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Upgrade Your Network with Arista - The Future of Scalable, High-Performance Networking

Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments.

Arista delivers products across the data center and campus with routing and software solutions for monitoring and network detection and response worldwide.
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Arista Networks Benefits:

  • Best 400G & 800G Switches on the Market
  • Low Latency and High Throughput for Optimal Performance
  • Top Tier Customer base - Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Disney, ESPN, Microsoft, Netflix, Marvel
  • CloudVision Management & Automation   
  • Single Pane of Glass to easily manage your entire network
  • Software-Driven Automation with EOS
  • True End to End Networking - from the data center to the edge, all the way to the campus
  • Full Suite of Security Products - NDR, NGFW & Observability
  • Experienced Customer Service with Leading TAC in the Industry
  • Cloud-Ready Infrastructure Solutions
  • Scalability for Growing Networks
  • ONE OPERATING SYSTEM 

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ARISTA DIFFERENTIATORS

Cloud Driven Data Center

  • Undisputed leader in low latency (4 nanoseconds), high bandwidth (800 Gbps capable), multi-form factor fixed and modular switching
  • Leader in simplified, 2 tier linear scale out 2 tier topologies
  • One operating system (EOS), one multi-function operations platform
  • (CloudVision) across all platforms
  • Wire rate data plane security including segmentation, tunneling, packet monitoring, and identity mgmt
  • 3rd party real time telemetry tool integration including Splunk, Service Now, VMware MTTR
  • Automation of simple to complex configuration tasks

Network Observability

  • Unified deep packet traffic and security monitoring into one fabric, for multi-department secure access (Netops, SecOps, DevOps)
  • Reuse of industry sandard campus and data center switches. No proprietary or custom hardware/silicon required
  • Multi-vendor network compatibility leveraging SPAN and TAP
  • Fan in leaf/spine IUCN topologies, with x86 services nodes
  • Arista software DNA including zero touch switch deployments, automated uPgrading, patch, and configuration management
  • Open API integration for forwarding filtered traffic to tools of choice
  • IP Fix, NetFlow, packet deduplication, who is talking to who, traffic pattern analytic and anomaly detection use cases

Campus

  • Single, 2-tier, multi-tier wired, wireless topology options leveraging Universal Cloud Network designs
  • Adaptive PoE across 8 to 384 port fixed and modular switches
  • Localized dataplanes for failover and data protection delivered as a service
  • Tier one Wi-Fi 6 AP's, indoor and outdoor (Qualcomm based)
  • Predictive, L2L7 root cause analyt¡cs for resolving connectivity, IPAM, QoS, DNS, and application reachability issues
  • Edge, and network as services via CloudVision with integrated wired wireless management

Network Detection 
and Response (NDR)

  • Next generation network security monitorinq, detection and proactive remediation, as one integrated solution (not 3)
  • Patented supervised and unsupervised network detection/coverage
  • Agentless endpoint behavior discovery, identity, and bad actor mitigation includes loT, printers, cell phones, laptops, servers etc
  • AVA sensors tightly integrated within Arista switches/EOS
  • Lowest false positive counts based upon best signal/noise ratios
  • ML driven behavioral results within 24 hours, not weeks or months
  • Easy to test run, install, scale out
  • Adversarial models are open where customen can modify

Arista

Competitors

  • CLI driven with dedicated network engineers
  • Different boxes, topologies, designs (WAN, Campus, Data Center)
  • High software defect and security exposures
  • Proprietary protocols, features, architects mgmt interfaces
  • Legacy technologies including SNMP, VLANs, Spanning Tree etc.

Arista

  • Automation drive with a customer facing CI approach
  • Focused on one operating system, one operations platform, one architecture
  • Best in class CVE scores (based upon NIST definitions)
  • Open standards, including hadware (chip technologies) and software
  • Real time state, rich telemetry, wire rate flows etc.

Customer Benefits

  • Reduction in staff, agile, higher compliance scores
  • Lower complexities, faster upgrades, 40% cost reductions, easier sparing
  • Reduced vulnerabilities, patching, upgrades etc.
  • Open choices, 3rd party API integration infrastructure interoperability
  • Better, faster, more reliable intelligent data for MTTR

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400G Solutions

Comprehensive 400G Platforms

For the most demanding environments the 400G routing and switching platforms provide flexibility and choice for large scale cloud, leaf and spine, routing transformation and hyperscale IO intensive applications.

Universal Leaf & Spine

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Arista 7800R3 Series

  • Up to 460Tbps
  • 576 x 400G ports
  • 36 x 400G, 48 x 100G LC
  • Wirespeed, 2.5M Route
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Arista 7500R3 Series

  • Up to 230Tbps
  • 288 x 400G ports
  • 24 x 400G, 36 x 100G LC
  • Wirespeed, 2.5M Routes
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Arista 7280R3 Series

  • Up to 24 x 400G
  • Wirespeed, 2.5M Routes
  • Carrier Grade Routing

Modular Spine High Network Radix

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Arista 7388X5 Series

  • Up to 128 x 200G
  • 64 x 400G QSFP-DD
  • MACsec ready
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Arista 7368X4 Series

  • Up to 128 x 100G
  • 32 x 400G OSFP, QSFP-DD
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Arista 7358X4 Series

  • Up to 128 x 100G or 25G
  • 32 x 400G QSFP-DD or OSFP

Fixed Leaf & Spine for High Density

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Arista 7060X5 Series

  • 64 x 400G / 128 x 200G
  • Hyperscale Performance
  • I/O Intensive environments
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Arista 7060X4 Series

  • 32 x 400G / 128 x 100G
  • Hyperscale Performance
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Arista 7050X4 Series

  • 32 x 400G OSFP or QSFP-DD
  • 128 x 100G
  • Feature Rich, High Scale and Flexible Configurations

Arista Frequently Asked Questions

How big is Arista?

Arista Networks revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2024 was $6.080B, a 25.22% increase year-over-year.

Did Arista sell more switches than Cisco?

In Q4 of 2023 Arista sold more Ethernet switches than Cisco for the 1st time

What makes Arista different than Cisco?

Software driven platform with 1 OS across all devices.

Is it hard to transition from Cisco to Arista?

No, the CLI and Commands are very similar.

Can I still have Cisco at the core and use Arista for the edge and the campus?

Best-of-Breed Solution: By combining Cisco's robust core networking solution with Arista's advanced edge and campus solutions, you can take advantage of the best features from each vendor. you can successfully implement a hybrid solution that leverages the strengths of both Cisco and Arista.

Why choose Arista over Cisco?

Arista's strengths compared to Juniper and Cisco include its focus on high-density, high-performance ethernet switches for data centers, its software-driven approach with Arista EOS, and its commitment to open standards and interoperability, especially in cloud and data center environments.

Who are some of Arista's customers?

Meta, Microsoft, ESPN are a few of the top tier customers. Meta has spent over $1 Billion dollars on Arista equipment, Microsoft over $700 Million

Does Arista have a wireless solution?

Their wireless offerings are part of their Cognitive Campus solutions, which are designed to provide intelligent connectivity. Arista's wireless solutions include both Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 access points.

How does Arista ensure network security?

Arista incorporates a Zero Trust architecture in their solutions, including integrated Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS), secure BYOD policy enforcement, and comprehensive security capabilities to protect against cyber threats.

What is a CVE?

Short for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, is a list of publicly disclosed computer security flaws. When someone refers to a CVE, they mean a security flaw that's been assigned a CVE ID number. Security advisories issued by vendors and researchers almost always mention at least one CVE ID. CVEs help IT professionals coordinate their efforts to prioritize and address these vulnerabilities to make computer systems more secure.

What is Cloud vision?

CloudVision® is Arista's modern, multi-domain management platform that leverages cloud networking principles to deliver a simplified NetOps experience.  See video here
Can I buy Arista from Tredent? Yes, Tredent is and Authorized Arista Partner and able to provide the full line of Arista products.

Why choose Arista over Cisco?

Customers might choose Arista Networks for their specific focus on high-performance data center networking and cloud networking solutions. Arista's products, particularly their data center switches, are known for advanced automation, low-latency connectivity, and scalability which are essential for modern data center architectures.

What are the advantages of Arista?

Arista's advantages include their focus on cloud-grade, high-performance ethernet switches and networking solutions that support extensive automation and network segmentation. Their EOS (Extensible Operating System) is also highly regarded for its stability and scalability.

What is the competitive advantage of Arista Networks?

Arista's competitive advantage lies in its specialization in cloud networking and data center switches, offering low-latency solutions and advanced features like VXLAN and EVPN for network segmentation and scalability. Arista also emphasizes automation with tools like CloudVision.

What are Arista's strengths with respect to Juniper and Cisco?

Arista's strengths compared to Juniper and Cisco include its focus on high-density, high-performance ethernet switches for data centers, its software-driven approach with Arista EOS, and its commitment to open standards and interoperability, especially in cloud and data center environments.

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