Each
optical transceiver has unique EEProm attributes resident on the transceiver’s NVRAM.
The OEM’s IOS looks for these attributes in order to enable “plug and play”
functionality - so no error codes occur and there is no command line work
around required.
Before
each Approved Optics optical transceiver ships out, it is tested in OEM
specific platforms/switches to ensure compatibility for our customers.
Approved
Optics is unique in the fact that it not only engineers a legal EEProm
attribute solution for the optic without copying the code, but actually tests
the optic in the appropriate platform before it ships. This is completely
different than the rest of the 3rd Party Optical Transceiver
suppliers in N. America. Why? Because
Approved Optics has made the significant investment in the actual platform
switches that are critical to a proper environmental test.
For
years, Approved Optics has private labeled for many of the optics brands in the
Channel and on the web, and we still do. Other third-party brands and even the
OEM’s will source from China, code the EEProm without proper testing, and
simply ship the optics to unknowing customers. Approved is the only company in
North America that is in the position to environmentally test the optics it
ships. We’ve invested over $1.6M in switch/router/expansion card equipment to
guarantee that every optical transceiver can be seamlessly integrated in to
your IOS. We make sure that the latest
IOS is not only followed and supported by our EEProm attributes, but that every
transceiver is environmentally tested before it ships.
For
more on Approved Optics Quality, please see Quality.