Arista Networks CloudVision Overview

Arista has pioneered the networking industry with its software driven cloud networking approach built on top of Arista EOS® with programmable interfaces, publish-subscribe state separation, resilient fault containment and self-healing attributes. CloudVision® extends the same architectural approach across the network with a state-based view of the entire network, across private, public and hybrid clouds. This enables customers to move to cloud-class automation without needing significant custom internal development. CloudVision is a network-wide approach for workload orchestration, workflow automation and real-time telemetry as a turnkey solution for Cloud Networking.

CloudVision’s abstraction of the physical network to this broader, network-wide perspective allows for a more efficient approach for several operational and network telemetry use-cases, including the following highlights:

1. Centralized representation of distributed network state, allowing for a single point of integration and network-wide visibility and analytics
2. Controller agnostic support for physical and virtual workload orchestration through open APIs such as OVSDB, JSON and Openstack plugins.
3. Turn-key automation for initial and ongoing zero touch provisioning, configuration management and network-wide change management, including automated upgrades, network rollback, and network snapshots.
4. Compliance Dashboard for Security, Audit and patch management
5. Real-time state streaming for network telemetry and analytics, a modern approach to replace legacy polling per device
6. State Repository, Analytics engines and Telemetry Apps to provide an unprecedented level of granularity in real-time monitoring and historic network state for forensic troubleshooting
7. Cloud TracerTM for visibility into the availability of network interconnects and services across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments
8. Macro-Segmentation Service provides automated and seamless service insertion and integration with partner security platforms

Ecosystem Integration

Arista’s customers are trying to orchestrate workflows across their physical and virtual infrastructure. Arista EOS CloudVision is the platform for deeper integration with a broad array of Arista’s ecosystem partner solutions, including VMWare NSXTM, Palo Alto Networks, Checkpoint, Fortinet, ServiceNow, Red Hat, Linux Foundation, and many others.