[191101] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista unqualified SFP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stanislaw)
Thu Aug 18 04:15:06 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 23:25:47 +0300
From: Stanislaw <me@nek0.net>
To: Tim Jackson <jackson.tim@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAK19Y1fKAoeZgd8cSZqQ5XQsq+2YrT5gNT8vgF5oFyPY+LM66w@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Hi Tim,
Thanks for your expressive answer. Will try it :)
Tim Jackson писал 2016-08-17 22:57:
> I'd suggest bitching and moaning at your account team & support until they give you the key to unlock them..
>
> --
> Tim
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Stanislaw <me@nek0.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Is there a way for unlocking off-brand transceivers usage on Arista switches?
>>
>> I've got an Arista 7050QX switch with 4.14 EOS version. Then it has been found out that Arista switches seem to not have possibility to unlock off-brand xcievers usage (by some service command or so).
>>
>> I've patched /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/XcvrAgent.py, made the checking function bypass the actual check and it helped: ports are not in errdisable state anymore. But despite of xceivers are detected correctly, links aren't coming up (they are in notconnect state).
>>
>> If anyone possibly have does have a sacred knowledge of bringing off-branded transceivers to life on Arista switches, your help'd be very appreciated. Thanks.
