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virtualized Extensible Operating System -- vEOS

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Architecture

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market transition – changing network

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the network changes with virtualization

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VM Sprawl VM Mobility DRS and VM-FT

Today’s networks are not designed for virtual and mobile workloads

Arista bridges the physical, virtual, and cloud networks

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market transition demands architectural change

• physical virtual cloud: consistent networking• simplify and mobilize configuration, compliance, and change-

management• integrate with best-of-breed suppliers and open-standards• enable workloads to be global – follow-the-sun, kilowatt, or

capacity

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Physical Virtual Cloud

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introducing Arista vEOSVirtualized Extensible Operating System

•Implementation of Arista EOS that manages VMware distributed switches

•Familiar network interface - integrates with vCenter virtualization platform

•Consistent software with EOS running across all Arista network platforms and now as a virtual appliance

•Separation of control and data plane enables hitless software upgrades

•Consistent policy and accounting for physical ports, virtual machines, and cloud deployments

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Arista EOS – Extensible Operating System

Protected OS Kernel

• fully modular, multi-process, multi-threaded, stateful restart

•core sysdb for all session state and inter-process communications

•extensible architecture enables 3rd party applications

•focused on making operations simpler

•one system image for all product families

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vEOS workflow and operations

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1. Provides familiar CLI to network admin

2. vSphere integration for VM admin

3. Auto-discovers virtual infrastructure

4. Integrates with vSphere/vCenter for per-VM policy assignment and vConverter P2V events

5. Creates and manages distributed port profiles for physical-virtual-cloud service mapping

6. Keeps policy and accounting consistent

vEOS

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live migration and hitless upgrades

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at a glance: vEOS

vEOSVirtual appliance, or an integrated EOS feature

64 hosts per vEOS instance

vEOS

• 64-host, visibility and troubleshooting license

• 64-host, network configuration license

• Full vEOS license in Arista 7000 Family

vEOS

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$5000

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• Open Beta Starting in October

• Register at www.aristanetworks.com/veos/beta

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a quick comparison

Arista vEOS Alternative

Versions of vSphere supported Enterprise Plus Enterprise Plus

Network Friendly Interface Yes Yes

vSphere Integration Yes Yes

VMW vSwitch support Yes No

Supports physical and virtual machines Yes No

Extends network policy to IaaS clouds Yes No

User loadable modules and software Yes No

How many network O/S variations in vendor’s reference design

1 >4

Form-factor Virtual Appliance and Switch Integrated

Virtual Appliance

Price for 64 Servers (2-socket) $5,000 $88,960

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expanding Arista portfoliosingle-image consistency across all systems

Extensible Operating System (EOS)

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only modular and customizable network operating system supporting third-party application development and deep integration

highest performance and lowest latency Ethernet switching platforms available, now with integrated virtual machine management and cloud reach

vEOS architecture enables administrator to have simpler management and policy/administrative consistency from physical to virtual to cloud

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Backup and Deep Dive Slides

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vEOS installation and auto-discovery

VSPHERE

vEOS

1. vEOS OVF/VMDK gets deployed as a VM

2. vEOS is linked to vSphere

3. vEOS auto-discovers all vSwitches and VMs within the vDS domain

4. vEOS provides an interface to network admin to establish consistent policy

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physical to virtual consistency

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1. Global port profiles are established in EOS to simplify configuration

2. vEOS + vConverter moves network state from the physical port to the logical port during a P2V event

3. vEOS + vSphere binds state to each mobile virtual machine

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global mobility – physical to virtual to cloud

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1. Communicates network state to IaaS cloud provider

2. Supports extensible OVF framework for multi-vendor interoperability

3. First network product to bridge physical, virtual and cloud networks

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vEOS Workflow

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1. Provides familiar CLI to network admin

2. vSphere integration for VM admin

3. Auto-discovers virtual infrastructure

4. Integrates with vSphere/vCenter for per-VM policy assignment and vConverter P2V events

5. Creates and manages distributed port profiles for physical-virtual service mapping

6. Keeps policy and accounting consistent

vEOS

VSPHERE