Detailed Course Outline
ARISTA CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE
Arista Cognitive Campus Solution
- Arista Cognitive Campus Overview
Arista campus architecture overview
- Traditional campus architecture overview
- Arista Universal cloud network architecture
- Campus fabric architecture
Arista Campus Design
- Campus network design options
- Design 1 – L2LS with external gateway
- Design 2 – L2LS
- Design 3 – L2LS with VXLAN-EVPN
- Design 4 – L3LS
- Design 5 – L3LS with Border leafs
- Design 6 – L3LS with VXLAN-EVPN
- Design 7 – L3LS with VXLAN-EVPN and Border leafs
Resiliency solutions
- Cognitive PoE
- Stateful Switchover (SSO)
- Smart System Upgrades (SSU)
Arista stacking
- SWAG Overview
- SWAG Architecture
- MLAG vs SWAG
- SWAG Provisioning
BUILDING A L2 WIRED CAMPUS NETWORK
VLANs and Inter-VLAN routing
- VLAN Overview
- Configuring Access and Trunk Ports
- Introduction to Inter-VLAN Routing
- Configuring Sub Interfaces
- Configuring SVIs
- Troubleshooting VLANs
- Lab - Configuring VLANs
Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Overview
- STP Enhancements
- Configuring STP on an Arista Switch
- Troubleshooting STP on an Arista Switch
- Lab - Configuring MSTP
LACP
- LACP Overview
- Configuring LACP
- Troubleshooting LACP
MLAG
- MLAG Overview
- Configuring MLAG
- Troubleshooting MLAG
- Lab - Deploying MLAG
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
- FHRP Overview
- Configuring VRRP
- Configuring VARP
- Lab - Configuring VARP
Build L2LS Campus network using CLI
- Configuring L2LS Campus with CLI
Build L2LS Campus network using CVP configlets
- L2LS Campus design and topology overview
- Configure L2LS campus with CVP configlets
Build L2LS Campus network using CVP Studios
- Onboarding devices to Studios
- Configure L2LS network using Studios
- Configure access interfaces
- Submit workspace and execute change control
- Configure L2LS Campus w/ext gateway using Studios
- Lab – Deploying L2 Campus with Studios
BUILDING A L3 WIRED CAMPUS NETWORK
L2LS Review
- L2LS Design Review
- L2LS Example
L3LS Design
- Introduction to L3LS Design
- VXLAN and EVPN Importance in L3LS Design
- Why BGP Underlay in L3LS Design
Introduction to BGP
- Introduction to BGP and Routing
- BGP Functions and Facts
- BGP Operation
- BGP Route Advertisement
eBGP Underlay configuration
- L3LS eBGP underlay configuration
- eBGP load balancing configuration
- eBGP configuration enhancements
BGP underlay deployment options
- BGP with MLAG
- Variations of BGP in L2LS
- Lab – L3LS Campus underlay with eBGP
VXLAN Overview
- Introduction to VXLAN
- VXLAN load balancing with ECMP
VXLAN Control plane options
- ARP refresher
- VXLAN Multicast control plane
- VXLAN HER control plane
- Configuring VXLAN HER
- VXLAN VCS control plane
- VXLAN eVPN control plane
- Lab – Configure VXLAN data plane with HER
VXLAN with MLAG
- Introduction to VXLAN with MLAG
- Configuring VXLAN with MLAG
VXLAN best practices
- MTU and Jumbo frames
- DF Bit, VTEP, MLAG, and Timers
eVPN Fundamentals
- Introduction to eVPN
- eVPN terminology
- VRF Operations
- MP-BGP control plane
- Configuring MP-eBGP for eVPN
- eVPN route type 2 (MAC-IP)
- eVPN route type 5 (IP Prefix)
- eVPN route type 3 (IMET)
- Lab – L2EVPN
eVPN advanced concepts
- VLAN based service interface
- VLAN aware bundle service interface
- Introduction to IRB
- Symmetric IRB vs asymmetric IRB
- Symmetric IRB deep dive
- Configuring symmetric IRB
- Configuring asymmetric IRB
- Lab – L3 EVPN Symmetric IRB
eVPN design best practices
- iBGP between MLAG pairs and eBGP multihop command
- eBGP for underlay and overlay
Build L3LS Campus network using CVP Studios
- Configuring L3LS Campus with CVP Studios
- Configuring L3LS Campus with VXLAN and eVPN using Studios
- Lab – Deploying L3LS Campus with VXLAN and eVPN using Studios