Anyone have a fiber converter that they can recommend that will work with the 1930 switches on the fiber side?
I have a couple of TP-Link MC200CM converters that worked great with our older 2810 and 2530 switches, but the new 1930s will not even bring up a link.
I also tried a couple of MC200L with HP fiber transceivers with the same result.
Testing with the TPLink MC200L:
1. I can take a HP J4858C, put it into the TPLink MC200L fiber converter and plug a patch cable from there to the J4858D in the 1930 and it does not bring up a link to the 1930 (nothing in the error logs, it acts like it wasn't plugged in).
2. I can put a J4858C in a Netgear ProSafe GS510TPP (or a HP 2810, or a HP/Aruba 2530) and plug a patch cable from there to the J4858D in the 1930 and it brings the link from the 1930 to the Netgear, the 2810 or the 2530 up instantly.
3. I can put a J4858C in the TPLink MC200L fiber converter, put a J4858C or J4858D it into a Netgear ProSafe GS510TPP, connect them with a patch cable and it brings the link from the TPLink to the Netgear up instantly.
4. I can put a J4858C in the TPLink MC200L fiber converter, connect it with a patch cable to a J4858C or J4858D in the HP 2810 and it brings the link from the TPLink to the 2810 up instantly.
5. I can put a J4858C in the TPLink MC200L fiber converter, connect it with a patch cable to a J4858C in the HP/Aruba 2530 and it brings the link from the TPLink to the 2530 up instantly.
Testing with the TPLink MC200CM:
1. I can take a TPLink MC200CM fiber converter, connect it with a patch cable to the J4858D in the 1930 and it does not bring up a link to the 1930 (nothing in the error logs, it acts like it wasn't plugged in).
2. I can take a TPLink MC200CM fiber converter, connect it with a patch cable to a J4858C or J4858D in a Netgear ProSafe GS510TPP and it brings the link from the fiber converter to the Netgear up instantly.
3. I can take a TPLink MC200CM fiber converter, connect it with a patch cable to a J4858C in a HP 2810 and it brings the link from the fiber converter to the 2530 up instantly.
4. I can take a TPLink MC200CM fiber converter, connect it with a patch cable to a J4858C in a HP/Aruba 2530 and it brings the link from the fiber converter to the 2530 up instantly.
I have tried these tests with:
2 different LC to LC fiber optic cables
3 different SC to LC fiber optic cables (for the MC200CM)
3 different J4858C transceivers
1 J4858D transceiver
1 Linksys MGBSX1 transceiver
4 CableMatters 104066 transceivers
3 TPLink MC200CM fiber converters
2 TPLink MC200L fiber converters
2 Aruba 1930 8 port JL681A switches
1 Aruba 1930 24+4 port JL682A switch
1 Netgear ProSafe GS510TPP
All are fiber transceivers and the MC200CM converters are 850NM 1000BASE-SX transceivers and I have had the exact same results with all of them.
No matter which transceiver is in which device or which fiber converter I use, the 1930s will not bring up a link to the TPLink fiber converter.
So, the SFPs are good, the fiber converters are good, the cables are good, but the 1930 will not connect to a TPLink MC200L or MC200MC fiber converter.
It looks like this has been a problem since at least 2021 in firmware version 1.0.5.0(139) per the thread here:
https://community.arubanetworks.com/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=25&MID=260735 from hpe091 (originally posted on the old forum before it was migrated).
I opened a ticket almost 2 weeks ago now, but I keep getting "escalated" or having my issue "raised to the internal team" or "raised to engineering" (that was Thursday's update) and but haven't gotten anything beyond that back from support.
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Aaron Z
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