MSA-SFP on ME-3400

[pbenin]

Hello.

Just a simple question about the Cisco ME-3400 series.

Are the SFP socket MultiSource Agreement (MSA) compliant?

Can we use SFP transceivers made by other vendors in ME-3400 switch?

Thanks

[rsimoni]

better late than never...

> Are the SFP socket MultiSource Agreement (MSA) compliant?

Yes, Me-3400 is MSA compliant (the SFPs are compliant to industry-standard SFF-8472 Multi Source Agreement (MSA) rather than the sockets). They do offer Digital optical monitoring (DOM) for some SFPs.

see:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps6568/ps6580/product_data_sheet0900aecd8034fef3.html

> Can we use SFP transceivers made by other vendors in ME-3400 switch?

Official answer is NO. Whether they work or not is another story though.

Riccardo