Media Choices
10/100/1000 RJ45
Type
Media/Reach
7048, 7050T
Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A, Cat7
100m
1GbE SFP
Type
Media/Reach
All SFP/SFP+ Ports
1000BASE-SX
50µ MMF / 550m
1000BASE-LX
9µ SMF / 10km
1000BASE-T
Cat5e / 100m
10GBASE-T RJ45
Type
Media/Reach
7050T, 7120T, 7140T
Cat5e/6 U/UTP
55m
Cat6/6A F/UTP
100m
Cat7 S/FTP
100m
10G Optical SFP+
Type
Media/Reach
All SFP/SFP+ Ports
10GBASE-SRL
50µ MMF / 100m
10GBASE-SR
50µ MMF / 300m
10GBASE-LRL
9µ SMF / 1km
10GBASE-LR
9µ SMF / 10km
10GBASE-ER
9µ SMF / 40km
10GBASE-ZR
9µ SMF / 80km
10GBASE-DWDM (40 Wavelengths)
9µ SMF / 80km
10G Copper SFP+
Type
Media/Reach
All SFP/SFP+ Ports
10GBASE-CR Twinax / CX1 / 'Direct Attach'
Pre-terminated in 0.5m, 1m, 1.5m, 2m, 2.5m 3m, 5m, 7m lengths
40G Optical QSFP
Type
Media/Reach
7050Q, 7050x-64 uplinks
40GBASE-SR4
50µ MMF / 100M
40GBASE-XSR4
50µ MMF / 300M
Operates as 1 x 40G with MTP-MTP OM3 MMF or 4 x 10G with 'octopus' MTP-4xLC OM3 MMF patch cable
40GBASE-LR4
9µ SMF / 10km
40G Copper QSFP
Type
Media/Reach
7050Q, 7050x-64 uplinks
40GBASE-CR4 Twinax / 'Direct Attach' 40G to 40G
Pre-terminated in 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 3m, 5m, 7m
40GBASE-CR4 to 4 x 10G-CX1 40G to 40G
Pre-terminated in 0.5m, 1m, 2m, 3m, 5m
Port Type Transceiver & Connector Cabling Distance Arista Switch Platform
7048A 7100 Series 7150SX 7050 Series 7500
S/SX/FX 24/52/64 7050S-x 7050T-x 7050Q
10/100/1000BASE-T
RJ45
Cat 5e/6/6A
100m
✔ 48✔ 48/32
10GBASE-T
RJ45
Cat 5e/6 U/UTP
Cat 6/6A F/UTP
Cat 7 S/FTP
55m
100m
100m
✔ 48/32
✔ 48/32
✔ 48/32
1000BASE-SX
SFP (LC)
50µ MMF
550m
✔ 4✔ 24/48✔ 24/52/48✔ 48/52✔ 4(-52/36)✔ 0-8✔
1000BASE-LX
SFP (LC)
9µ SMF
10km
✔ 4✔ 24/48✔ 24/52/48✔ 48/52✔ 4(-52/36)✔ 0-8✔
1000BASE-T
SFP (RJ45)
Cat 5e/6/6A
100m
✔ 4✔ 24/48✔ 24/52/48✔ 48/52✔ 4(-52/36)✔ 0-8✔
10GBASE-SRL
SFP+ (LC)
50µ OM4 MMF
50µ OM3 MMF
150m
100m
✔ 4
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 48/52
✔ 48/52
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 0-8
✔ 0-8
✔
✔
10GBASE-SR
SFP+ (LC)
50µ OM4 MMF
50µ OM3 MMF
50µ OM2 MMF
62.5µ OM1 MMF
62.5µ FDDI MMF
400m
300m
82m
33m
26m
✔ 4
✔ 4
✔ 4
✔ 4
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 48/52
✔ 48/52
✔ 48/52
✔ 48/52
✔ 48/52
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 0-8
✔ 0-8
✔ 0-8
✔ 0-8
✔ 0-8
✔
✔
✔
✔
✔
10GBASE-LR/10GBASE-LRL
SFP+ (LC)
9µ SMF
10km/1km
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 48/52
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 0-8
✔
10GBASE-ER
SFP+ (LC)
9µ SMF
40km
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 48/52
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 0-8
✔
10GBASE-ZR
SFP+ (LC)
9µ SMF
80km
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 48/52
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 0-8
✔
10GBASE-DWDM 40 colors
SFP+ (LC)
9µ SMF
80km
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
✔ 48/52
✔ 4(-52/36)
✔ 0-8
✔
10GBASE-CR
SFP+ (DAC)
Direct Attach Cable ('Twinax')
0.5m-5.0m
7.0m
✔ 4
✔ 4
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/48
✔ 24/52/48
-
✔ 48/52
-
✔ 4(-52/36)
-
✔ 0-8
-
✔
✔
40GBASE-SR4/40GBASE-XSR4
QSFP+ (MTP)
50µ OM4 MMF
50µ OM3 MMF
150m/450m
100m/300m
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 16
✔ 16
40GBASE-LR4
QSFP+ (LC)
9µ SMF
10km
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 16
40GBASE-CR4
QSFP+ (DAC)
Direct Attach Cable ('Twinax')
0.5m-7m 1x40-1x40
0.5m-5m 1x40-4x10
✔ 4(-64) (5m max)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 4(-64)
✔ 16
✔ 16
Deployment Flexibility in the Same Physical Port
The Arista 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ (Small-Form-Factor Pluggables), 10GBASE-CR cables, 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ and 40GBASE-CR4 cables offer customers a wide variety of connectivity options over copper or fiber for data center and HPC environments.
Supported 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Options:
10GBASE-SR (Short Reach)
Up to 300m link lengths over multi-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-SRL
10GBASE-SRL (Short Reach Lite)
Up to 100m link lengths over multi-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-SR
10GBASE-LRL (Long Reach Lite)
Up to 1km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-LR up to 1km
10GBASE-LR (Long Reach)
Up to 10km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Optical interoperability with 10GBASE-LRL up to 1km
10GBASE-ER (Extended Reach)
Up to 40km link lengths over single-mode fiber
10GBASE-ZR (Extended Reach)
Up to 80km link lengths over single-mode fiber
10GBASE-DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing)
Choice of 40 colors up to 80km link lengths over single-mode fiber
Supported 10 Gigabit Ethernet CR Cable Options:
10GBASE-CR SFP+ to SFP+ Cables
Link lengths of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 5 and 7m over twinax copper cable
Includes SFP+ connectors on both ends
4 x 10GbE QSFP+ to 4 x SFP+ twinax copper cables
Link lengths of 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 5m over twinax copper cable
Supported 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ Cables and Optics:
40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+ Transceiver
Up to 100m link lengths over parallel OM3 or 150m over OM4 MMF
Optical interoperability with 40GBASE-XSR4 up to 100/150m
40GBASE-XSR4 QSFP+ Transceiver
Up to 300m link lengths over parallel OM3 or 450m over OM4 MMF
Optical interoperability with 40GBASE-SR4 up to 100/150m
40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ Transceiver
Up to 10km link lengths over duplex single-mode fiber
40GBASE-CR4 QSFP+ to QSFP+ twinax copper cables
Link lengths of 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7m over twinax copper cable
Supported Gigabit Ethernet SFP Options:
1000BASE-SX (Short Haul)
Up to 550m link lengths over multi-mode fiber
1000BASE-LX (Long Haul)
Up to 10km links on single-mode and 550m on multi-mode fiber
1000BASE-T (RJ-45 Copper)
Full duplex 1000Mbps connectivity over existing category 5 cabling
Transceivers Datasheet 
