Re: Arista unqualified SFP

53 (m) > www.arbornetworks.com > > -- > *From:* NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Ryan Gelobter < > rya...@atwgpc.net> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:58:36 AM > *To:* Stanislaw > *Cc:* nanog list > *Subject:* Re: Arista unqualified SFP > >

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works.com/> From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Ryan Gelobter <rya...@atwgpc.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:58:36 AM To: Stanislaw Cc: nanog list Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Instead of patching the python what happens if you

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Instead of patching the python what happens if you just run 'no errdisable recovery cause xcvr-unsupported' On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 5:24 AM, Stanislaw wrote: > Hi all, > If somebody is following my epic adventure of getting uqualified SFP to > work on Aristas, here is the unhappy

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On Aug 18, 2016 7:42 AM, "Nick Hilliard" wrote: > It is always better to clarify this sort of thing with the account > management team before purchasing, and preferably have it in email or > writing. Sometimes you inherit bad situations... The (bad) solution is to program your

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2016, Nick Hilliard wrote: It is always better to clarify this sort of thing with the account management team before purchasing, and preferably have it in email or writing. Exactly. Especially if you already have optics vendors that you like. I would bake that into the eval.

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I would like to see optics made in a shack in a rain forest, maybe we can find a new market to sell hand made artisanal fair trade organic GMO-free gluten-free lasers. On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Ricky Beam wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:05:30 -0400, Tim Jackson

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Well, Context: Starting with 10Gb the optics are more finicky. Part of that price hike include tech support (1) which you will never get from most OEM vendor. PS: Mine is pretty good. Having dealt with a few optic issues lately: . Why that 10km LR won't work with

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@nanog.org Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Though it would be really interesting to see, if a company like Cisco or Juniper ever suffered a major data leak, what number of customers really do pay full list price for some stuff. "Yeppers, twenty 1310nm LX 10Gb SFP+ for $4800 each, sounds

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Though it would be really interesting to see, if a company like Cisco or Juniper ever suffered a major data leak, what number of customers really do pay full list price for some stuff. "Yeppers, twenty 1310nm LX 10Gb SFP+ for $4800 each, sounds good. Where do we send the check?" On Thu, Aug

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:05:30 -0400, Tim Jackson wrote: "As I'm sure you know, Arista is not the only manufacturer that has made this choice. Unlike our competition, we work to make our optics pricing competitive, but we'll never be as low as the "Taiwan specials" that

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Yeah, it is. And yeah, I was considering that option too. Ethan писал 2016-08-18 16:59: I think someone from Arista said... "We are never going to lose an affair due to not supporting 3-d party optics, but we will try to convince the customer to buy our stuff, since that's what we do, we sell

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I think someone from Arista said... "We are never going to lose an affair due to not supporting 3-d party optics, but we will try to convince the customer to buy our stuff, since that's what we do, we sell stuff". In these cheap arista switches, filling them with optics (if the optics is from

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m<http://www.arbornetworks.com/> From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Ryan DiRocco <ryan.diro...@totalserversolutions.com> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:49:14 AM To: Mikael Abrahamsson; Mark Tinka Cc: nanog list Subject: RE: Arista unqualified SFP

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, without issue. As with any vendor, there is a work around procedure. -Original Message- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mikael Abrahamsson Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:33 AM To: Mark Tinka Cc: nanog list Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP On Thu, 18 Aug

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.@ics-il.net> Cc: "NANOG Mailing List" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:51:13 AM Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Not a case with Intel X*710 new chipset, check is in firmware. Someone hacked it, but ... On 2016-08-18 15:41, Mike Hammett wrote: Intel does allow

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On 18/08/16 14:45, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On 18/Aug/16 14:42, Nick Hilliard wrote: > >> >> It is always better to clarify this sort of thing with the account >> management team before purchasing, and preferably have it in email or >> writing. After that, the best approach is to ask support

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.@visp.net.lb> To: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> Cc: "NANOG Mailing List" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:51:13 AM Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Not a case with Intel X*710 new chipset, check is in firmware. Someone hacked it, b

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Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <swm...@swm.pp.se> To: "Mark Tinka" <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Thursday, August 18,

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Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > Any pointers to how to turn this of on Intel NICs and HP switches? Yes: don't buy Intel NICs or HP switches. Problem solved. Nick

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On 18/Aug/16 14:42, Nick Hilliard wrote: > > It is always better to clarify this sort of thing with the account > management team before purchasing, and preferably have it in email or > writing. After that, the best approach is to ask support and/or account > management nicely rather than

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Tim Jackson wrote: > "As I'm sure you know, Arista is not the only manufacturer that has made > this choice. Unlike our competition, we work to make our optics pricing > competitive, but we'll never be as low as the "Taiwan specials" that you > see floating around. I have another customer that was

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msson" <swm...@swm.pp.se> To: "Mark Tinka" <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:32:55 AM Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP On Thu, 18 Aug 2016, Mark Tinka wrote: > All other vendors, expl

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2016, Mark Tinka wrote: All other vendors, explicitly or silently, adopt the same approach. I've heard from people running Intel NICs and HP switches, that this can't be turned off there. You run into very interesting problems when you're trying to use DAC cables between

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2016-08-18 13:47 GMT+02:00 Mark Tinka : > > > 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 >

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On 18/Aug/16 14:05, Tim Jackson wrote: > That's not the answer I got at all from Arista: > > "I understand that Arista TAC indicated that could provide you > with a transceiver unlock code. While it is true that the unlock code > concept exists, it is very unusual for us to unlock optics on >

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On 18/Aug/16 13:47, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: > Same here, i was considering Arista, because they are quite cost > effective,feature rich, interesting hardware for developing some > custom solutions. But no more, after reading about unreasonable vendor > lock-in. > But such inflexibility are

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> > Your AM team will gladly unlock this for you. > > This is probably just a procedural issue with Arista TAC not knowing the > secret sauce. That's not the answer I got at all from Arista: "I understand that Arista TAC indicated that could provide you with a transceiver unlock code. While

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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

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g 2016 13:24:05 > To: nanog list<nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP > > Hi all, > If somebody is following my epic adventure of getting uqualified SFP to > work on Aristas, here is the unhappy end of it. > > I've written to Arista support and got

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Stanislaw <m...@nek0.net> Sender: "NANOG" <nanog-boun...@nanog.org>Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:24:05 To: nanog list<nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Hi all, If somebody is following my epic adventure of getting uqualified SFP to work on Aristas

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On 18/Aug/16 13:29, Dovid Bender wrote: > And I was about to jump on to the Arista train. Your AM team will gladly unlock this for you. This is probably just a procedural issue with Arista TAC not knowing the secret sauce. Mark.

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; And I was about to jump on to the Arista train. > > Regards, > > Dovid > > -Original Message- > From: Stanislaw <m...@nek0.net> > Sender: "NANOG" <nanog-boun...@nanog.org>Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:24:05 > To: nanog list<nanog@nanog.org&g

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And I was about to jump on to the Arista train. Regards, Dovid -Original Message- From: Stanislaw <m...@nek0.net> Sender: "NANOG" <nanog-boun...@nanog.org>Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:24:05 To: nanog list<nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Arista unqualif

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Hi all, If somebody is following my epic adventure of getting uqualified SFP to work on Aristas, here is the unhappy end of it. I've written to Arista support and got the following dialogue: Support guy: Hi, Thank you for contacting Arista Support. My name is and I'll be assisting you on

Re: Arista unqualified SFP

oun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ryan, Spencer Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:53 PM To: Stanislaw; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Yes, email support and ask for the unlock code, they will make you agree that you know that 3rd party optics may explode the

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: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:53 PM To: Stanislaw; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Arista unqualified SFP Yes, email support and ask for the unlock code, they will make you agree that you know that 3rd party optics may explode the switch and it's not their fault. The command they give you will have

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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

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Let me know if you want samples. We can ship today. > On Aug 17, 2016, at 12:50 PM, Stanislaw 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

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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 wrote: > Hi all, > Is there a way for unlocking off-brand transceivers usage on Arista > switches? > > I've got an

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Yes, email support and ask for the unlock code, they will make you agree that you know that 3rd party optics may explode the switch and it's not their fault. The command they give you will have a key/hash built into it (but will work on any switch) that ties the "unlock" to your org. Ours