Arista unqualified SFP

Stanislaw me at nek0.net
Wed Aug 17 20:25:47 UTC 2016


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 at 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.


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