http://approvedoptics.com/ is a good starting point if you want correct vendor codes
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Vlade Ristevski <vrist...@ramapo.edu> wrote: > Sorry to get off topic, but is there a company that you can recommend? The > price of the Cisco single mode GLC-LH-SMD= is killing me. I see a bunch of > third party ones on Amazon and CDW but I'd to love to get my hands one > that has the correct vendor code without going and trying them all. > > > On 1/3/2014 7:48 AM, Ray Soucy wrote: > >> You actually buy brand-name SFP's? That's like buying the gold-plated HDMI >> Monster Cable at Best Buy at markup ... >> >> I just find the the companies that the vendors contract to make their OEM >> SFP's and buy direct. Same SFP from the same factory except one has a >> Cisco sticker. ;-) >> >> You can even get them with the correct vendor code, been doing this for >> years and there is no difference in failure rate or quality and we go >> through hundreds of SFPs. >> >> >> >> >> Vlad > Network Manager > -- Ray Patrick Soucy Network Engineer University of Maine System T: 207-561-3526 F: 207-561-3531 MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network www.maineren.net
