SFP oraganizers / storage recommendations

[jason+nanog at lixfeld.ca (Jason Lixfeld)]

We have ones from FS with our own logo on them and donâ??t pay any more (or marginally so), so Iâ??m sure itâ??d trivial for FS to make a label that included a bar code for the PN or whatever you wanted, really.

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 10:10 AM, Luke Guillory <lguillory at reservetele.com> wrote:
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> Barcodes on FS.com is the serial, so you'd need to receive them in or enter them with PN and SN.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jason Lixfeld
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:03 AM
> To: Warren Kumari
> Cc: NANOG mailing list
> Subject: Re: SFP oraganizers / storage recommendations
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> Iâ??m wondering if the barcodes on the SFPs would let you simplify things a bit more vs. updating a spreadsheet.  IE:  Some sort of barcode scanner app for your phone that could automagically add/remove from some sort of document or database?
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>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 9:53 AM, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:
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>> If you buy your SFPs from fs.com, they come in a nice organizer -- and
>> if you buy less than a tray full, you still get a tray.
>> I keep spares in the trays, labeled on the outside -- I then put the
>> trays in a cheap toolbox / fishing tackle box, and list what's in each
>> one in a Google spreadsheet.
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>> Whenever I'm actually at the cage / rack and have a few minutes I
>> compare the spreadsheet to reality, and update accordingly (SFPs, and
>> XFPs in particular evaporate over time...)
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>> W
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>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 9:36 AM Matthew Huff <mhuff at ox.com> wrote:
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>>> Any recommendations to keep track of different SFP and keep them organized? Any storage boxes / trays designed for SFPs?
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>> I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
>> idea in the first place.
>> This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
>> regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
>> of pants.
>>  ---maf
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