Enhanced Features for High Performance Cloud Networks

The Arista 7280R delivers a suite of advanced tra c control and monitoring features to improve the agility of modern high performance

environments, with solutions for automation, data monitoring, precise timing and next-generation virtualization.

Automating the data center enables customers to dynamically provision computing resources in the most e cient manner while also

meeting business needs by maintaining service level agreements (SLAs). Arista EOS automates complex IT work ows and simpli es

network operations while reducing or even eliminating downtime. Arista EOS rich automation capabilities not only reduce the human

error element in network operations but also enable IT operators to make the network work the way they want.

Arista o ers solutions for a variety of approaches to cloud-like network automation. Addressing the needs of the largest public cloud

environments as well as applying those lessons learned in the turnkey CloudVision automation o ering.

CloudVision

CloudVision is a network-wide approach for workload orchestration and work ow automation as a turnkey solution for Cloud

Networking. CloudVision extends the EOS publish subscribe architectural approach across the network for state, topology, monitoring

and visibility. This enables enterprises to move to cloud-class automation without needing any signi cant internal development.

Advanced Event Management (AEM)

Advanced Event Management (AEM), a sub-system of Arista EOS, is a powerful and exible tool to automate tasks and customize the

behavior of EOS and the operation of the overall data center switching infrastructure. Simplifying the overall operations, AEM provides

the tools to customize alerts and actions. AEM allows operators to fully utilize the intelligence within EOS to respond to real-time events,

automate routine tasks, and automate actions based on changing network conditions.

Precise Data Analysis

Arista Latency Analyzer (LANZ) and Precision Data Analyzer (DANZ) are integrated features of EOS. DANZ provides a solution to

monitoring and visibility challenges at 10/40/100Gbps giving IT operations the ability to proactively deliver feedback on congestion

events, lter, replicate, aggregate and capture tra c without a ecting production performance. LANZ provides precise real-time

monitoring of micro-burst and congestion events before they impact applications, with the ability to identify the sources and capture

a ected tra c for analysis.

Precision Timing (IEEE 1588)

Arista’s hardware derived Precision Time Protocol solution provides a robust mechanism for accurate in-band time distribution in high

performance environments. The system clock can be synchronized using IEEE 1588 PTP.

Virtualization

Supporting next-generation virtualized data centers requires tight integration with orchestration tools and emerging encapsulation

technologies such as VXLAN. The 7280R builds on the valuable tools already provided by the Arista VM Tracer suite to integrate directly

into encapsulated environments. O ering a wire-speed gateway between VXLAN and traditional L2/3 environments, the 7280R makes

integration of non-VXLAN aware devices including servers, rewalls and load-balancers seamless and provides the ability to leverage

VXLAN as a standards based L2 extension technology for non-MPLS environments.

AlgoMatchTM

AlgoMatch is a unique Arista innovation for modern cloud networks, combining both software and hardware to enable more exible

and scalable solutions for access control, policy based forwarding and network telemetry. By combining general purpose memory with

advanced software algorithms AlgoMatch delivers higher scale, performance and e ciency with lower power and is more cost e ective

than traditional solutions. AlgoMatch provides a more e cient packet matching algorithm that in turn enables ow matching for

access control, policy and visibility. The net bene ts are a high performance policy engine with both increased functionality and scale in

a cost and power e cient solution. AlgoMatch is available on the 7280RA, 7280R2A and 7280R2K Series of products.

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AlgoMatch enables IPv4 and IPv6 access control at the same scale

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L4 rule ranges are programmed e ciently without expansion or reduced capacity

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Multiple actions can be performed on a single packet or ow

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User de ned lters allow exible packet classi cation based on o sets for custom actions

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Supports rich policy with consistent semantics that would exhaust classical resources

7280R Series | Technical Speci cations