Arista DCS-7050QX-32

[Patrick]

That looks nice. If you ever wanted a standard airflow one, I would always be willing to trade one

 

[K D]

That looks nice. If you ever wanted a standard airflow one, I would always be willing to trade one

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind . The listing was for OBO. So I've made an offer. Hope this plays nicely with the cX3-BCBT cards that I got last month.

 

[Patrick]

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind . The listing was for OBO. So I've made an offer. Hope this plays nicely with the cX3-BCBT cards that I got last month.

They will.

 

[funkywizard]

They're getting dumped because you can't get new FW for them. They've also got Rangeley CPUs in them so they're time bombs and you aren't getting Arista to replace the CPU on a second hand switch that is EOL.

These have an AMD chip in them. Not Rangeley.

Here's the output for the Arista 7050QX-32S model:

[Admin@switchAR1 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 22
model           : 0
model name      : AMD GX-420CA SOC with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x700010f
cpu MHz         : 2000.141
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 4
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mm                x fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_t                sc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx                 f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit w                dt topoext arat xsaveopt hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale flushbyasid decodeassists p                ausefilter pfthreshold bmi1
bogomips        : 4000.28
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate [11]

As was reported earlier, the "non-S" version has a similar dual core CPU (Turion)

With integrated Radeon graphics, a quad core x86 CPU, and a real version of linux, who wants to see this thing play games?

 

[nkw]

Is there a trick to getting this switch to recognize a third party QSFP+ to SFP+ breakout cable?

I have a few versions.

This one works (coded as a Cisco).

These do not.

They (I've tried two) give:

arista#show interfaces status errdisabled
   Port        Name             Status         Reason
----------- ---------------- ----------------- ----------------
   Et2/1                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported
   Et2/2                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported
   Et2/3                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported
   Et2/4                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported

I am running:

Software image version: 4.14.5FX.2

I have tried:

[admin@arista ~]$ touch /mnt/flash/enable3px

as suggested various places but it does not appear to work.

The only other solution I have seen is getting an "unlock" code from Arista, which it sounds like won't be happening as I'm not buying a zillion $ worth of equipment from them anytime soon.

 

[GuybrushThreepwood]

The ones I get from FS.com with asking them to code it for Arista, worked well.
They can even code it one side Arista, the other side as another vendor!

 

[webjunkie]

I have tried:

[admin@arista ~]$ touch /mnt/flash/enable3px

as suggested various places but it does not appear to work.

After doing this, did you try a hard power cycle (unplug from power)? That did the trick for me on a 7050S.

 

[nkw]

After doing this, did you try a hard power cycle (unplug from power)? That did the trick for me on a 7050S.

Affirmative. Just tried again for good measure:

arista>show interfaces status errdisabled
   Port        Name             Status         Reason
----------- ---------------- ----------------- ----------------
   Et1/1                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported
   Et1/2                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported
   Et1/3                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported
   Et1/4                        errdisabled    xcvr-unsupported

 

[Foray]

Try Googling: service unsupported-transceiver arista
It may have logged a quick and dirty solution.

 

[Stril]

Hi!

I googled that, but there is always the problem, that you need an unlock code for that command and Arista does not provide it without support-contract...

 

[Foray]

And its not tied to the system/serial number, the code is based on the nonce used in that line.

 

[Stril]

Good news.
Thank you!

 

[nkw]

And its not tied to the system/serial number, the code is based on the nonce used in that line.

Schweet. It worked. I had just assumed those would be tied to the system/serial. Gracias.

 

[Dropndestroy]

Are there any good sources for firmwares for this switch? Or what the last supported firmware version is?

 

[i386]

Arista uses one firmware version for all switches (but some switches need a 512mb image, the others use 2gb images)

 

[nemykal]

Did anyone else have a link to updated firmware for these switches? The Reddit homelab FTP is down at the moment.

 

[alijnclarke]

Did anyone else have a link to updated firmware for these switches? The Reddit homelab FTP is down at the moment.

I'm looking for the same, will post back if i find anything

 

[Dropndestroy]

I have sourced the following versions of EOS, pm me if interested.

4.13.10M
4.14.6.M
4.18.5M

 

[larryexchange]

I have sourced the following versions of EOS, pm me if interested.

4.13.10M
4.14.6.M
4.18.5M

Can you share those EOS images?

 

[i386]

I don't know if it's legal to directly link to the firmware download, but you could always use a ftp seach engine like filemare.com and search for "filetype:swi eos"