We’ve done this as well, and Arista support hasn’t hassled us about anything
yet so I’ve been pleased. I’ve been very happy using Flexoptics transceivers
in all kinds of equipment too, if anyone’s looking for something they know
works, and you get a programmer that will let you code optics to certain
vendors switches that don’t have unlock keys. It won’t work on all though, so
investigate before investing if that’s a concern.
David
On 8/17/16, 4:33 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Ryan DiRocco"
<nanog-bounces+ispcolohost=gmail....@nanog.org on behalf of
ryan.diro...@totalserversolutions.com> wrote:
Exactly this, get your unlock key that is tied to your company and you are
off to the races, bake it into your standard config. Your SE or support team
should be able to get this to you :)
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@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 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 looks like this:
service unsupported-transceiver DescriptionOfKeyFromAristaGoesHere
0000000000 (hex key)
Spencer Ryan | Senior Systems Administrator |
sr...@arbor.net<mailto:sr...@arbor.net>
Arbor Networks
+1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m)
www.arbornetworks.com<http://www.arbornetworks.com/>
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From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Stanislaw <m...@nek0.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:50:12 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Arista unqualified SFP
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.
