7050X3 Series

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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 fixed 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.
Arista 7050X3 Series

High Performance 7050X3 10/25G and 100G Flexibility

The 7050X3 Series are a range of compact 1U and 2U systems with a choice of 25G
• Up to 6.4 Tbps system capacity
and 10G ports with 100G QSFP uplinks and 100G systems that offer up to 32 ports of
• Up to 2 billion packets per second
wire speed forwarding, powered by Arista EOS, the worlds most advanced network
• Wire speed unicast & mast
operating system.
• Latency as low as 800nsec
• High density 25G and 100G systems The 7050X3 Series is available in a choice of models:
• Fully shared 32MB packet buffer
• 7050CX3-32S - 10/25/40/50/100G with 32 100G QSFP interfaces
• Under 7W per 100G & 4W per 25G port
• 7050CX3M-32S - 10/25/40/50/100G MACsec with 32 100G QSFP interfaces
Feature Rich • 7050SX3-96YC8 - 96 10/25G SFP interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces
• 7050SX3-48YC12 - 48 10/25G SFP interfaces with 12 100G QSFP interfaces
• Rich L2 and L3 features
• VXLAN gateway and routing • 7050SX3-48YC8 - 48 10/25G SFP interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces
• Zero Touch Provisioning • 7050TX3-48C8 - 48 10G-T RJ45 interfaces with 8 100G QSFP interfaces
• Network Address Translation
• Dynamic Load Balancing 7050CX3-32S 7050SX3-96YC8 7050SX3-48YC12 7050SX3-48YC8 7050TX3-48C8
• Smart System Upgrade 7050CX3M-32S
• Hitless MLAG ISSU
• High Availability
• DC optimized airflow
32 x 100G 96 x 25G & 48 x 25G and 48 x 25G & 48 x 10G-T &
High Scalability 8 x 100G 12 x 100GbE 8 x 100G 8 x 100G
• Wirespeed L2 and L3 forwarding
• Up to 32 x 100G or 128 x 25G Consistent Software, Flexibility, Throughput and Performance
• 64-Way MLAG / 128-Way ECMP
• Scalable Leaf-Spine designs Each of the 7050X3 models offers multiple connectivity options that provide
• MAC 288K / IPv4 Hosts 208K flexibility in building scalable leaf and spine designs. The operational flexibility
• Host Routes up to 108K offered by the entire 7050X3 series ensures suitability for a variety of deployment
• Routes: 384K IPv4 / 192K IPv6 scenarios. The following are a selection of use cases:
• Dense top of rack for server racks with both 10GbE and 25GbE systems
Advanced Monitoring • 10GbE to 25GbE Migration — 802.3by 25GbE and Consortium compliant for
seamless transition to the next generation of Ethernet performance
• CloudVision
• LANZ microburst detection • Grid / HPC — designs requiring cost effective and power efficient systems to
• AEM proactive management enable non-blocking or minimal over-subscription for 10G and 25G Servers
• IEEE 1588 precision timing • Leaf-Spine — open standards based L2 and L3 with telemetry and visibility
• sFlow for network visibility • Secure Cloud — Wirespeed MACsec leaf-spine at a range of speed
• VM Tracer integration • 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

Arista 7050X3: Next generation high capacity and advanced features

 7050X3 Series
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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

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

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

Network Address translation with no performance impact to resolve overlapping addressing challenges
Network Address Translation
without penalty

Programmable Architecture Add support for new packet formats for quicker deployment of new networking solutions

Enhanced load distribution for optimal traffic distribution and link utilization for intensive data center
Dynamic Load Balancing *
workloads

Time Stamping Monitor end to end network performance with accuracy

IEEE 25GbE 802.3by IEEE standard ensuring interoperability, long reach optics and long term investment protection

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 7050CX3M-32S 7050SX3-96YC8 7050SX3-48YC12 7050SX3-48YC8 7050TX3-48C8

96 25G SFP &

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

Maximum 100G Ports 32 32 8 12 8 8

Maximum 40G Ports 32 32 8 12 8 8

Maximum 10G Ports 128 128 129 96 56 56

Maximum 25G Ports 128 128 128 96 56 8

Maximum 50G Ports 64 64 16 24 16 16

Maximum System
6.4Tbps 6.4Tbps 6.4Tbps 4.8Tbps 4Tbps 2.56Tbps
Throughput (bps)

Maximum Forwarding Rate 2Bpps 2Bpps 2Bpps 2Bpps 1Bpps 1Bpps

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

System Buffer 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB

Airflow F-R or R-F F-R or R-F F-R or R-F Front-Rear F-R or R-F F-R or R-F

* Not currently supported in EOS June 6, 2020 11-0022-06

Arista 7050X3: Next generation high capacity and advanced features