Arista DCS-7388-CH | 7388X5 Modular Chassis, 8-Slot, Hyperscale Ready

Q: What components are required to build a complete 7388X5 system?
A: The DCS-7388-CH chassis requires a supervisor module (DCS-7388-SUP), a switch card (DCS-7388X5-SC), line cards (such as DCS-7388-8D or DCS-7388-16CD2), redundant power supplies, and fan modules. These are sold separately or as part of system bundles.

Q: What line cards are compatible with the DCS-7388-CH chassis?
A: The chassis supports 7388X5 series line cards including the DCS-7388-8D (8-port 400GbE QSFP-DD with MACsec) and DCS-7388-16CD2 (16-port 200GbE QSFP-DD). Each chassis accommodates up to 8 line cards for maximum flexibility.

Q: What are typical use cases for the 7388X5 chassis?
A: The 7388X5 is designed for hyperscale cloud environments, AI/ML infrastructure requiring high network radix, large-scale data center spine and leaf architectures, and high-performance computing clusters needing ultra-low latency and high bandwidth.

Q: Does this chassis support both AC and DC power?
A: Yes, the DCS-7388-CH supports both AC and DC power supply options with redundant, hot-swappable configurations for high availability in data center environments.

Q: What is the advantage of the modular design?
A: The modular 4RU design with 8 interface slots allows for easy maintenance, flexible port configurations, incremental capacity expansion, and future-proofing as higher-speed optics become available, all without replacing the entire chassis.