Arista EOS 101

By | February 13, 2019
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This is a simple short notes taken from Arista Configuration Essentials (ACE) Lab Guide

CLI & BASH

Enter bash
switch# bash
switch-bash$ ifconfig -a
switch-bash$ top
switch-bash$ cd /mnt/flash

Upgrade EOS

Upload EOS to switch
switch# copy http://1.1.1.1/EOS/EOS-4.15.5M.swi flash:

Verify image
switch# dir flash:

Configure boot image
switch# boot system flash: EOS-4.15.5M.swi

Verify boot-config
switch# show boot-config

MLAG

Configure port channel for your peerlink
switch# interface Ethernet47-48
switch# channel-group 1000 mode active
switch# interface port-channel 1000
switch# switchport mode trunk

Configure a VLAN and trunk group used for MLAG peer communications
switch# vlan 9094
switch# trunk group mlagpeer

Assign the port-channel to the trunk group
switch# interface po1000
switch# switchport trunk group mlagpeer

Disable STP on the VLAN used for the MLAG peer
switch# no spanning-tree vlan 4094

Configure SVI for peer-to-peer communications
switch# int vlan 4094
switch# ip address 10.100.100.9/30
switch# no autostate

Configure local interface and peer address
switch# mlag configuration
switch# local-interface vlan 4094
switch# peer-address 10.100.100.10

Configure domain-d, peer-link & reload-delay on BOTH switches
switch# domain-id mlagDomain
switch# peer-link port-channel 1000
switch# reload-delay 200

Configure the MLAG interface (upstream interface to spine)
switch# int Eth31-32
switch# channel-group 999 mode active
switch# int po999
switch# mlag 999

Optional (configure Virtual ARP for downstream device)
switch# ip virtual-router address 001c.7300.0009 (for both switches)
switch# int vlan 2 (for both switches)
switch# ip address 10.2.2.1/24
switch# ip virtual-router address 10.2.2.254 (for both switches)

Verify MLAG
switch# show mlag
switch# show mlag config-sanity
switch# show mlag detail
switch# show mlag interfaces
switch# show int po999

VXLAN

switch-XX# interface Vxlan 1
switch-XX# vxlan source-interface Loopback 1
switch-XX# vxlan vlan 101 flood vtep 10.1.2.1
switch-XX# vxlan udp-port 4789
switch-XX# vxlan vlan 101 vni 10000

switch-YY# interface Vxlan 1
switch-YY# vxlan source-interface Loopback 1
switch-YY# vxlan vlan 101 flood vtep 10.1.1.1
switch-YY# vxlan udp-port 4789
switch-YY# vxlan vlan 101 vni 10000

Verify vxlan
switch# sh vxlan vtep
switch# sh vxlan address-table

Use TCPDUMP

Configure port mirror to CPU (control plane)
switch# monitor session sniff source Eth33 both
switch# monitor session sniff destination Cpu

switch# bash
switch-bash$ tcpdump -i mirror1

*use the mirror number from “sh monitor session” output (Cpu : active (mirror1)

BGP Path Selection

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