a Q about sfp compatibility

[baselzind]

please if someone can tell me if the attached picture is compatible with my WS-C4507R+E switch module below

ports:12

card type:10GE SFP+

model:WS-X4712-SFP+E

[Leo Laohoo]

WS-X4712-SFP can support SFP &/or SFP+:

SFP+ and SFP can be used simultaneously on the same line card without any restrictions

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[baselzind]

thank you but what about the sfp in the picture? is its model compatible? does my line card only support certain models of sfp? or any sfp would work?

[marce1000 · Accepted solution]

 - Not any foreign sfp will work for 'pure' cisco info's go here : https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com/ , if 'external' sfp's are being used and it does not work, you may try configuration commands such as 

service unsupported-transceiver  and

no errdisable detect cause gbic-invalid 

             (provided these commands are available on your platform)

 M.

[baselzind]

thank you but what about if I use a cisco sfp on my switch and on a ibm server we use an ibm sfp, would a cisco sfp work with non-cisco sfp?

[marce1000]

Yes that will work, provided the optical modes are the same. M.

[baselzind]

sorry, what do you mean by M? 

[marce1000]

   - I mean  that you can, of course not mix singe mode versus multi-mode fiber.

 M.