Arista Networks announces the upcoming end of sale for selected switches in the 7050X Series. The product part numbers covered by this announcement are listed below in Table 1. The last day to order the affected products is September 20th 2017. 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.

End of Sale of Select Models of the Arista 7050X Series

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.

 Affected ProductDescriptionReplacement Products Description
DCS-7050SX-128- F Arista 7050X, 96x10GbE (1/10GBASE-T) & 8xQSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC DCS-7050SX2-128-F Arista 7050X2, 96xRJ45 (SFP+) & 8xQSFP+ switch, front-to-rear air, 2xAC
DCS-7050SX-128-R Arista 7050X, 96x10GbE (SFP+) & 8xQSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xAC DCS-7050SX2-128-R Arista 7010X2, 96xRJ45 (SFP+) & 8xQSFP+ switch, rear-to-front air, 2xAC
DCS-7050SX-128#
DCS-7050SX-128- D#
Arista 7050X, 96x10GbE (SFP+) & 8xQSFP+ switch, no fans, no psu DCS-7050SX2-128# Arista 7050X2, 96xRJ45 (SFP+) & 8xQSFP+ switch, no fans, no psu
Arista 7050X, 96x10GbE (SFP+) & 8xQSFP+ switch, SSD, no fans, no psu
 PWR-750-AC-F
PWR-750-AC-F#
750 Watt AC power supply for Arista 7050SX-128 Switches (front-to-rear airflow)  PWR-500-AC-F
PWR-500-AC-F#
500 Watt AC power supply for Arista 7050X2 Switches (front-to-rear airflow)
PWR-750-AC-R
PWR-750-AC-R#
750 Watt AC power supply for Arista 7050SX-128 Switches (rear-to-front airflow) PWR-500-AC-R
PWR-500-AC-R#
500 Watt AC power supply for Arista 7050X2 Switches (rear-to-front airflow) 

Table 1: Affected Product and Part numbers

 

MilestoneDate
End-of-Sale Announcement March 20th, 2017
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) Sept 20th, 2017
Last day to add new service contracts Sept 20th, 2018
Last day to request hardware failure analysis Sept 20th, 2018
Last day to receive software bug fixes and support Sept 20th, 2019
Last day to renew existing service contracts Sept 20th, 2019
Last day to receive 24x7 TAC support Sept 20th, 2020
Last day for hardware RMA requests Sept 20th, 2020
End-of-Life of product Sept 20th, 2020

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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