Arista Networks announces the end of sale for one of its switches. 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 2014. 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 DCS-7124SX switches

 

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 all existing features and offer enhanced functionality.  EOS version 4.13 provides support for the 7124SX through the end of support dates.

Affected ProductDescriptionReplacement ProductDescription
DCS-7124SX-F Arista 7124SX 24-port 10GbE switch (SFP+), front-to-rear fans DCS-7150S-24-F Arista 7150, 24x1/10G SFP+ switch, front-to-rear airflow
DCS-7150S-24-CL# Arista 7150, 24x1/10G SFP+ switch, high precision clock
DCS-7124SX-R Arista 7124SX 24-port 10GbE switch (SFP+), rear-to-front fans DCS-7150S-24-R Arista 7150, 24x1/10G SFP+ switch, rear-to-front airflow
DCS-7150S-24-R-CL# Arista 7150, 24x1/10G SFP+ switch, high precision clock
DCS-7124SX-D# Arista 7124SX 24-port 10GbE switch (SFP+), with SSD DCS-7150S-24-CLD# Arista 7150, 24x1/10G SFP+  switch, with SSD and high precision clock
DCS-7124SX# Arista 7124SX 24-port 10GbE switch (SFP+) DCS-7150S-24# Arista 7150, 24x1/10G SFP+ switch

Table 1: Affected Product and Part numbers

 

MilestoneDate
End-of-Sale Announcement January 30, 2014
Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) July 30, 2014
Last day to add new service contracts July 30, 2015
Last day to request hardware failure analysis July 30, 2015
Last day to receive software bug fixes and support July 30, 2016
Last day to renew existing service contracts July 30, 2016
Last day to receive 24x7 TAC support July 30, 2017
Last day for hardware RMA requests July 30, 2017
End-of-Life of product July 30, 2017

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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