[187124] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista optics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen Wunnink)
Wed Jan 20 11:58:55 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
From: Jeroen Wunnink <jeroen.wunnink@hibernianetworks.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:56:43 +0100
In-Reply-To: <D2C52267.3500%alex@alexforster.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
We have good experience with Flexoptix. You can brand them yourself
using their (free?) USB box to any vendor you want, including Arista.
Not sure if they have QSFP's yet, but we have CFP-LR4's running
successfully on multiple paths of our backbone.
On 20/01/16 17:39, Alex Forster wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm trying to get buy-in to go with Arista for some new infrastructure, b=
ut the Arista optics just aren't in the ballpark for us at "proof-of-concep=
t" 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.
>
> The relevant Arista optics I'm looking at are QSFP-100G-LR4 and SFP-10G-L=
R. 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?
>
> Since optics sales are pretty cut-throat, I do ask that you disclose if y=
ou have a financial interest in any of your suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex Forster
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