[187301] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista optics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Colton Conor)
Tue Jan 26 15:22:12 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <F69143D9-412F-41DE-ACF4-3144C6C5643E@schrimnir.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:10:40 -0600
From: Colton Conor <colton.conor@gmail.com>
To: David Lucey <dog-lists@schrimnir.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Who are you referring to David? Are you mentioning flexoptix? Is for are
are saying I can recode a fiberstore sfp using a flexoptics programmer?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:28 PM, David Lucey <dog-lists@schrimnir.net>
wrote:
> 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
>
>
> ---
> Keys mashed on a very tiny keyboard.
>
> > On Jan 20, 2016, at 08:55, John Kinsella <jlk@thrashyour.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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 ord=
ered the
> pricing was competitive with 3rd party, but that was several years ago an=
d
> the vendor was hungry.
> >
> > John
> >
> >> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Alex Forster <alex@alexforster.com> wrote=
:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone!
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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 f=
or
> 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 i=
f
> you have a financial interest in any of your suggestions.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Alex Forster
> >
>
