3rd Party Cisco CWDM GBICs?
Hi List, Cisco currently provides 8 lambdas for CWDM and we have a 10 lambda mux/de-mux system we want to make use of over a single fibre (5 data channels). The 1430 and 1450nm lambdas are dark and I was wondering if there are any 3rd party vendors out there that have produced Cisco compatible GBICs for these wavelengths. I have looked around and seen Finisar does make Cisco GBICs, but not in the 1430/1450 lambdas. Any help appreciated Aaron
From: Aaron Thomas <athomas@deltacable.com> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:52:46 -0800 To: 'nanog list' <nanog@merit.edu> Subject: 3rd Party Cisco CWDM GBICs?
Hi List,
Cisco currently provides 8 lambdas for CWDM and we have a 10 lambda mux/de-mux system we want to make use of over a single fibre (5 data channels). The 1430 and 1450nm lambdas are dark and I was wondering if there are any 3rd party vendors out there that have produced Cisco compatible GBICs for these wavelengths. I have looked around and seen Finisar does make Cisco GBICs, but not in the 1430/1450 lambdas.
Any help appreciated
Aaron
You might want to try MRV Communications, www.mrv.com. I think they also make units for Cisco. Mike
On 14.02.2005 20:52 Aaron Thomas wrote
Hi List,
Cisco currently provides 8 lambdas for CWDM and we have a 10 lambda mux/de-mux system we want to make use of over a single fibre (5 data channels). The 1430 and 1450nm lambdas are dark and I was wondering if there are any 3rd party vendors out there that have produced Cisco compatible GBICs for these wavelengths. I have looked around and seen Finisar does make Cisco GBICs, but not in the 1430/1450 lambdas.
Have a look at Optoway (http://www.optoway.com.tw/html/products/CWDM_GE.htm) I did not yet test their CWDM GBICs but I'm about to use their BiDI GBICs which come with great distance granularity and excellent price. Arnold -- Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany email: arnold@nipper.de phone/mobile: +49 172 2650958 fax: +49 6224 9259 333
Look into Finisar. I believe Finisar is the OEM for the Cisco CWDM GBIC's as they look identical (With the obvious exception of the label) They have 16 Lambda's available At 05:33 PM 2/14/2005, Arnold Nipper wrote:
On 14.02.2005 20:52 Aaron Thomas wrote
Hi List, Cisco currently provides 8 lambdas for CWDM and we have a 10 lambda mux/de-mux system we want to make use of over a single fibre (5 data channels). The 1430 and 1450nm lambdas are dark and I was wondering if there are any 3rd party vendors out there that have produced Cisco compatible GBICs for these wavelengths. I have looked around and seen Finisar does make Cisco GBICs, but not in the 1430/1450 lambdas.
Have a look at Optoway (http://www.optoway.com.tw/html/products/CWDM_GE.htm) I did not yet test their CWDM GBICs but I'm about to use their BiDI GBICs which come with great distance granularity and excellent price.
Arnold -- Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany email: arnold@nipper.de phone/mobile: +49 172 2650958 fax: +49 6224 9259 333
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