Arista Warrior: A Real-World Guide to Understanding Arista Switches and EOS

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Arista Warrior: A Real-World Guide to Understanding Arista Switches and EOS

2017 | Computing & IT

Arista Networks has become a key player when it comes to software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments. In the updated, second edition of this book, renowned consultant and technical author Gary Donahue (Network Warrior) provides an in-depth, objective guide to Arista Network's lineup of hardware, and explains why its network switches and Extensible Operating System (EOS) are so effective. Anyone with a CCNA or equivalent knowledge will benefit from this book, especially entrenched administrators, engineers, or architects tasked with building an Arista network. Is Arista right for your data center? Pick up this in-depth guide and find out.

Topics include: SysDB: the EOS system database that holds state, statuses, and variables Multichassis Link Aggregation (MLAG): for linking a port-channel to multiple switches instead of just one Latency Analyzer (LANZ): the interface-buffer troubleshooting tool with a reporting granularity of one millisecond VM Tracer: for adding, changing, and removing VLANs without human interaction Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP): for remote switch configuration Hardware advantages: including merchant silicon, low-latency networking, and power consumption Gotchas: issues with Arista switches or systems



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