[191098] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista unqualified SFP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Litvin)
Thu Aug 18 04:05:06 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Eric Litvin <eric@lumaoptics.net>
In-Reply-To: <dd9548a4e356d832934699fb72544efa@nek0.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:17:15 -0700
To: Stanislaw <me@nek0.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Let me know if you want samples. We can ship today.
> On Aug 17, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Stanislaw <me@nek0.net> wrote:
>=20
> Hi all,
> Is there a way for unlocking off-brand transceivers usage on Arista switch=
es?
>=20
> I've got an Arista 7050QX switch with 4.14 EOS version. Then it has been f=
ound out that Arista switches seem to not have possibility to unlock off-bra=
nd xcievers usage (by some service command or so).
>=20
> I've patched /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/XcvrAgent.py, made the check=
ing function bypass the actual check and it helped: ports are not in errdisa=
ble state anymore. But despite of xceivers are detected correctly, links are=
n't coming up (they are in notconnect state).
>=20
> If anyone possibly have does have a sacred knowledge of bringing off-brand=
ed transceivers to life on Arista switches, your help'd be very appreciated.=
Thanks.
