Arista Networks announces the upcoming end of sale for selected switches in the 7050 Series. The product part numbers covered by this announcement are listed below in Table 1. The last day to order the affected products is July 2016. Customers with active support contracts will continue to receive support from Arista TAC (Technical Assistance Center) as per the dates listed in Table 2, the End-of-Life Milestones.

.End of Sale of the Arista 7050 Series

Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to plan a migration to newer models that are equivalent or better. The newer models are more power efficient, support all existing features and offer enhanced functionality.

 Affected  ProductDescriptionReplacement Product Description
DCS-7050S-52-F Arista 7050, 52xSFP+ switch, front to rear air, 2x AC DCS-7050SX-64-F Arista 7050X, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, rear to front air, 2 x AC
DCS-7050S-64-F Arista 7050, 48xSFP+ and 4xQSFP+ switch, front to rear air, 2x AC
DCS-7050S-52-R Arista 7050, 52xSFP+ switch, rear to front air, 2x AC DCS-7050SX-64-R Arista 7050X, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, front to rear air, 2 x AC
DCS-7050S-64-R Arista 7050, 48xSFP+ and 4xQSFP+ switch, front to rear air, 2x AC
DCS-7050S-52# Arista 7050, 52x10GbE (SFP+) switch, requires PSU and fan DCS-7050SX-64# Arista 7050X, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, requires PSU and fans
DCS-7050S-64# Arista 7050, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, requires PSU and fan
DCS-7050S-52-F-DC Arista 7050, 52x10GbE (SFP+) switch, front-to-rear air, 2x DC

DCS-7050SX-64#  

(note 1) 

Arista 7050X, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, requires PSU and fan   
DCS-7050S-64-F-DC Arista 7050, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xDC
DCS-7050S-52-RDC Arista 7050, 52x10GbE (SFP+) switch, rear-to-front air, 2xDC
DCS-7050S-64-RDC Arista 7050, 48x10GbE (SFP+) & 4xQSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xDC
DCS-7050T-52-F Arista 7050, 48xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2 x AC DCS-7050TX-64- F  Arista 7050X, 48xRJ45 (1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC 
DCS-7050T-64-F Arista 7050, 48xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC
DCS-7050T-52-R Arista 7050, 48xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2x AC DCS-7050TX-64- R  Arista 7050X, 48xRJ45 (1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, rearto- front air, 2xAC, 2xC13-C14 cords 
DCS-7050T-64-R Arista 7050, 48xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xAC
DCS-7050T-52# Arista 7050, 48xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xSFP+ switch, 2xC13-C14 cords. Requires 2 PSU & 4 fans  DCS-7050TX- 64#  Arista 7050X, 48xRJ45 (1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, 2xC13- C14 cords. Requires PSU & fans 
DCS-7050T-64# Arista 7050, 48xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, 2xC13-C14 cords. Requires PSU & fans
DCS-7050T-36-F Arista 7050, 32xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2 x AC DCS-7050TX-48- F Arista 7050X, 32xRJ45 (1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, frontto- rear air, 2xAC
DCS-7050T-36-R Arista 7050, 32xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2 x AC DCS-7050TX-48- R Arista 7050X, 32xRJ45 (1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, rearto- front air, 2xAC
DCS-7050T-36# Arista 7050, 32xRJ45(1/10GBASE-T) & 4xSFP+ switch, 2xC13-C14 cords. Requires PSU & fans DCS-7050TX- 48# Arista 7050X, 32xRJ45 (1/10GBASE-T) & 4xQSFP+ switch, 2xC13- C14 cords. Requires PSU & fans

Table 1: Affected Product and Part numbers

Note 1 - requires addition of two 500W DC PSU and 4 fans

 

An end of sales announcement on October 15th 2014 and June 22nd 2015 covered additional members of the 7050 Series not covered by this notice.

MilestoneDate
End-of-Sale Announcement February 9th, 2016
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) August 9th, 2016
Last day to add new service contracts August 9th, 2017
Last day to request hardware failure analysis August 9th, 2017
Last day to receive software bug fixes and support August 9th, 2018
Last day to renew existing service contracts August 9th, 2018
Last day to receive 24x7 TAC support August 9th, 2019
Last day for hardware RMA requests August 9th, 2019
End-of-Life of product August 9th, 2019

Table 2: End-of-Life Milestones

 

For more information about the Arista End-of-Life policy, please visit: https://www.arista.com/en/support/policy/end-of-life-policy

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