Yep I would figure out the failure mode for future reference, maybe end face damage?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 7:10 AM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > Maybe I should go pull it out of the garbage and put the VFL on it to > see if there's anything > > On 9/23/2021 9:05 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > We had one do that in a splice case a few weeks back. Just decided to > break all by itself. Maybe temperature or vibrations did it. Very visible > fault with the VFL. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Sep 23, 2021, at 7:56 AM, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > >> > >> If I didn't diagnose it, I wouldn't have believed it. 1M SM fiber > Patch cable installed in a rack between router and a switch. Link went > down at exactly noon. Router had no link, switch showed link. Replaced > both SFP's with no change. Reversed patch cable and link came up. Put > back to original, no link. Threw that cable in the garbage and put in a > new one. I have a camera looking at the front of this rack. Nothing moved > when the link went down, I can see the link light turn off on the router > when it failed. > >> > >> I never would have believed a fiber patch cable would just up and fail > with no external force. > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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