[187292] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista optics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lucey)
Tue Jan 26 14:54:11 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: David Lucey <dog-lists@schrimnir.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:28:56 -0800
In-Reply-To: <3D04BF89-912D-4FD7-9FFF-BD800B3798DD@thrashyour.com>
To: John Kinsella <jlk@thrashyour.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
They used to lock in, but optics have gotten so competitive that they aren't=
pushing it anymore. They have a list of optics they interop with, and will=
give you an unlock code with your order.
Cheers,
David
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> On Jan 20, 2016, at 08:55, John Kinsella <jlk@thrashyour.com> wrote:
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> Last I heard, EOS locks out non-Arista optics by default. You have to cont=
act support for instructions to enable 3rd party modules.
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> I=E2=80=99m running all Arista cables/optics - at the point when we ordere=
d the pricing was competitive with 3rd party, but that was several years ago=
and the vendor was hungry.
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> John
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>> 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, b=
ut 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 t=
hey've been an easy "sell" to management since many Cisco optics are just re=
branded Finisar's.
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>> 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? A=
lternatively, does anyone have any experience using third-party comparable o=
ptics (especially the 100G) in the battlefield?
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>> 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.
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>> Thanks!
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>> Alex Forster
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