Arista DCS-7050QX-32S, 4-SFP+ ports - can't configure

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mancavecomputing

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I have an Arista DCS-7050QX-32S and the four SFP+ ports are nowhere to be found under the configuration or when I go to the bash prompt and type 'ip a' (it would seem the driver module(s) aren't loaded). There's no mention of them in the manual. How does one configure the SFP+ ports?
 

mancavecomputing

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I think it's one of these three cases:

1.) Ports are not set up correctly/as expected
https://www.arista.com/media/system/pdf/Arista_40G_FAQ.pdf
Scroll down to "q" for more information and the commands
2.) EOS image version is too old or too new
3.) Damaged switch (I hope it's not this case :D)
Excellent! Now working.

Here's the command I used:

hardware port-group 1 select Et1-4

A little different than the QA examples.

Here are the options on my switch, version 4.16.6:

localhost(config)#hardware port-group 1 select ?
Et1-4 Activate ports Et1-4
Et5/1-4 Activate ports Et5/1-4
 
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