Re: Low Cost 400G??

[Darrel Lewis via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

*wave* Long time no chat!   I hope all is well with you and yours.

-Darrel 

> On Dec 15, 2025, at 5:59 AM, Jesper Skriver via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
>
> The Arista 7280 series has models with moderate amounts of high speed ports
> to go along with a larger number of lower speed ports, for example
> 7280CR3A-24D12 has 24x 100G and 12x 400G
> 7280CR3A-48D6 has 48x 100G and 6x 400G
>
> /Jesper
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 at 15:44, Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
> wrote:
>
> > *nods* Usually, I don't need lots of ports. Usually, just a few will do.
> >
> > That's the annoying thing: they usually come with (and I'm exaggerating to
> > avoid getting caught up in minutiae) two high-speed ports or 50, but rarely
> > six, eight, or ten.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Mike Hammett
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Beecher" <beecher () beecher cc>
> > To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog () lists nanog org>
> > Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 6:52:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: Low Cost 400G??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    * Lots of ports
> >    * Lots of FIB
> >    * Cheap
> >
> >
> > Pick 2
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM Mike Hammett via NANOG <
> > nanog () lists nanog org > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Is it paradoxical to wonder what low-cost full table (or close to it) 400G
> > options there are? An earlier thread looks like the Arista 7280QR-C36 is
> > "almost" there for 100G at a reasonable $3k, but a quick look at
> > 400G-capable goes up, well, 4x in price, though one does get fully into DFZ
> > capable devices then.
> >
> > It seems like anything with more than low 6 digit route capability goes
> > into full-scale multi-million capability, which is great technically, but
> > not so great financially.
> >
> >
> >
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