Hi Joe,
How did you know this? And I quote "Well, I have no direct experience with the 3560, but SFF-8472 is a spec that includes diagnosting monitoring of SFPs...". Really am I missing some secret search engine? Is google not the answer? Please do let me know because if it was from an online resource I want to know what it is.
Well, I was triggered by the SFF designation because I've been hacking SFP transceivers in my spare time... with the huge price markups on transceivers by the big vendors, it's getting more interesting to buy quality SFPs and alter the ID strings in a way that they are recognized as "genuine Cisco" of "genuine HP". Googling for SFF8472 will also get you hits (eg a great PDF at ftp.seagate.com), but they might not seem relevant at first glance :)
Thanks again for the response... you solved my problem.
Good to hear and you're welcome :) Regards, Jeroen van Ingen ICT Service Centre University of Twente, P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands