Arista Networks announces the upcoming end of sale for the 7250QX Series 40 Gigabit Ethernet Switches. The product part numbers covered by this announcement are listed below in Table 1. The last day to order the affected products is December 30th 2018. 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.

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 existing features and offer enhanced functionality.

The 7260QX-64 offers a 40GbE migration, while both the 7260CX-64 and 7260CX3-64 offer higher performance with support for 100GbE and 40GbE interfaces.

Affected ProductDescriptionReplacement ProductsDescription
DCS-7250QX-64-F Arista 7250, 64xQSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air DCS-7260CX3-64-F Arista 7260X3, 64x100GbE QSFP & 2xSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC
DCS-7260CX-64-F Arista 7260X, 64x100GbE QSFP & 2xSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC
DCS-7260QX-64-F Arista 7260X, 64x40GbE QSFP+ & 2xSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC
DCS-7250QX-64-R Arista 7250, 64xQSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air DCS-7260CX3-64-R Arista 7260X3, 64x100GbE QSFP & 2xSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xAC
DCS-7260CX-64-R Arista 7260X, 64x100GbE QSFP & 2xSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xAC
DCS-7260QX-64-R Arista 7260X, 64x40GbE QSFP+ & 2xSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xAC
DCS-7250QX-64#
DCS-7250QX-64-D#
Arista 7250, 64xQSFP+ switch, no fans, no psu
Arista 7250, 64xQSFP+ switch, SSD, no fans, no psu
DCS-7260CX3-64# Arista 7260X3, 64x100GbE QSFP & 2xSFP+ switch, no fans, no psu
DCS-7260CX-64# Arista 7260X, 64x100GbE QSFP & 2xSFP+ switch, no fans, no psu
DCS-7260QX-64# Arista 7260X, 64x40GbE QSFP+ & 2xSFP+ switch, no fans, no psu

Table 1: Affected Product and Part numbers

 

MilestoneDate
End-of-Sale Announcement June 20, 2018
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) December 20, 2018
Last day to add new service contracts December 20, 2019
Last day to request hardware failure analysis December 20, 2019 
Last day to receive software bug fixes and support December 20, 2020 
Last day to renew existing service contracts December 20, 2020 
Last day to receive 24x7 TAC support December 20, 2021
Last day for hardware RMA requests December 20, 2021 
End-of-Life of product December 20, 2021 

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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