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Transitioning to an Automated, Software Driven Cloud NetworkAutumn 2015

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Do-It-YourselfCustom development for

integration

Software development resources & approach

DevOpsLeveraging existing tools

(Puppet, Chef etc)

Integration & customization via scripts

TurnkeyLimited solutions today, focus on

legacy models

Customers need turnkey solution for cloud-automation!

Approaches to Network Automation

Cloud TitanHigh Tech

Enterprise / SPTraditional

Enterprise / SP

10,000network elements per engineer

1,000network elements per engineer

100network elements per engineer

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Manual, Box-by-Box Automated, Network-wide

Legacy Networking Cloud Networking

Closed architecturesOpen, decoupled,

standards-based approaches

Limited integration and controlControl through deeper

programmability at all layers

Networking skill setsNew skill sets - virtualization,

DevOps, scripting

The Transition to Cloud Networking

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CLI eAPI OVSDB SDK

Common binary/APIs for all platforms

Low Inter-Process Communication

Arista EOS Architecture

Efficient Subscribe/Publish

Linear Cloud Scaling

Publish

NotifyPIM

SNMP BGP

MLAG

STP eAPI

IGMPSysdbDriver

Arista EOS: Resilient Cloud Scale Software

Open &Programmable

Merchant Silicon

SysDB

CLISNMP

VXLANVM

Tracer

OSPFSTP

ASICDriver

SDNAPIs

LAG

BGP

Modular &Resilient

Universal CloudNetwork

Customer DrivenFlexibility

Cloud ScaleEconomics

EOSvEOS

EOS

Pri

ncip

les

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Operating the Software Defined Cloud Network

Deliver a cloud orchestration model for

the network infrastructure

Drive and monitor the physical network devices

based on the logical architecture

Provision and manage the logical network topology

Orchestrate the end-to-end platform for

compute, storage, network and network

services

Network Underlay Fabric Coordination

Cloud Network Management

The many facets of Software Driven Cloud Network control

Cloud OrchestrationOverlay Network

ControlNetwork & Security Services Provisioning

Implement network security policy and function service

flow across the logical network

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§ EOS Network Wide Services

§ Single network control point for:• Third party controllers

• Orchestration services.

§ Turnkey workflow automation

CloudVision

Workflow Automation ServicesWorkload Orchestration Services

EOS Network Wide Services

Open APIs & Partner Access

Arista’s Universal Cloud Network

Arista EOS CloudVision

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CloudVision Components

Arista CloudVision

A network-wide multi-function control point providing a single access point for real-time

provisioning, orchestration and integration with multi-vendor controllers

The window into EOS, automating the workflows for a variety of network provisioning, monitoring and

analysis tasks.

CloudVision Portal (CVP)

CloudVision eXchange (CVX)

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AvailableNow!

AvailableNow!

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EOS Devices

Workflow Automation Services

CloudVision Framework

Management, Monitoring Tools Orchestrators and Overlay Controllers

Open RESTful APIs

3rd Party Integration

EOS Core Services

Workload Orchestration

Services

CloudVision eXchange (CVX)

OVSDB, eAPI, Plugins

CloudVision Portal (CVP)

Open APIs

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Platform for automation and visibility across the network

Network-Wide Database

Aggregation of network wide Sysdb state

Abstraction of the physical network

Single integration point to the network

More scalable controller integration

Provisioning of the logical topology

State-sync

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Cloud Orchestrators

Overlay Controllers

www.arista.comNetwork &

Security Services

NetworkLayer

Network Control Point

Points of Integration

Single point of integration to the physical infrastructure

Platform for automation and visibility across the network

Network-Wide Database

State-sync

Open, Standard APIs

Web-based GUI

CLI

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Overlay Controller

Scaling Controller Integration

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Overlay Controller

Network Layer

Controller Layer

10xImprovement

Sysdb State Sync

Topology/Device Dependent

Topology/Device Abstraction

Traditional Approach

CloudVision Approach

Open, Standard APIsOpen, Standard APIs

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CloudVision Portal Key Features

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Network RollbackEfficiently revert the network back to a known good state

Overlay/Underlay VisibilityPhysical and logical layout, VNI mapping and performance hotspots

ProvisioningTurnkey solution for automating network operations

Change ManagementSnapshot of pre- and post-changes for better control

Network-wide UpgradeAutomate software upgrades across groups of devices

MaintenanceMode

ProductionMode

Single Pane of GlassPoint and click interface to simplify bulk tasks

Time tTime t-1

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CVP - A Single Interface to Automation

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CloudVision Core Services

Manual box-by-box operations with limited network-wide correlation

Network-wide synchronization for topology level visibility.

No ability to monitor code versions and alert on software bugs

Services Dashboards, with proactive notification tools

Separate vendor tools for Inventory, Logging, Management, Compliance etc.

Consolidated reporting within a single application

Non-customizable NMS tools built for limited sizing and scale

Big Data Infrastructure andfully customizable web GUI

Primary Secondary

Before With CloudVision

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CloudVision: Platform for PartnersPartnerforNSXControllerforoverlaynetworking&VROps forvisibility

PartnerforConvergedSystemarchitecture,includingHPOneView

PartnerforControllerintegrationforTransportnetworks

PartnerforOpenStackintegration

PartnerforL4-7servicesintegration

PartnerforConvergedsystems

PartnerforL4-7servicesintegration

PartnerforOpenStackintegration

PartnerforSolutionintegration,includingASM

PartnerforWindowsServer2016integrationfornetworkcontrollers

PartnerforControllerintegrationforoverlaynetworks

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CloudVision Summary

Fast path to Cloud: Turnkey solution for automation and orchestration

2 EOS is now a “Network Wide Service”

Opex Reduction: By enabling automation of simple cloud services

Extends Arista’s EOS Platforms for Software Defined Cloud Networking4

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