Arista Networking – Data Center Engineering (DCENG) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

LAYER 2 LEAF SPINE DESIGN OVERVIEW

L2LS architecture

  • Drivers for L2LS topologies
  • L2LS design overview
  • L2LS performance, redundancy and scale

Layer 2 Technologies VLANs

  • VLAN overview
  • Configuring access and trunk ports
  • Introduction to inter-vlan routing
  • Configuring sub-interfaces
  • Configuring SVI’s
  • Troubleshooting VLANs

STP

  • Spanning tree overview
  • STP enhancements
  • Configuring STP
  • Troubleshooting STP
  • LAB – STP
  • LAB – Troubleshooting STP

LACP

  • LACP overview
  • Configuring LACP
  • Troubleshooting LCP

MLAG

  • MLAG overview
  • Configurating MLAG
  • Troubleshooting MLAG
  • LAB – deploying MLAG
  • LAB – troubleshooting MLAG

Default gateway redundancy (FHRP)

  • FHRP overview
  • Configuring VRRP
  • Configuring VARP

Building L2LS Fabric Build LSLS DC network using CLI

  • Configuring L2LS with CLI
  • LAB – Build LSLS with MLAG and VARP

Build LSLS DC network using CVP Configlets

  • L2LS design and topology review
  • Configuring L2LS with CVP configlets
LAYER 3 LEAF SPINE DESIGN OVERVIEW

L2LS review

  • L2LS Design review
  • L2LS Example

L3LS design

  • Introduction to L3LS designs
  • VXLAN and eVPN importance in L3LS designs
  • Why BGP underlay in L3LS designs

Underlay routing options OSPF

  • OSPF overview

IS-IS

  • IS-IS overview and operations
  • IS-IS communications

Introduction to BGP

  • BGP Overview
  • BGP functions and facts
  • BGP operations
  • BGP route advertisement

eBGP underlay configuration

  • L3LS eBGP underlay configuration
  • eBGP load balancing configuration
  • eBGP configuration enhancements

BGP underlay deployment options

  • BGP with BLAG
  • Variations of BGP in L3LS
  • LAB – Underlay addressing with eBGP
VXLAN DESIGN

VXLAN Overview

  • Introduction to VXLAN
  • VXLAN load balancing with ECMP

VXLAN control plane options

  • ARP refresher
  • VXLAN multicast control plane
  • VXLAN HER control plane
  • Configuring VXLAN HER
  • VXLAN VCS control plane
  • VXLAN eVPN control plane
  • LAB – Configure VXLAN data plane with HER

VXLAN with MLAG

  • Introduction to VXLAN with MLAG
  • Configuring VXLAN with MLAG

VXLAN best practices

  • MTU and Jumbo frames

Troubleshooting VXLAN

  • Troubleshooting VXLAN
EVPN OVERLAY

eVPN fundamentals

  • Introduction to eVPN
  • eVPN terminology
  • VRF operations
  • MP-BGP control plane
  • Configuring MP-eBGP for eVPN
  • eVPN route type 2 (MAC-IP)
  • eVPN route type 5 (IP Prefix)
  • eVPN route type 3 (IMET)
  • LAB – L2eVPN

eVPN advanced concepts

  • VLAN based service interface
  • VLAN aware bundle service interface
  • Introduction to IRB
  • Symmetric vs. Asymmetric IRG
  • Symmetric IRB deep dive
  • Configuring Symmetric IRB
  • Configuring Asymmetric IRB
  • LAB – L3 eVPN Symmetric IRB
  • LAB – L3 eVPN Asymmetric IRB

eVPN Multihoming

  • Introduction to Active-Active multihoming
  • Route type 1 and ESI
  • Route type 1 and route type 4
  • Active-Active multihoming configuration
  • LAB – eVPN multihoming

eVPN design best practices

  • iBGP between MLAG pairs and eBGP multihop command
  • eBGP for underlay and overlay

Configuring L3LS DC network with CVP Studios

  • Configuring L3LS using Studios
  • Configuring eVPN services, host interfaces and external networks using Studios
  • LAB – Building L3LS, eVPN and MLAG with Studios