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The Traffic Generator is an EOS feature that allows network traffic generation on Arista switches. It provides a simple and effective way to create high-speed traffic for testing and validation purposes. It can send a continuous stream of custom-defined packets at full speed to one or more destination interfaces

 The "forwarding action trap" feature allows you to divert all incoming network traffic for an interface directly to the switch’s CPU for inspection and analysis. This feature is useful for advanced network testing, gaining deeper visibility into specific traffic flows, and potentially emulating existing network behaviors. Be aware that directing a high volume of network traffic to the CPU via this feature can overwhelm it.