Arista unqualified SFP

Thu Aug 18 12:31:29 UTC 2016

2016-08-18 13:47 GMT+02:00 Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>:

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> On 18/Aug/16 13:41, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> 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 :
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> "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".
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> That's Arista's official policy regarding 3rd party transceivers.
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> I am fine with that.
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> All other vendors, explicitly or silently, adopt the same approach.
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> Mark.
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+1. At least they have a policy that they fully assume publically, which is
more than others can say/do.

Best regards.

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Youssef BENGELLOUN-ZAHR