Arista 7060X6 Series - Quick Look

Arista 7060X6 Series Introduction

The emergence and rapid adoption of AI/ML technologies, coupled with a significant surge in bandwidth requirements in front-end and back-end data center networks, is driving the roadmap for the next generation of networking devices.

800 Gigabit Ethernet is instrumental in this ecosystem of ultra-high performance applications including hyper-scale cloud computing and dedicated AI/ML clusters. Faster, higher capacity accelerators like GPUs, TPUs, high speed connectivity options, specialist processors, Smart NICs, and flash storage enable the construction of larger clusters which require high bandwidth and scale out networks made possible by high radix switches, to achieve optimal performance. The Arista 7060X6 series delivers a rich choice of port speeds and density including support from 10 GbE all the way up to 800 GbE, enabling consistent network architectures that seamlessly scale from small dedicated clusters to the needs of the largest multi-tier networks.

Coupled with Arista EOS, the 7060X6 smart switch delivers advanced features for hyperscale networks, server-less compute, big data farms and AI clusters. Scalability, high bandwidth, low latency, traffic management and prioritization, network security, rich telemetry and instrumentation are the cornerstones for the next generation networks.

Model Overview

The 7060X6 Series is available in a choice of two models:

• The 7060X6-64PE is a 2RU system with 64 800G OSFP ports offering wire speed throughput of up to 51.2 Tbps. Each OSFP port supports a choice of speeds with flexible configuration between 800 GbE, 400 GbE, 200 GbE, 100 GbE, 50 GbE, 40 GbE, 25 GbE and 10 GbE modes for up to 320 ports.
• The 7060X6-32PE is a 1RU system with 32 800G OSFP ports offering wire speed throughput of up to 25.6 Tbps. Each OSFP port supports a choice of speeds with flexible configuration between 800 GbE, 400 GbE, 200 GbE, 100 GbE, 50 GbE, 40 GbE, 25 GbE and 10 GbE modes for up to 256 ports.

With a view to providing greater deployment flexibility and reliability, the 7060X6 Series also introduces a novel concept of a field-removable Supervisor card.

This offers several benefits, particularly in terms of simplified maintenance, reduced downtime, increased flexibility, lower TCO, and improved reliability. All of these combine to offer robust operational efficiency in the deployments.

Arista EOS

Arista EOS is a modular switch operating system with a unique state sharing architecture that cleanly separates switch state from protocol processing and application logic. Built on top of a standard Linux kernel, all EOS processes run in their own protected memory space and exchange state through an in-memory database. This multi-process state sharing architecture provides the foundation for in-service-software updates and self-healing resiliency.

7060X6 Series Systems

Arista 7060X6 Series support hot-swappable power supplies and N+1 fan redundancy, EOS high availability, a choice of L2 and L3 multi-pathing designs and powerful EOS innovations for visibility, application level performance monitoring and virtualization.