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Course overview

About this course

This 5-day course providing foundational networking knowledge and skills from a modern perspective in Arista's EOS networking environment for the candidates who will be designing and configuring scalable professional media networks based on modern Leaf-Spine architecture. Candidates progress through networking fundamental topics ranging from Ethernet, TCP/IP, and Routing & Switching to M&E Specific Drivers, Multicast, and PTP.

Audience profile

It is best suited for individuals who are looking to acquire the essential knowledge and skills to design and configure a modern resilient multimedia network infrastructure.

At course completion, you will learn:

Foundational networking knowledge and skills from a modern perspective in Arista's EOS networking environment for the candidates who will be designing and configuring scalable professional media networks based on modern Leaf-Spine architecture.

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Course details

Course Details:

1. M&E Specific Drivers

  • Media over IP

2. Network Engineering Fundamentals

  • Open System Interconnect Model
  • Ethernet, IPv4, TCP & UDP
  • Hosts, Endpoints, Clients
  • Modern Connectivity

3. Working with Arista EOS

  • Design Principles, Software Architecture, Hardware, Resources
  • Boot-up Operations
  • EOS Images
  • Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • ARP & DHCP
  • Intro to IPv6
  • First Hop Redundancy Protocols

4.  CloudVision

  • CloudVision
  • Deployment
  • Initial Arista Switch Behavior
  • Configlets
  • Tasks and Change Control
  • Device Labels and Tags
  • Real Time Telemetry for Day 2 Operations

5.  Layer 2 Operations

  • L2 Switching
  • L2 Redundancy
  • VLANs and PVST
  • Interface Configuration
  • STP Configuration & Enhancements
  • Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
  • Link Aggregation
  • MLAG

6. Layer 3 Operations

  • Routing Fundamentals
  • Layer 3 Redundancy
  • Terminology
  • Configuring OSPF
  • VRF & VPN
  • Internet
  • Wide Area Network (WAN)

7. BGP

  • BGP Introduction
  • Enabling BGP
  • BGP Peer Groups
  • BGPv4 Routes
  • Configuring Routes
  • BGPv4 States and Messages
  • BGPv4 Path Attributes
  • BGP Communities
  • BGP-Labeled Unicast (BGP-LU)
  • L3LS Design with BGP
  • L3LS BGP – Recommended Practices

8. Multicast

  • Multicast Protocols
  • IGMPv2 Snooping Configuration

9. Leaf-Spine DC Architecture

  • Data Center & Cloud
  • Traditional Data Center Architecture
  • Move to Leaf Spine Architecture
  • Virtualized eXtensible LAN (VXLAN)
  • VXLAN Data Plane Operations

10. Scalable IP Architecture

Scalable IP Architecture for M&E

11. Precision Time Protocol

  • Recommended Practices for Network Architecture
  • Recommended Practices for PTP Configuration
  • Recommended Practices for Commissioning and Operation

12. Labs

  • Lab Access
  • OSI, MAC Addresses and IP Addresses
  • Cabling & Interface Speed Configuration
  • Installing and Working with EOS and CloudVision
  • Intro to EOS Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • CVP Introduction – Navigation
  • CloudVision – Configlet Management
  • Setting up Management Connectivity to Arista Switches
  • Understanding and Working with IP and ARP
  • Configuring Layer 2
  • Configuring LACP and MLAG
  • Configuring BGP
  • Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse-mode

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