[187123] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista optics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kinsella)
Wed Jan 20 11:56:06 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: John Kinsella <jlk@thrashyour.com>
In-Reply-To: <D2C52267.3500%alex@alexforster.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:55:30 -0800
To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Last I heard, EOS locks out non-Arista optics by default. You have to =
contact support for instructions to enable 3rd party modules.
I=E2=80=99m running all Arista cables/optics - at the point when we =
ordered the pricing was competitive with 3rd party, but that was several =
years ago and the vendor was hungry.
John
> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Alex Forster <alex@alexforster.com> =
wrote:
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> Hi everyone!
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> I'm trying to get buy-in to go with Arista for some new =
infrastructure, but the Arista optics just aren't in the ballpark for us =
at "proof-of-concept" volume. In Cisco-land, we've had great success =
using Finisar optics, and they've been an easy "sell" to management =
since many Cisco optics are just rebranded Finisar's.
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> The relevant Arista optics I'm looking at are QSFP-100G-LR4 and =
SFP-10G-LR. Does anybody know what supplier(s) manufacture these optics =
for Arista? Alternatively, does anyone have any experience using =
third-party comparable optics (especially the 100G) in the battlefield?
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> Since optics sales are pretty cut-throat, I do ask that you disclose =
if you have a financial interest in any of your suggestions.
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> Thanks!
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> Alex Forster
