Automated Fabric Delivers Network-as-a-Service with VPCs On-Prem
Converged Cloud Fabric (CCF)™ is an automated fabric built with cloud networking design principles. CCF leverages VPC/VNet constructs on-prem to deliver a cloud Network-as-a-Service operational model. CCF automates networking for multiple private cloud platforms, enabling the network to operate at the speed of VMs and Containers. With built-in analytics and telemetry, CCF provides real-time contextual visibility across the fabric and one-click troubleshooting workflows. With CCF, NetOps, DevOps and CloudOps teams can effectively collaborate, and rapidly on-board applications and tenants.
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CCF automation for VMware vSphere
CCF enables mainstream and midsize organizations to leverage network as a strategic pillar of the digital transformation strategy. With CCF's self-service networking and contextual intelligence, NetOps team can focus on innovations such as new services and analytics, instead of time-consuming manual tasks. Collaborations across NetOps and CloudOps/DevOps teams is enhanced, as the network operates at the speed of VMs and containers. Enterprise-VPC (E-VPC) based self-service networking model with delegated administration provides CloudOps/DevOps teams cloud-style experience on prem for VMware (vSphere/NSX/vSAN), VXRail and Nutanix HCI workloads.
CCF Architecture - Modular, Scale-Out, Pod-Based SDN Fabric
Inspired by public cloud design principles, CCF is a modern data center switching fabric built from the ground up for software-defined data centers (SDDC), private clouds, hyperconverged environments and cloud-native applications. CCF is the industry’s first data center fabric leveraging SDN controller software and open networking hardware.
Converged Cloud Fabric — Under the Hood
The CCF Controller operates as “one logical switch”, which removes complexity and automates Day0/Day1/Day2 operations, delivers network-as-a-service through cloud-style E-VPC, and provides contextual analytics for deep visibility.
Converged Cloud Fabric — Resilient Logical Switch
CCF Experience - Modern, Automated, Liberating
Enterprise VPC
Network-as-a-Service with VPCs on-prem
- Enterprise VPCs (E-VPC) make networking as simple as VPC/VNets on public clouds
- Enables Network-as-a-Service, eliminates box-by- box network complexity
- VPC on-prem logical networking alleviates provisioning dependency on hardware constructs (ports, VLANs, VRFs)
- Built-in multi-tenancy and delegated administration, ideal for DevOps/Cloud teams for programmatic automation
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CCF automation for VMware vSphere
E-VPC Network Automation
Agility, drive networks at the speed of VMs/Containers
- Auto-discovery of hosts/VMs/containers provides richer endpoint visibility beyond IP/MAC address
- Auto-provisioning of host-to-network MLAG eliminates tedious multi-team dependencies and delays
- Auto L2/L3 fabric configuration enables instantaneous application connectivity, adapts to application elasticity
- Only fabric delivering concurrent multi-EVPC automation for VMware (vSphere, NSX, vSAN), Nutanix, Dell EMC VxRail, Red Hat (OpenStack, OpenShift) and Kubernetes
Contextual Analytics
Network insights — real-time visibility and rapid troubleshooting
- Built-in analytics enable detailed fabric visibility through insightful dashboards that provide actionable intelligence
- Contextual VM, container and host level visibility through integration with on-prem cloud platforms (VMware, Nutanix, Red Hat and Container)
- Single-click fabric trace enables rapid root cause analysis and troubleshooting
- Telemetry enabled through event-driven analytics and real-time network state
CCF Operations - Intent-Based, Zero-Touch, Secure
Intent Based Networking
Declarative policy management and verification
- IT business intent delivered as automated policy workflows across the fabric — Design, Deploy, Operate, Verify
- Enforce operational intent with zero-touch fabric formation and scale-out, one-click fabric-wide SW upgrades and one-click troubleshooting
- Deliver application connectivity intent via auto- MLAG to host and automated L2/L3 networking through private cloud integration
- Real-time intent verification and predictive analytics for health assessment, resource utilization and capacity planning
Zero-Touch Fabric
Built-in workflows for Day0/Day1/Day2 operations
- Rapid Day0 deployment through auto- discovery and auto-provisioning of switches and auto-formation of leaf/spine fabric
- Faster Day1 change management for ongoing switch and cable replacements, and fabric-wide software upgrades
- Speed-up Day2 fabric-wide auto-configuration for hosts and application VMs/containers
- Comprehensive fabric life-cycle management from one dashboard — never touch a switch
Multi-Layer Security
Centralized policy, multi-tenancy and delegated administration
- Simplifies fabric-wide security policy/ACL creation and management via SDN controller
- E-VPCs ensure tenant isolation, with additional controls for traffic across E-VPCs
- Few-click firewall service insertion, to rapidly secure application traffic
- Delegate E-VPC tenant management to DevOps with role-based access controls
Multi-Cloud Director (MCD): Enterprise-wide Multi-CCF Management
MCD provides a unified dashboard for global provisioning, operations and visibility of multiple CCF deployments
- Enables globally orchestrated workflows across multiple controllers, including provisioning, Day1/Day2 operations, upgrades and troubleshooting for faster service enablement, global security compliance and ensures consistent operations.
- Provides global inventory, real-time visibility, resource utilization, version consistency and operational health to streamline capacity planning and to ensure operational consistency across all controller deployments.
- Single sign-on and role-based access control enable multiple teams to manage different sets of controllers, meeting segregation of duties requirement as well as ensuring consistent enterprise-wide operational posture.
- Provides a single point of API integration to simplify programmatic access across multiple controllers for rapid automation in a global, multi-cloud organization.
CCF Infrastructure - Controller-Based, Resilient, Open
SDN-based Fabric Controller
Software controls for uncomplicated networking
- Remove operational complexity by managing the entire fabric as one logical switch
- Single Layer-3 control protocol instance for the entire fabric eliminates box-by-box protocol complexity
- Integration with private cloud platforms to deliver built-in network automation and visibility
- Intuitive self-service dashboard, for policy, provisioning, operations and visibility
Unmatched Resiliency
Uptime and service assurance
- Fully HA design guarantees service availability by circumventing any single point of failure
- CCF’s SDN architecture ensures rapid network recovery by eliminating box-by-box protocol convergence delays
- Hierarchical control plane, optimally partitioned across controller and switches delivers resiliency comparable to distributed controls
- Controller-less (headless) mode ensures continuous fabric operations during the rare event of a controller cluster outage
- Assures CCF robustness across every SW release with Netflix-inspired “Chaos Monkey” resiliency verification
Open, Multi-vendor Architecture
Modern Cloud-style Design
- Software intelligence delivered on open networking
- Enables flexibility and choice based on application needs
- Single-source procurement and support for the entire solution
- Turn-key (zero-touch) solution, no programming required
Data Sheets
Literature
- .Digital Transformation with Converged Cloud Fabric White Paper
- .VxRail Deployment with Arista’s Converged Cloud Fabric Solution Guide
- .Converged Cloud Fabric for Nutanix Enterprise Cloud White Paper
- .Addressing Midsize Enterprise Data Center Challenges
- .Converged Cloud Fabric for VMware vSphere White Paper
- .Converged Cloud Fabric for VMware NSX-T White Paper
- .Converged Cloud Fabric - Underlay automation for VMware Cloud Foundation White Paper
- .Converged Cloud Fabric & Microsoft Hyper-V White Paper
- .Network Appliances Visio Stencil
Customer Case Studies
- .Customer Success Story - Railway
- .Customer Success Story - Underwriter Labs
- .Customer Success Story - Healthcare
- .Customer Success Story - DeNa
- .Customer Success Story - Insurance Services
- .Customer Success Story - The Hardis Group
- .Customer Success Story - Financial Services
Demo Videos
- .CCF Automation for Kubernetes
- .Why Enterprise-VPCs?
- .Multi-Cloud Director(MCD) Single Operations Console for all CCF and DMF Instances
- .CCF automation for VMware vSphere
- .CCF Automation for Nutanix AHV
- .CCF Automation for Dell EMC VxRail
- .CCF Automation for VMware NSX-T
- .CCF Automation and Visibility for VMware VCF
Arista Converged Cloud Fabric is also available from the following OEM/SI partners
Arista and OEM/SI partners together are offering an industry-accepted commercial model to procure and support the Converged Cloud Fabric solution.
