Arista Networks Switch Quick Look Datasheet
Quick Look Datasheet

Arista 7050X3 Series

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Arista 7050X3 Series

High Performance

  • Up to 6.4 Tbps System Capacity
  • Up to 2 Billion Packets per Second
  • Wire Speed Unicast & multicast
  • Latency as Low as 800 nsec
  • High Density 25G and 100G Systems
  • Fully Shared 32MB Packet Buffer
  • Under 7W per 100G & 4W per 25G Port

Feature Rich

  • Rich L2 and L3 Features
  • VXLAN Gateway and Routing 
  • Zero Touch Provisioning
  • Network Address Translation *
  • Dynamic Load Balancing 
  • Smart System Upgrade 
  • Hitless MLAG ISSU
  • High Availability
  • DC Optimized Airflow

High Scalability

  • Wirespeed L2 and L3 Forwarding
  • Up to 32 x 100G or 128 x 25G
  • 64-Way MLAG / 128-Way ECMP
  • Scalable Leaf-Spine Designs
  • MAC 288K / IPv4 Hosts 208K
  • Host Routes up to 108K
  • Routes: 384K IPv4 / 192K IPv6

Advanced Monitoring

  • CloudVision
  • LANZ Microburst Detection 
  • AEM Proactive Management
  • IEEE 1588 Precision Timing *
  • sFlow for Network Visibility
  • VM Tracer Integration
* Not currently supported in EOS

Arista 7050X3 Series Introduction

Highly dynamic data center networks continue to evolve with the introduction of new protocols and server technologies such as containers bringing with them ever increasing bandwidth demands, accelerating the need for dense 25 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet switching in both leaf and spine tiers of modern networks. The Arista 7050X3 Series are purpose built fxed configuration 10/25G and 100G systems built for the highest performance environments, and to meet the needs of the largest scale data centers. They combine scalable L2 and L3 resources and high density with extensive automation and programmability capabilities, low latency and consistent features for scalable leaf-spine designs.

7050X3 10/25G and 100G Flexibility

The 7050X3 Series are a range of compact 1U wire speed switches with a choice of 25G SFP with 100G QSFP uplinks and a 100G system that o"er up to 32 ports of wire speed forwarding, powered by Arista EOS, the worlds most advanced network operating system.

The 7050X3 Series is available in a choice of models:
  • 7050CX3-32S / 7050CX3-32C

    - 10/25/40/50/100G with 32 100G QSFP interfaces
  • 7050CX3M-32S

    - 10/25/40/50/100G MACsec with 32 100G QSFP interfaces
  • 7050SX3-48YC12

    - 48 10/25G SFP interfaces with 12 100G QSFP interfaces
  • 7050SX3-48YC8 / 7050SX3-48YC8C

    - 48 10/25G SFP interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces
  • 7050TX3-48C8

    - 48 10G-T RJ45 interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces
  • 7050SX3-48C8 / 7050SX3-48C8C

    - 48 10G SFP interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces
  • 7050SX3-96YC8

    - 96 25G SFP interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces

Each of the 7050X3 models offers multiple connectivity options that provide flexibility in building scalable leaf and spine designs. The operational flexibility offered by the entire 7050X3 series ensures suitability for a variety of deployment scenarios. The following are a selection of use cases:

  • Dense Top of Rack

    — For server racks with both 10GbE and 25GbE systems
  • 10GbE to 25GbE Migration

    — 802.3by 25GbE and Consortium compliant for seamless transition to the next generation of Ethernet performance
  • Grid / HPC

    — Designs requiring cost effective and power efficient systems to enable non-blocking or minimal over-subscription for 10G and 25G Servers
  • Leaf-Spine

    — Open standards based L2 and L3 with telemetry and visibility features
  • Secure Cloud

    — Wirespeed MACsec leaf-spine at a range of speed
  • 100GbE Scale Out Designs

    — Small to medium locations requiring power efficiency and high density compact systems
  • ECMP Designs up to 128-way

    — cost-effective multi-pathing using open protocols and the Arista 7300X3 and 7500R3 as 100GbE modular spine switches
  • Large Scale L2 Environments

    — Flexible resource allocations achieve higher maximum L2 scale without inefficiency associated with traditional systems

7050X3 Series Systems

Arista 7050X3 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.
Feature Description

CloudVision

Network-wide workflow automation and workload orchestration as a turnkey solution for Cloud Networking

Wirespeed VXLAN Routing

Seamless integration between VXLAN and L2/L3 environments, physical and virtualized networks

IEEE 1588 PTP 

Build and scale accurate timing solutions with sub-microsecond accuracy

Fully Shared Packet Buffer

Advanced traffic manager with 32MB of packet buffer that is fully shared across all ports

128-way ECMP and 64-way MLAG

Improve network scalability and balance traffic across large-scale leaf-spine designs or server load balancers

Latency Analyzer 

Real time visibility of port latency and per port high watermarks to provide immediate feedback and precision monitoring

Programmable Architecture

Add support for new packet formats for quicker deployment of new networking solutions
* Not currently supported in EOS

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.

  7050CX3-32S* 7050CX3-32C 7050SX3-48C8 7050SX3-48C8C 7050TX3-48C8 7050SX3-96YC8 7050SX3-48YC12 7050SX3-48YC8 7050SX3-48YC8C

Description

32 100G QSFP & 2 SFP+ 32 100G QSFP & 2 SFP+ 48 10G SFP & 8 100G QSFP 48 10G SFP & 8 100G QSFP 48 10G-T & 8 100G QSFP 96 25G SFP & 8 100G QSFP & 2 SFP+ 48 25G SFP & 12 100G QSFP 48 25G SFP & 8 100G QSFP 48 25G SFP & 8 100G QSFP

Max 100G Ports

32 32 8 8 8 8 12 8 8

Max 40G Ports

32 32 8 8 8 8 12 8 8

Max 10G Ports

128 128 64 64 64 128 96 64 64

Max 25G Ports

128 128 16 16 16 128 96 64 64

Max 50G Ports

64 64 16 16 16 16 24 16 16

Max System Throughput (bps)

6.4Tbps 6.4Tbps 2.56Tbps 2.56Tbps 2.56Tbps 6.4Tbps 4.8Tbps 4Tbps 4Tbps

Max Forwarding Rate

2Bpps 2Bpps 1Bpps 1Bpps 1Bpps 2Bpps 2Bpps 1Bpps 1Bpps

Latency

800ns 800ns 800ns 800ns 3usec 800ns 800ns 800ns 800ns

System Buffer

32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB

Airfow

F-R or R-F F-R or R-F F-R or R-F F-R or R-F F-R or R-F F-R or R-F F-R F-R or R-F F-R or R-F
* 7050CX3M-32S model also available with MACsec encryption support
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