3rd party QSFP-100G-LR4-S for Cisco
Hey all, Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus? Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance. Does anyone have experience? Many thanks, Roy
FS.COM --Pete ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Ryugo Kikuchi <ringostarr0706@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 7:48:16 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: 3rd party QSFP-100G-LR4-S for Cisco Hey all, Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus? Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance. Does anyone have experience? Many thanks, Roy
I concur. Never bought Cisco 100G from them but the quality of the Juniper optics and other ancillary fibre stuff is great.
On 5 Jun 2018, at 20:58, Mitcheltree, Harold B <pete@ots.utsystem.edu> wrote:
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--Pete
________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Ryugo Kikuchi <ringostarr0706@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 7:48:16 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: 3rd party QSFP-100G-LR4-S for Cisco
Hey all,
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
Does anyone have experience?
Many thanks,
Roy
On 2018-05-29 13:48, Ryugo Kikuchi wrote:
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
FlexOptix (.net) are an excellent third-party provider for your first foray into non-vendor optics. Tom
We've been quite happy with https://www.osihardware.com The customer service is outstanding. --Andrey On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Tom Hill <tom@ninjabadger.net> wrote:
On 2018-05-29 13:48, Ryugo Kikuchi wrote:
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
FlexOptix (.net) are an excellent third-party provider for your first foray into non-vendor optics.
Tom
I can second OSI, been using them for years for Juni and Cisco-compatible optics and they've been absolutely fine. On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 9:31 AM Andrey Khomyakov <khomyakov.andrey@gmail.com> wrote:
We've been quite happy with https://www.osihardware.com The customer service is outstanding.
--Andrey
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 1:04 PM, Tom Hill <tom@ninjabadger.net> wrote:
On 2018-05-29 13:48, Ryugo Kikuchi wrote:
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
FlexOptix (.net) are an excellent third-party provider for your first foray into non-vendor optics.
Tom
-- Shawn
Ryugo Kikuchi wrote: Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus? Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
Try this one. I never ordered that particular model, but they are my prefered vendor for optics and cables. Happy with the company. https://www.fs.com/products/48355.html Michel. TSI Disclaimer: This message and any files or text attached to it are intended only for the recipients named above and contain information that may be confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not forward, copy, use or otherwise disclose this communication or the information contained herein. In the event you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message, and then delete all copies of it from your system. Thank you!...
Axiom Used variety of their sfps, twinax cables etc. Been rock solid On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 14:42 Ryugo Kikuchi <ringostarr0706@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all,
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
Does anyone have experience?
Many thanks,
Roy
Hi Ryugo, I’m Eric Litvin, CEO of Luma Optics. We sell 1000s of 100G LR4. Our price is $800.00 ( yes it’s true $800.00 for 100G-LR4). We can do this because we buy 1000s of LR4 at a time and do big volumes. Ours are open eeprom and we provide a device for free that enables you to flash the firmware and turn up the part in any network environment. I’ve been a Nanog member for a long time and have many member references if you’d like to consider us. Cheers, Eric Litvin Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2018, at 5:48 AM, Ryugo Kikuchi <ringostarr0706@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all,
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
Does anyone have experience?
Many thanks,
Roy
Thank all guys who responded me, It was really helpful for us, and we will pick up some models and try to evaluate those. Probably OSI, FS.COM, FlexOptics, and Finisar will be candidates, of course, other models sound great though. Thanks, Roy On 7 June 2018 at 11:56, Eric Litvin <eric@lumaoptics.net> wrote:
Hi Ryugo,
I’m Eric Litvin, CEO of Luma Optics. We sell 1000s of 100G LR4. Our price is $800.00 ( yes it’s true $800.00 for 100G-LR4). We can do this because we buy 1000s of LR4 at a time and do big volumes. Ours are open eeprom and we provide a device for free that enables you to flash the firmware and turn up the part in any network environment. I’ve been a Nanog member for a long time and have many member references if you’d like to consider us.
Cheers,
Eric Litvin
Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2018, at 5:48 AM, Ryugo Kikuchi <ringostarr0706@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all,
Does anyone have a recommended model of 3rd party's "QSFP-100G-LR4-S" for Cisco ASR and Nexus?
Cisco's original 100G SFP costs us an arm and a leg, so we want to try to use 3rd party 100g SFP. But we are not sure which manufacturer's SFP is reliable or has good performance.
Does anyone have experience?
Many thanks,
Roy
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