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jdclay
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May 05, 2023

Forward Error Correction modes supported when deploying at 25G on Cisco 93180

All, We are looking to deploy a pair of r10600 LTM on the enterprise network at 25G, connecting uplink interfaces to a 93180YC-FX. In order to connect at 25G on the 93180, we must enable FEC on bot...
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    JRahm
    May 06, 2023

    Hi jdclay, got an authoritative answer on this:

    "VELOS and rSeries only support RS FEC IEEE on 25G interfaces. Adjacent network devices must be configured with this FEC mode"

    So if you configure the Cisco side as IEEE-RS-FEC you should be good to go.

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JRahm
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May 06, 2023

Hi jdclay, got an authoritative answer on this:

"VELOS and rSeries only support RS FEC IEEE on 25G interfaces. Adjacent network devices must be configured with this FEC mode"

So if you configure the Cisco side as IEEE-RS-FEC you should be good to go.