Connecting CCR1072-1G-8S+ with TP-Link T2600G-28SQ

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hi Guys!
A customer of mine needs to connect one CCR1072-1G-8S+ with TP-Link T2600G-28SQ using twinax cable.
Will it work?
Thank you.
EDIT: Perhaps I should clarify that I meant sfp+ connection between the two devices… 10gbps

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You should check if it’s made according to Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) , it should work if it’s compliant.

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Thanks @Guntis, but I can’t find any info about tp-link and msa…
I was thinking from standard('s) point of view… considering that both product support twinax… will it work…

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Information if it’s MSA compliant, should be noted on product page, when buying SFP modules or twinax cables, majority of modules are compliant. There are no vendor locks in our devices, as such it should work together with TP-Link using, twinax cable.

But if you are unsure about TP-Link side, you could try asking them for confirmation. We haven’t ran into issues with compatibility ourselves.

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Thanks I’ll ask them and post the result here.

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Ok.
Here is the answer of TP-Link support:

Sorry that we cannot guarantee that our switch T2600G-28SQ can work with MikroTik CCR1072-1G-8S+ at 10Gbps since we haven’t tested it yet.
But our SFP Switches are comply with the industry standard and have no any detection code or any other limitation to other brand’s devices.

And when I asked them about MSA:

Our switch T2600G-28SQ use SFP+ Slots, which is one standard of MSA.
If there is no vendor locks in MikroTik switch either, they should be able to work together.

So at this point we are willing to purchase the equipment and give it a try.
When we have result - I will post here.

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Hi,

we have a similar situation in our data center, we are using Flexoptix DAC-cables to connect our CCR1072 to our Aruba core switches. This works since over a year without any problems. Our experience is that the MikroTik CCR are very picky when optical SFP(+) modules join the game. DAC cables are less problematic.

One advantage of the Flexoptix DAC cables is that you can flash both ends of the cable. Yes you can also flash two different ends. That is very handy if you have to connect different vendors.


Regards Tobias