Arista Networks announces the end of sale of for two of its switches. The product part numbers covered by this announcement are listed below in Table 1. The last day to order the affected products is November 1st, 2011. 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 DCS-7124S and DCS-7048 switches

 

Migration Options

Customers can 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 control plane performance.

Affected ProductDescriptionReplacement ProductDescription
DCS-7124S-F Arista 7124S, 24-port L2/3/4 switch, front-to-rear airflow, 600ns latency, 760W AC power supplies DCS-7124SX-F Arista 7124SX, 24-port L2/3/4 switch, front-to-rear airflow, 500ns latency, 460W AC power supplies
DCS-7124S-R Arista 7124S, 24-port L2/3/4 switch, rear-to-front airflow, 600ns latency, 760W AC power supplies DCS-7124SX-R Arista 7124SX, 24-port L2/3/4 switch, rear-to-front airflow, 500ns latency, 460W AC power supplies
DCS-7048T-4S-F Arista 7048, 48-port 100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) + 4 SFP+ ports, front-to-rear airflow, 760W AC power supplies DCS-7048T-A-F Arista 7048-A, 48-port 100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) + 4 SFP+ ports, front-to-rear airflow, 460W AC power supplies
DCS-7048T-4S-R Arista 7048, 48-port 100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) + 4 SFP+ ports, rear-to-front airflow, 760W AC power supplies DCS-7048T-A-R Arista 7048-A, 48-port 100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) + 4 SFP+ ports, rear-to-front airflow, 460W AC power supplies

Table 1: Affected Product and Part numbers

 

MilestoneDate
End-of-Sale Announcement May 1, 2011
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) Nov 1, 2011
Last day to add new service contracts Nov 1, 2012
Last day to request hardware failure analysis Nov 1, 2012
Last day to receive software bug fixes and support Nov 1, 2013
Last day to renew existing service contracts Nov 1, 2013
Last day to receive 24x7 TAC support Nov 1, 2014
Last day for hardware RMA requests Nov 1, 2014
End-of-Life of product Nov 1, 2014

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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