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Arista Networks' CloudVision Wi-Fi™ (CVW) Software Release Policy and Life Cycle guidelines help customers and partners facilitate CVW migration and plan multi-year infrastructure deployment.

CVW Release Numbering Policy

CVW releases are numbers as per the following format - “xx.yy.zz”
For feature releases, the last number is always zero - “xx.yy.0”
For maintenance releases, all three numbers are non-zero - “xx.yy.zz”

e.g. Releases 8.8.0 and 9.0.0 are feature releases; while releases 8.8.2 and 9.0.1 are maintenance releases.

CVW Release Delivery

CVW is available as a cloud service and for on-premises deployments; either as a hardware or a virtual appliance.

In case of cloud deployments, Arista upgrades the cloud for each feature and maintenance release, and customers can decide to upgrade the access points (APs) either automatically or manually.

For on-premises deployments, upgrade images are made available to customers via the support portal.

For both cloud and on-premises deployments, upgrade images for the APs are made available on the cloud repository simultaneously with server side upgrades. Both the server and AP images carry the same release numbers.

CVW On-Premises Release Lifecycle Guidelines

Note: The release lifecycle guidelines below apply only to on-premises deployments because cloud deployments will be upgraded as releases become generally available.

Arista continues to maintain and provide support for releases that are either two feature releases or 18 months older than the current release, whichever is the smaller time interval.

Examples of Release Lifecycle

If a customer requests support for a release that is more than two feature releases or 18 months older than the current release, the customer will be required to upgrade the deployment (appliance and APs in case of on-premises deployments and only APs in case of cloud deployment) to a release not older than two feature releases before the current release.

With each release, the CVW release notes will mention the release that is no longer supported and the minimum release number to which a customer will need to upgrade for continued support.

If you need assistance with CVW migration options, please contact Arista TAC or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Arista Networks Product Life Cycle Policy for:

DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF), Converged Cloud Fabric (CCF) and Multi Cloud Director (MCD)

[Life Cycle Policy updated on January 31, 2025]

This document covers both software and hardware appliance life cycle policy for DMF, CCF and MCD, as applicable.

DMF, CCF and MCD Software Life Cycle

Arista Networks DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF), Converged Cloud Fabric (CCF) and Multi Cloud Director (MCD) Software Release Policy and Life Cycle guidelines help customers and partners facilitate DMF, CCF and MCD migration and plan multi-year infrastructure deployment. Arista will support each major DMF, CCF and MCD software release for up to 36 months from the date of initial posting for a particular train.

To assist customers in selecting the right DMF / CCF / MCD software release for their environments, Arista follows a standard naming convention for DMF / CCF / MCD releases. The naming convention identifies if a particular release is integrating new feature functionality, or has reached software maintenance mode.

Version numbering scheme:
<major version>.<minor version>.<patch version>

The Product Lifecycle policy guidelines apply to all major and minor releases only. Patch releases will follow the end-of-life policy milestones of the corresponding minor release.

Maintenance Phase

• DMF, CCF and MCD software releases in this phase will only receive incremental fixes. No new functionality will be added.
• TAC support available

Support Only Phase

• DMF, CCF and MCD software releases in this phase will receive ongoing TAC support only.
• Software upgrade required for bug fixes

End of Software Support

• Upon completion of the Support Only Phase, the release is designated as ‘End of Software Support’ after which no further Arista software support including maintenance for that release would be provided.

DANZ Monitoring Fabric Software Lifecycle

The following table depicts the Arista DMF release support matrix, including the timelines for each major Arista DMF software train (based on the 36 month lifecycle policy) and the current state of TAC support for each train.

Note: Future dates are for general planning purposes and are subject to change

Converged Cloud Fabric Software Lifecycle

The following table depicts the Arista CCF release support matrix, including the timelines for each major Arista CCF software train (based on the 36 month lifecycle policy) and the current state of TAC support for each train.

Note: Future dates are for general planning purposes and are subject to change

Multi Cloud Director (MCD) Software Lifecycle

The following table depicts the Arista MCD release support matrix, including the timelines for each major Arista MCD software train (based on the 36 month lifecycle policy) and the current state of TAC support for each train.

Note: Future dates are for general planning purposes and are subject to change

DMF and CCF Hardware Appliance Life Cycle

As technology evolves, there comes a time when it is better for our customers to transition to newer platforms. Arista's End-of-Sale and End-of-Life policy is designed to help customers identify such life-cycle transitions and plan their infrastructure deployments with a multi-year outlook.

All End-of-Sale and End-of-Life announcements will be made on Arista's website. Milestones in the life cycle of our products is as follows:

• An End-of-Sale announcement will be posted on our website 6 months prior to the last day to order the product
• All customers who have a valid software license and a valid service contract will receive 24x7 support from Arista TAC for up to 5 years from the end-of-sale date or till the manufacturer’s end-of-life date of the hardware, whichever is sooner.
• Software bug fixes will be available for up to 3 years from the end-of-sale date. Fixes for critical security vulnerabilities will be available through the end of life. Customers may be required to upgrade to a newer software release to get the bug fixes.
• Hardware repair or replacement will be available for 5 years from the end-of-sale date or till the manufacturer's end-of-life date of the hardware, whichever is sooner.
• Customers can renew service contracts up to 1 year prior to the end-of-life date.

End-of-Sale & End-of-Life Milestones at a Glance

Note: * HW repair or replacement will be available for 5 years from the end-of-sale date or till the manufacturer’s end-of-life date for the hardware, whichever is sooner.

Hardware Appliance Life Cycle

(Controller Appliance, Service Node, Recorder Node, Analytics Node)

Arista Switch Hardware Lifecycle

For Arista Switch HW End-of-Life policy, please visit: https://www.arista.com/en/support/product-documentation/five-year-end-of-life-policy  

For Arista Switch HW product life cycle, please visit: https://www.arista.com/en/support/product-lifecycle

Dell EMC Switch Hardware Lifecycle

Note: Arista and Dell have jointly decided to terminate their partnership on DMF/CCF. Arista will only support Dell switch deployments with DMF/CCF for up to the End of Life of the respective switch hardware or 31-Dec-2028, whichever is sooner. Please refer to Arista Dell Partnership Termination Field Notice for details.
For assistance with new / expansion / migration opportunities, please contact your Arista sales representative or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For Dell EMC Switch HW End-of-Life, please visit: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/networkingwarranty/cp/networkingwarranty  

DMF / CCF support on Accton / Edgecore Switch Hardware

DMF / CCF deployments running on Accton / Edgecore switches are no longer supported by Arista effective 01-Dec-2024. Customers using Accton / Edgecore switches with their DMF / CCF deployments are strongly encouraged to migrate their deployments from Accton / Edgecore to Arista hardware platforms as soon as possible. This migration is crucial to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security updates. Please contact the Arista Sales team for guidance on Arista hardware platforms and migration options.

DMF / CCF Support on HPE Switch Hardware

DMF deployments running on HPE switches are no longer supported by Arista effective 01-Dec-2024.
CCF deployments running on HPE switches are no longer supported by Arista effective 01-Jun-2023.
Customers using HPE switches with their DMF / CCF deployments are strongly encouraged to migrate their deployments from HPE to Arista hardware platforms as soon as possible. This migration is crucial to ensure continued support and access to the latest features and security updates. Please contact the Arista Sales team for guidance on Arista hardware platforms and migration options.

If you need assistance with DMF/CCF solutions, please contact your Arista sales representative or contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Cloudvision On-Premises solution has two software components: CloudVision Portal Software (CVP) and CloudVision Appliance Software (CVA). The Software Release Policy and Life Cycle defines the various phases of development and support to guide customers in transitioning to newer versions of the product based on the milestones in the life cycle. Arista Networks will support each major software release train of CloudVision Portal and the CloudVision Appliance Software for up to 24 months from the general availability date for a particular train. The following diagram depicts the release phases and the Arista TAC support mapping across this timeline.

• Major release with new features and functionality
• Active maintenance releases for bug fixes as needed
• TAC support available

• Ongoing TAC support
• Software upgrade required for bug fixes

The following table depicts the CloudVision Portal release support matrix, including the timelines for each major software train (based on the 24 month life cycle policy) and includes the current state of support for each train.

The following table depicts the CloudVision Appliance Software (CVA) release support matrix, including the timelines for each major software train (based on the 24 month lifecycle policy) and includes the current state of support for each train.

^*The CloudVision Appliance was recently added to the Lifecycle policy. Because of this, Release 6.0 remains active for an extended period.

For assistance with software upgrades, please refer to the CloudVision Appliance Quick Start Guides: DCA-250-CV  DCA-300-CV  DCA-350E-CV or contact Arista Networks Support by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

As technology evolves, there comes a time when it is better for our customers to transition to newer platforms. Arista's End-of-Sale and End-of-Life policy is designed to help customers identify such life-cycle transitions and plan their infrastructure deployments with a multi year outlook.

All End-of-Sale and End-of-Life announcements will be made on Arista's website. As of September 2018 Arista is extending some of the timelines for related milestones in the life cycle of our products as follows:

• An End-of-Sale announcement will be posted on our website 6 months prior to the last day to order the product
• All customers who have a valid service contract will receive 24x7 support from Arista TAC for up to 5 years from the end-of-sale date of the product. This last day to get support will be referred to as the end-of-life date for the product.
• Software bug fixes will be available for up to 3 years from the end-of-sale date. After the first 3 years, Arista will make commercially reasonable efforts in assisting customers to mitigate Arista identified critical security vulnerabilities through the applicable end of life date. Customers may be required to upgrade to a newer software release to get the bug fixes, if available.
• Hardware repair or replacement will be available for up to 5 years from the end-of-sale date.
• Customers can renew service contracts up to 1 year prior to the end-of-life date.

End-of-Sale & End-of-Life Milestones at a Glance

Figure 1: CloudEOS Router Software Licensing summary

Arista CloudEOS Router Licensing Model

Figure 2: CloudEOS Router product options

CloudEOS Router VM

CloudEOS Router VM is offered in each cloud provider marketplace under either a pre-purchased Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) subscription model or via Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) hourly or annual consumption-based billing. It is also available for download for on-premise use via Arista’s Software Downloads page as BYOL only. For more details, please refer to CloudEOS Router VM datasheet.

Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Consumption Model

Under PAYG model, customers will be charged software subscription fees based on hourly or annual usage rates that have been set for the product. PAYG billing will be done via the cloud provider billing cycle. A benefit of the PAYG model is that the customers can start using CloudEOS Router immediately and pay only for the amount that they consume. Note that PAYG consumption does not require the customers to obtain a quote, generate a purchase order or to manage licenses, making it the preferred and de facto consumption model for most public cloud resources.

Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) Purchase Model

Under the BYOL model, customers will need to purchase monthly subscription SKUs from Arista in order to activate and use the CloudEOS Router. The BYOL customer will pay Arista directly for the subscription in advance and will be provided with license activation keys and proof of entitlement for the term of their subscription.

CloudEOS Router Container

CloudEOS Router Container is offered in on-premises Kubernetes deployment under Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) monthly subscription model. For more details, please refer to CloudEOS Router Container datasheet.

Figure 1: CloudVision Software Licensing summary

Arista CloudVision is licensed on a term-based software subscription model.. There are two functional tiers of CloudVision licenses available - CloudVision and CloudVision Lite. The full CloudVision feature set includes full analytics, telemetry, and provisioning. CloudVision Lite is an entry-level subset of the capabilities, providing a functional graphical user interface (GUI) for base visibility and network management. The feature sets for these licenses are defined below in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Mapping of Software features to CloudVision License

EOS offers extensive automation, security, telemetry, and integration capabilities for customers looking for modern network operations. Customers can automate their network, deploy segmentation, develop custom extensions and integrate existing analytics and/or security systems with the feature sets available in the Z and ‘V2’ licenses. The feature sets for these licenses are defined below in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Mapping of EOS Software features for the perpetual Z and V2 licenses

Arista EOS offers a broad range of advanced features through the feature sets shown in diagram below.

Figure 1: Software license to feature mapping

EOS licenses are offered as perpetual licenses applied on a per-system basis. Customers can choose the appropriate license, as shown in figure 1, based on the features required for the profile for which the system is to be deployed. The Platform to License SKU mapping is available here.