Field Notices
This page aggregates the Arista hardware and software product field notices. For further information on Arista’s hardware and software support policies, please see product documentation.
Field Notice 0056
August 25, 2021
To ensure long term supply continuity a new CPU model will be used on DCS-7060CX-32S and DCS-7050CX3-32S systems. The new CPU has the same baseline performance and clock speeds. There are no changes to system functionality. The new CPUs require a minimum Software Version of 4.20.5. As the DCS-7050CX3-32S was first supported in 4.20.5, there is no change to the minimum supported software for these models. The DCS-7060CX-32S was first supported in 4.18.0, and the new HW versions will require 4.20.5 or later.
Field Notice 0055
August 3, 2021
Arista 7130 Series systems listed above require a new minimum version of MOS to support the latest HW versions. Systems received as replacement via RMA may also require the new minimum version of MOS.
Field Notice 0054
May 13, 2021
Arista DCS-7280SR3-48YC8 systems require a new minimum version of EOS to support the latest HW versions. Systems received as replacement via RMA may also require the new minimum version of EOS.
Field Notice 0053
March 19, 2021
Arista DCS-7368-16C line cards require a new minimum version of EOS to support the latest HW versions.
Field Notice 0052
December 24, 2020
Notification about software defects affecting Big Monitoring Fabric (BMF) versions 7.2.x and 7.3.x.
Note that BMF will be renamed to DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF) starting release 8.0.
Field Notice 0051
December 10, 2020
Notification about software defects affecting: Big Cloud Fabric (BCF)
Note that BCF will be renamed to Converged Cloud Fabric (CCF) starting release 6.0.
Field Notice 0050
October 6, 2020
Notification about some DCS-7260CX3-64, DCS-7060CX2-32S, DCS-7060CX-32S and DCS-7050CX3-32S manufactured with a 4 LED SFP+ connector versus a 2 LED SFP+ connector.
Field Notice 0049
August 25, 2020
Notification about Bug 507633 in EOS-4.24.2F affecting platforms in the 7280R3, 7500R3, and 7800R3 series
Field Notice 0048
June 22, 2020
Notification about software defects affecting Big Monitoring Fabric software releases (BMF 7.0.x – BMF 7.2.4)
Field Notice 0047
May 28, 2020
Notification about software defects affecting Big Cloud Fabric software releases (BCF 4.2.x – BCF 5.1.x)