Arista Networks announced the Arista 7360X Series,
a radically new and disruptive platform that doubles system density
while reducing power consumption and cost. By doubling the network
diameter, customers can address the demand for higher bandwidth with
reduced leaf-spine tiers while lowering both capex and opex.
Cloud providers now have the ability to migrate to higher performance 100G or 400G while leveraging Arista EOS
(Extensible Operating System) for single image consistency across the
network. The Arista 7368X4 has pioneered the concept of an open
platform. It provides choice, scale, customization and efficiency
savings that simplify cloud network designs.
"The Arista solution has helped Facebook to
gain significant improvements in power and space efficiency, reducing
the number of switch chips in the network stack and allowing power to be
freed up for compute resources," said Najam Ahmad, Vice President
Network Engineering for Facebook. "Having both an internally developed
Minipack and the Arista solution allows Facebook to remain
multi-sourced, with an option to run Arista EOS or FBOSS on both, where
either system can be deployed in multiple tiers of networks."
Arista
and Facebook engineering teams collaborated in the development of the
system, enabling full manageability via FBOSS (Facebook Open Switching
Software), controlling power and thermal efficiency along with the
control plane.
The
novel platform is a compact, four rack unit design and all active
components are removable. It delivers a 50% improvement in density
compared to traditional modular systems with a 60% reduction in power at
under 10 watts per 100G port. Standards-based, the system comes with
support for 100G QSFP and 400G OSFP or QSFP-DD optics and cables. Arista
EOS delivers the advanced traffic management, automation and telemetry
features needed to build and maintain modern cloud networks.
"The
Arista 7368X4 Series is a first in the networking industry. The product
involved close collaboration by two talented engineering teams,
resulting in a better outcome than each team designing in their own
silo," said Anshul Sadana, Chief Operating Officer for Arista Networks.
The Arista 7368X4 Series is available in the following configuration:
8-Slot modular system with a choice of 100G and 400G modules based on industry standard interfaces and support for EOS.
Pricing and Availability
The
new high density product is shipping now in volume with 100G
interfaces. Price per 100G port is under $600, supporting the growth of
100G and 400G datacenter networks.