Milestone dates

The dates Arista published, with Arista's own wording under each milestone.

MilestoneDate
End of saleArista: Last day to order the products (End-of-Sale) (Subject to availability)
End of new service contractsArista: Last day to add new service contracts
End of hardware repairArista: Last day to request hardware failure analysis
End of service contract renewalArista: Last day to renew existing service contracts
Last date of supportArista: End-of-Life of product

Affected part numbers

19 part numbers are covered.

Part numberDescriptionReplacement named by Arista
OSFP-400G-SR8 400GBASE-SR8 OSFP Transceiver, up to 100m over parallel OM4 multi-mode fiberOSFP-400G-SR8-C
OSFP-400-2FR4-LC 2 x 200GBASE-FR4 OSFP Transceiver, up to 2km over two pairs of duplex SMF—
OSFP-400G-2FR4 2 x 200GBASE-FR4 OSFP Transceiver with 2 duplex LC connectors, up to 3km over two pairs of duplex SMF—
QDD-400G-LR8 400GBASE-LR8 QSFP-DD Transceiver, up to 10km over duplex SMFQDD-400G-LR4
CAB-D-8S-200G-1M QSFP-DD to 8 x 25G SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meter QSFP-DD to 8 x 25G SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meterCAB-D-8S-400G-1M, CAB-D-8S-400G-2M
CAB-D-8S-200G-2M QSFP-DD to 8 x 25G SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meter QSFP-DD to 8 x 25G SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meterCAB-D-8S-400G-1M, CAB-D-8S-400G-2M
CAB-D-8S-200G-2.5 QSFP-DD to 8 x 25G SFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2.5 meterCAB-D-8S-400G-2.5
CAB-O-2Q-200G-1M OSFP to 2 x 100G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meterCAB-O-2Q-400G-1M
CAB-O-2Q-200G-2M OSFP to 2 x 100G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meterCAB-O-2Q-400G-2M
CAB-O-2Q-200G-3M OSFP to 2 x 100G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 3 meterCAB-O-2Q-400G-3M
CAB-O-4Q-200G-1M OSFP to 4 x 50G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meterCAB-O-4Q-400G-1M
CAB-O-4Q-200G-2M OSFP to 4 x 50G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meterCAB-O-4Q-400G-2M
CAB-O-4Q-200G-3M OSFP to 4 x 50G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 3 meterCAB-O-4Q-400G-3M
CAB-D-4Q-200G-1M QSFP-DD to 4 x 50G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meterCAB-D-4Q-400G-1M
CAB-D-4Q-200G-2M QSFP-DD to 4 x 50G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meterCAB-D-4Q-400G-2M
CAB-D-4Q-200-2.5 QSFP-DD to 4 x 50G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2.5 meterCAB-D-4Q-400-2.5
CAB-D-2Q-200G-1M QSFP-DD to 2 x 100G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 1 meterCAB-D-2Q-400G-1M
CAB-D-2Q-200G-2M QSFP-DD to 2 x 100G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2 meterCAB-D-2Q-400G-2M
CAB-D-2Q-200-2.5 QSFP-DD to 2 x 100G QSFP Twinax Copper Cable, 2.5 meterCAB-D-2Q-400-2.5

Upgrade path

Arista names 17 replacement part numbers. None of them is in our catalogue yet; send the part numbers with a quote request and we will source them new.

Source

Arista: End of Sale of the Arista Optics and DAC Cables. Retrieved 25 October 2026. Manufacturers sometimes revise these dates; check the source for the exact part number you run.