[187546] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista optics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Brumund)
Sun Feb 7 14:43:28 2016
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In-Reply-To: <D2C52267.3500%alex@alexforster.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 14:43:24 -0500
From: Karl Brumund <lists+nanog@brumund.ca>
To: Alex Forster <alex@alexforster.com>, nanog@nanog.org
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 11:39 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 for
> Arista? Alternatively, does anyone have any experience using third-party
> comparable optics (especially the 100G) in the battlefield?
>
> No 100G experience, but Flexoptix has been very helpful and accommodating.
Particularly with issues we had with 10G and certain server NICs.
Best support I've ever seen for optics in $jobs.
...karl
> Since optics sales are pretty cut-throat, I do ask that you disclose if
> you have a financial interest in any of your suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex Forster
>
