Arista EOS Advances Cloud-Grade Routing
December 06 2017 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Software Innovations Transform Routing
Architectures
Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) today announced continued expansion
in cloud-grade routing with the latest Arista EOS ® (Extensible
Operating System) and CloudVision ® software. Arista EOS version
4.20 delivers new routing and management software capabilities,
helping customers evolve to modern, software-driven routing
principles.
Arista is driving down operational and capital costs with modern
routing and cloud automation, enabling architectural
transformations across cloud, content delivery, Internet exchange
and service provider network function virtualization (NFV) routing
use-cases, including next-generation cable architectures.
Driving Routing Transformations
Massive scale and growth of services is effectively driving a
re-architecture of the Internet to support bandwidth-hungry
consumers. The traditional Internet, based on rigid, fixed-purpose
routers, disparate LAN-WAN interfaces, protocols and inconsistent
operational models are cumbersome and costly. Arista’s cloud
networking principles from the datacenter are extending into these
routing applications. The ubiquity of IP + Ethernet networking,
combined with programmable software control, delivers compelling
alternatives to legacy routers.
Arista is focused on addressing the routing transformations in
cloud networks, Internet exchange fabrics, and NFV transitions at
the consumer edge:
- New content delivery routing
architectures mandate support for software-driven traffic steering
for optimal content delivery and increased visibility at scale.
Customers are moving away from legacy router software in favor of
lean, modern operating systems with advanced programmability
foundations.
- Internet eXchange (IX) networks provide
interconnect fabric between consumers and providers of services at
critical junction points of the Internet. The IX operator is moving
from traditional Layer 2 fabrics to a common Layer 3 service
architecture with rapid provisioning of new interconnect
services.
- Consumer edge networks in telco and
cable providers require an architecture that delivers cloud-like
service agility, replacing legacy multi-service edge routing with
scale-out cloud routing. These new NFV architectures require
enhanced software control and automation to bring cloud networking
to the consumer edge.
An example of the consumer edge transformation to NFV is cable
access networks. Arista is transforming routing in these networks
to deliver high-bandwidth integrated services with technology
partner Harmonic, the worldwide leader in video delivery technology
and cable edge virtualization. For cable access, operators are
transitioning their traditional headend to a more cost-effective
and service-rich virtualized Remote-PHY architecture. Offering a
scale-out and software-driven approach, Arista’s EOS and R-series
platforms are now certified with Harmonic’s CableOS™ virtualized
CCAP solution.
“Leveraging its expertise in IP and in developing software-based
technologies, Harmonic is leading the architectural shift to a
virtualized cable headend based on Ethernet and IP. By partnering
with Arista, our joint customers can utilize Arista’s R-Series and
software-driven approach to migrate to more scalable and
cost-effective cable architectures,” said Nimrod Ben-Natan, Senior
Vice President and General Manager, Cable Edge Business,
Harmonic.
Building Flagship Routing with Arista EOS
With the latest Arista EOS 4.20 release, Arista supports the
following capabilities for the transition to cloud-grade
routing:
- Scale-out: Modern routing
software, leveraging a state-based architecture programmable at all
layers. Optimized for a common spine/leaf design in and outside the
datacenter, with enhanced load balancing, best-in-class convergence
for large-scale ECMP (Equal Cost Multipath). Network-wide
visibility with BMP (BGP Monitoring Protocol) and real-time state
streaming.
- Simplify: A lean operating
system, with a single software train running IP+Ethernet fabrics
utilizing standard routing protocols (BGP, EVPN, Segment
Routing).
- Software-driven Control:
Automating network operations and traffic engineering, utilizing
programmability tools (EOS SDK), open APIs (OpenConfig/YANG,
NETCONF), CloudVision for turnkey provisioning and telemetry, and
cEOS/vEOS for large-scale network simulation and
certification.
Availability
The Arista EOS 4.20 release is available now as a single
software train across all of Arista’s products.
For additional information, join us for a webinar on Arista
Cloud-Grade Routing on December 14th, at 10:00 AM PST/1 PM
EST. Register here.
About Arista Networks
Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver
software-driven cloud networking solutions for large datacenter
storage and computing environments. Arista’s award-winning
platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 100 gigabits per
second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has
shipped more than ten million cloud networking ports worldwide with
CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system.
Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the
25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available
worldwide directly and through partners.
ARISTA, EOS, and CloudVision are among the registered and
unregistered trademarks of Arista Networks, Inc. in jurisdictions
around the world. Other company names or product names may be
trademarks of their respective owners. Additional information and
resources can be found at www.arista.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to, statements regarding the benefits of
the design and implementation of Arista's EOS and CloudVision
software and its new routing and management software capabilities
including the improvement of network visibility and management, and
the enablement of greater performance, efficiency and cost savings.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are
statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements including:
our limited operating history and experience with developing and
releasing new products; product, support or service quality
problems; rapidly evolving changes in technology, customer
requirements and industry standards as well as other risks stated
in our filings with the SEC available on Arista's website at
www.arista.com and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Arista
disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or
circumstances that exist after the date on which they were
made.
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