Re: Arista unqualified SFP

[Stanislaw <me () nek0 net>]

Hi Tim, 

Thanks for your expressive answer. Will try it :) 

Tim Jackson писал 2016-08-17 22:57:

> I'd suggest bitching and moaning at your account team & support until they give you the key to unlock them..  
>
> -- 
> Tim 
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Stanislaw <me () nek0 net> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > Is there a way for unlocking off-brand transceivers usage on Arista switches?
> >
> > I've got an Arista 7050QX switch with 4.14 EOS version. Then it has been found out that Arista switches seem to not 
> > have possibility to unlock off-brand xcievers usage (by some service command or so).
> >
> > I've patched /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/XcvrAgent.py, made the checking function bypass the actual check and 
> > it helped: ports are not in errdisable state anymore. But despite of xceivers are detected correctly, links aren't 
> > coming up (they are in notconnect state).
> >
> > If anyone possibly have does have a sacred knowledge of bringing off-branded transceivers to life on Arista 
> > switches, your help'd be very appreciated. Thanks.