Arista optics

Colton Conor colton.conor at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 20:10:40 UTC 2016


Who are you referring to David? Are you mentioning flexoptix? Is for are
are saying I can recode a fiberstore sfp using a flexoptics programmer?

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:28 PM, David Lucey <dog-lists at schrimnir.net>
wrote:

> They used to lock in, but optics have gotten so competitive that they
> aren't pushing it anymore.  They have a list of optics they interop with,
> and will give you an unlock code with your order.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
> ---
> Keys mashed on a very tiny keyboard.
>
> > On Jan 20, 2016, at 08:55, John Kinsella <jlk at thrashyour.com> wrote:
> >
> > Last I heard, EOS locks out non-Arista optics by default. You have to
> contact support for instructions to enable 3rd party modules.
> >
> > I’m running all Arista cables/optics - at the point when we ordered the
> pricing was competitive with 3rd party, but that was several years ago and
> the vendor was hungry.
> >
> > John
> >
> >> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Alex Forster <alex at alexforster.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone!
> >>
> >> I'm trying to get buy-in to go with Arista for some new infrastructure,
> but the Arista optics just aren't in the ballpark for us at
> "proof-of-concept" volume. In Cisco-land, we've had great success using
> Finisar optics, and they've been an easy "sell" to management since many
> Cisco optics are just rebranded Finisar's.
> >>
> >> The relevant Arista optics I'm looking at are QSFP-100G-LR4 and
> SFP-10G-LR. Does anybody know what supplier(s) manufacture these optics for
> Arista? Alternatively, does anyone have any experience using third-party
> comparable optics (especially the 100G) in the battlefield?
> >>
> >> Since optics sales are pretty cut-throat, I do ask that you disclose if
> you have a financial interest in any of your suggestions.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Alex Forster
> >
>



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