Interoperabilty between Cisco 4900-X and Dell N4032 switch

[pclark]

All,

    I have a Dell N4032 10G fiber switch with 24 ports 10G copper and 4 ports 10G fiber.  I have a Cisco 4900-X 16 port 10G fiber switch.  I have a Dell SFP+ GBIC and a Cisco 10G SR SFP+ GBIC. 

The devices do not complain about the GBIC when they are plugged in.  I get no link light when I plug in the fiber.  I've also tried swapping the fiber strands ala. SND/RCV

Any ideas or has anyone had a similar issue?   Thanks.

It's very frustrating.  These vendors are supposed to build equipment to set standards but often they do not.

[Marvin Rhoads]

Can you provide the exact part number of the Dell transceiver?

I assume the Cisco is an SFP-10G-SR - please confirm.

[pclark]

Hi Marvin,

  You are correct on the Cisco SFP it's the SFP-10G-SR and the Dell SFP is 10GBASE-SR SFP+ 850nm

Thanks.

[Marvin Rhoads]

You're right - those should be interoperable.

On the 4900-X, what do you get from the command:

show interface <interface number> transceiver detail

?

[pclark]

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