Arista Networks has introduced a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switching platform Arista 7500, designed to address customer requirements for cloud computing, virtualisation, and mission-critical data centres.
The new platform has 10 terabits per second of switching capacity and 384 wirespeed L2/L3 10GbE ports in eleven rack-units, and one-tenth the power drawn per wirespeed port and one-half the footprint compared to other modular data centre switches, the company claims.
The Arista 7500 supports L2/L3 throughput of 5.76 billion packets per second in a single chassis and is expected to deliver 40 and 100Gbps ethernet interfaces in the future.
According to Arista Networks, the low-latency, non-blocking fabric allows traffic to be carried without loss and manages congestion under workloads for any type of network traffic, enabling large-scale data centre consolidation and improved server efficiency.
In addition, Arista 7500 runs the company’s Extensible Operating System (EOS), which is built with a modular software design having multi-process, state sharing architecture. EOS offers open access to Linux tools, network services, and allows integration with third-party applications. It also provides a single binary image across all Arista networking platforms and delivers data centre features such as stateful fault repair and in-service software upgrades.
The two-tier design of Arista 7500 spine switches and Arista leaf switches can support over 8,000 servers with over 100,000 cores.
Jayshree Ullal, president and chief executive officer of Arista Networks, said: “This platform was designed and engineered with the performance and capability to continue to scale and address the most challenging and demanding data centre requirements, including future 40Gb and 100Gb ethernet.
“The introduction of the Arista 7500 is significant and transformational to customers and the 10GbE market – this platform ushers in the next phase of the data center industry.”
The Arista 7500 prices start at $140,000 and a fully configured system will be available at less than $1,200 per wirespeed port.
