Installing the Arista Analytics Node
Arista Analytics
Arista Analytics provides single-pane-of-glass monitoring for production visibility, with historical analysis capability based on production network traffic metadata combined with information available on the DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF) Controller. Arista Analytics provides a collection of dashboards with visualizations on each dashboard that simplify analysis of production networks.
The Analytics server runs separately from the DMF Controller to allow allocation of adequate disk space and CPU memory without affecting the performance of the DANZ Monitoring Fabric.
Arista Analytics Node Hardware
- Two management interfaces (10/100/1000Mb/s)
- One serial interface (db9)
- One VGA interface
- Two USB ports
- Two 10Gb SFP ports
- Two 10Gb Copper ports
- One dedicated IDRAC port
The Arista Analytics Node is available as an enterprise-class, 2-socket, 1-RU rack-mounted hardware appliance designed to deliver the right combination of performance, redundancy, and value in a high-density chassis. (HWA/HWA2).
1 | Analytics Node Security Bezel | 3 | LCD panel |
2 | LCD menu buttons |
The following figure illustrates the front panel of the Arista Analytics Node.
1 | System identification button /indicator | 6 | USB (not supported) |
2 | Optical drive | 7 | Information tag |
3 | Video connector | 8 | Hard drives Micro |
4 | USB ports | ||
5 | Power-on indicator / Power button |
The following figure illustrates the rear panel of the Arista Analytics Node.
1 | Serial connector (Default Baud Rate 115200) | 9 | Power Supply 2 |
2 | iDRAC Ethernet interface | 10 | Power Supply 1 |
3 | Ethernet connector 1 – Analytics Node Management port 1, Active (10/100/1000Mb/s) | 11 | Ethernet connector 2 – Analytics Node Management port 2, backup (10/100/1000Mb/s) |
4 | Ethernet connector 3 – Analytics Node 10-GbE SFP+ Collector Interface 1, Active | 12 | USB ports |
5 | Ethernet connector 4 – Analytics Node 10-GbE SFP+ Collector Interface 2, Backup | 13 | Video connector |
6 | Ethernet connector 5 – Not supported | 14 | System identification button |
7 | Ethernet connector 6 – Not supported | 15 | System identification indicator |
8 | PSU status indicators |
Installation Procedure
To install the Arista Analytics on the Dell R440 appliance, complete the following steps.
Upgrading Arista Analytics Node
Prior to the upgrade, Arista recommends to take the back up of all custom objects. The procedure to import/export the custom object(s) is documented in Arista Analytics User guide (refer chapter Backup and Restore).
Single Node Upgrade can be achieved using the following steps.