[191119] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arista unqualified SFP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Thu Aug 18 14:05:06 2016
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To: Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef@720.fr>, dovid@telecurve.com
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:47:37 +0200
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On 18/Aug/16 13:41, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> At my actual job, some colleagues bought Arista switchs very recently. They asked the question about 3rd party transceivers and their SE told them exactly what has been said before :
>
> "we do accept 3rd party transceivers but we don't support them. If you still want to use them willingly, you'll have to sign a discharge paper and we'll provide you with a key to activate on your equipement".
>
> That's Arista's official policy regarding 3rd party transceivers.
I am fine with that.
All other vendors, explicitly or silently, adopt the same approach.
Mark.
