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Olusola_Ayoade_
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Oct 14, 2015

Can a Cisco SFP Module be used on an F5 Device ? will it work ?

Hi Help Team,   Can i use a 10 GIG LR SFP Module bought from Cisco systems on an F5 4000 Series big ip  
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Arnold_Batista
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Oct 14, 2015

Cisco optic is a rebranded Finisar optic so it will work, but if there is an issue and support reads the output and it shows a non f5 transceiver they may say they cant support it until you replace the transceiver.

 

Thanks Arnold