March 11, 2026

Arista Networks announces the upcoming end of sale for the ETM NG Firewall Q4, Q8, Q8W, Q12 and Q20 devices. The product and part number covered by this announcement are listed below in Table 1. The last day to order the affected products is June 30th, 2026.

Customers with active support contracts for Q4, Q8, Q8W, Q12 and Q20 devices will continue to receive support from Arista ETM support as long as the systems remain covered under a support contract and the dates listed in Table 2, the End-of-Life Milestones.

Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to consider migrating to a software or virtual appliance edition of ETM NG Firewall, or VeloCloud Edge platforms including the 7x0 series or 4100 devices.

Affected Products Description Replacement Products Description
CCA-ETM-Q4 Edge Threat Management, NG Firewall for small networks or branch offices. SDE-EDG-710-W
SDE-EDG-710-5G
Arista Edge 710 VeloCloud Edge OS appliance
CCA-ETM-Q8
CCA-ETM-Q8W
Edge Threat Management, NG Firewall for small or medium offices, or retail locations. SDE-EDG-720 Arista Edge 720 VeloCloud Edge OS appliance
CCA-ETM-Q12 Edge Threat Management, NG Firewall for mid-to-large sized offices. SDE-EDG-740 Arista Edge 740 VeloCloud Edge OS appliance
CCA-ETM-Q20 Edge Threat Management, NG Firewall for large offices or campus deployments SDE-EDG-4100 Arista Edge 4100 VeloCloud Edge OS appliance

Table 1: Affected Products and Part Numbers

Alternative products with enhanced functionality and increased scale are also available. Customers are requested to contact Arista sales for additional information on these alternatives.

Milestone Date
End-of-Sale Announcement March 10th, 2026
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) (Subject to availability) June 30th, 2026
Last day for hardware RMA requests June 30th, 2029
End-of-Life of product June 30th, 2029

Table 2: End-of-Life Milestones

For more information

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

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