End of Sale

Arista Networks announces the end of sale for a set of line cards in the 7500R Series. The product part numbers covered by this announcement are listed below in Table 1. The last day to order the affected products is July 30th, 2021. 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 the 7500R3 Series line cards with 400G optics and 400G ZR / 400G ZR+ pluggable optics. The 7500R3 Series 400G modules provide substantially greater performance with enhanced functionality. The 400G ZR and 400G ZR+ support Coherent 400G services

Affected Product	Description	Replacement Products	Description
DCS-7500R-8CFPX-LC DCS-7500R-8CFPX-LC#	7500R Series 8 port 200GbE Coherent DWDM linecard	7500R3 400G linecards	Next generation R3 Series 400G linecards and 400GZR optics

Table 1: Affected Product 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	June 20, 2021
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale)	July 30, 2021
Last day to add new service contracts	June 30, 2022
Last day to request hardware failure analysis	June 30, 2022
Last day to receive software bug fixes and support	June 30, 2024
Last day to renew existing service contracts	June 30, 2025
Last day to receive 24x7 TAC support	June 30, 2026
Last day for hardware RMA requests	June 30, 2026
End-of-Life of product	June 30, 2026

Table 2: End-of-Life Milestones

 

For more information about the Arista End-of-Life policy, please visit: http://www.arista.com/en/support/policy/endoflife

If you need assistance with migration options, please contact your Arista sales representative or contact us