swap back to the FS optics. Needless to say, this creates a situation if you ever experience interruption of power... My optics are maybe 2 years old so maybe FS managed to clone the vendor id better later. We dropped zhone as vendor, so I don't care too much anymore. Regards Baldur man. 6. jan. 2020 17.09 skrev Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>:
What is the vendor-lock scene like in the world of OLT optics? Is it as bad as Ethernet optics? If it exists, is there actually a good reason for it (other than money)?
Have any of you tried third-party optics in Zhone gear?
Have any of you tried FS OLT optics in anything but ZTE and Huawei?
FS says their optics only work in ZTE\Huawei, but their own customer reviews have at least one other person saying it worked fine in their Zhone device.
I'm sure I'll get people saying that for something so important, one should only deploy first-party optics, regardless of the cost. Zhone's pricing isn't bad at all.... but if there's effectively no difference, then you might as well buy the cheaper one.
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