Just giving Rick some points here because the "service unsupported-transceiver" will allow for the use of most non-Cisco SFP's

Thanks for the response. I may be dealing with a PEBCAK issue here, but i don't think so, given the number of times I've done this. You never know. I'll respond here for anyone else who may encounter this issue. 

@KGrev Wondering if you ever found a solution for this problem. I'm experiencing the same issue on a 9300 platform.