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How did that not get caught in the prototype stage? Like, did nobody ever test that thing with that type of RJ45 plug?
It was only a particular kind of RJ45 boot that caused the issue, so if you are sensible and don't use a cable boot you never ran into the issue.
Just saying, this is not the fault of a single engineer but of a whole company that didn't think "try all common cable types" should be a required testing step before a network switch goes into mass production.
Cisco is where good engineering goes to die.