7300 Series - Arista Networks
High Performance, Feature Rich 10/40/100G Systems: 50Tbps & 256 x 100G, 512x 40G, 2048x 10G, 768x 10GBASE-T
Designed for large scale leaf/spine and Spline™ networks the Arista 7300X and 7320X Series modular switches deliver industry-leading density and performance with a rich choice of interface types for server leaf and spine network deployment. They combine scalable L2 and L3 features with comprehensive network monitoring, virtualization, and visibility features.
| 7300X | 7300X3 | 7320X | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | The Arista 7300X are modular systems for high-density 10G and 40G with up to 512 ports of 40G available in a choice of three systems each with reversible airflow. Ideal for building leaf/spine or Spline™ datacenter networks. | The Arista 7300X3 are modular systems for high-density 25/10G and 100/40G with up to 256 ports of 100G available in a choice of two systems. Ideal for building leaf/spine or Spline™ data center and campus networks | The Arista 7320X Series are two high capacity and compact modular systems that deliver high-density 100G with a flexible choice of interface speeds. Ideal for mission-critical spines and leaf-spine designs. |
| Models | 7304X, 7308X and 7316X | 7304X and 7308X | 7324X and 7328X |
| Maximum Switching Capacity | 10, 20 and 40Tbps | 25 and 50Tbps | 25 and 50Tbps |
| Linecard slots | 4,8 and 16 | 4 and 8 | 4 and 8 |
| Maximum 100G Ports | - | 256 | 256 |
| Maximum 40G Ports | 512 | 256 | 256 |
| Maximum 10G Ports | 2048 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Maximum 25G Ports | - | 1024 | 1024 |
| Maximum 50G Ports | - | 512 | 512 |
| Redundant Supervisors | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Foundation for Spline Networking
Architected to Operate at Cloud Network Scale
- 50Tbps system capacity / 38 Billion PPS
- Wire-speed unicast & mcast
- Class-leading latency and Dynamic Buffer Allocation
- Scalable Leaf / Spine and Spline Designs
Optimized for Virtualization and Cloud
- VXLAN and EOS Network Tracers
- Provisioning & scripting with Python and ZTP
- VM Tracer and LANZ for real-time traffic visibility
Comprehensive L2/L3 and 10G/40G Options*
- Choice of 32 x 100G, 32x 40G / 48x 10GBASE-T + 4x 40G / 48 x 10G-SFP + 4x 40G
- Up to 1024 x 25GbE. 2048x 10G or 512x 40G in a single system
- Flexible 10GBASE-T option for 100M/1G/10G server access
- Rich L2 and L3 resources: MAC 288K / IPv4 Hosts 208K / 16K IPv4 & 8K IPv6 routes
- *All resource values based on maximum hardware capacity
Arista 7300 Technical Architecture
The Arista 7300X, 7320X, and 7300X3 Series are designed with the latest in the system on chip (SoC) silicon and software. The 7300X Series architecture is optimized for fully meshed east-west traffic patterns with mixed traffic loads found in both private and public cloud networks.
The 7300X, 7320X, and 7300X3 Series modular switches are designed for continuous operations with system-wide monitoring of hardware and software components, simple serviceability, and data center optimized airflow options. The series offers high availability of all critical components with redundant supervisors, power supplies, fabric, and fan modules.
High-Performance 10/40/100GbE Ethernet Spline
7300X Series
- 2048 x 10G, 512 x 40G and 768 10GBASE-T Ethernet Ports
- 2.56Tb of capacity for each line card slot, for over 40Tbps total
- Dynamic Buffer Allocation to protect against drops under congestion
- Aggregate 30 Billion PPS of L2/L3 forwarding
7320X Series
- 256x 100G, 256 x 40G, 1024 x 10G and 25G Ports
- 6.4Tbps of capacity for each line card slot, for over 50Tbps total
- 256MB of aggregate packet buffering
- Aggregate 38 Billion PPS of L2/L3 forwarding
7300X3 Series
- 256x 100G, 256 x 40G, 1024 x 10G and 25G Ports
- 6.4Tbps of capacity for each line card slot, for over 50Tbps total
- 256MB of aggregate packet buffering
- Aggregate 32 Billion PPS of L2/L3 forwarding
High Availability
- Redundant Supervisor, fabric, fans, and power
- Datacenter optimized airflow
- In-Service Software Upgrades
- Self-healing stateful fault repair (SFR)
- Stateful Supervisor Switchover*
High-Performance Fabric Modules
- Efficient utilization of fabric using DLBF to optimally balance traffic
- 50Tbps Fabric
- Fabric with individually removable fan modules to improve system reliability
- * Not yet supported in EOS.
Arista 7300 Series Technical Specifications
The Arista 7300X Series modular switches provide industry-leading 10/40GbE density and performance. Available as a choice of 16 slots, 8 slots, and 4 slot systems they combine wire-speed forwarding with comprehensive L2 and L3 features.
The 7300X Series supports a choice of high-density wire-speed layer 2/3/4 performance line cards that offer a flexible combination of 1/10/40GbE switching to design large leaf and spine networks for scale-out of east-west traffic patterns with low latency and power efficiency.
System Performance:
The Arista 7300 systems can be fully populated with up to 16, eight, or four line cards respectively
| 7316 | 7308 | 7304 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Half rack of switching that delivers the highest 40GbE capacity in the industry | An 8 slot system with airflow for server or network rows replacing Catalyst 6509 | Compact high density and resilient system with flexible interface choices for leaf/spine and collapsed spline |
| Switching Capacity | 40Tbps | 20Tbps | 10Tbps |
| Linecards | 16 | 8 | 4 |
| 10G Ports | 2048 | 1024 | 512 |
| 40G Ports | 512 | 256 | 128 |
| Forwarding Rate | 30 Bpps | 15 Bpps | 7.5 Bpps |
| Total Buffer | 384MB | 192MB | 96MB |
| Rack Units | 21 | 13 | 8 |
Linecard Comparison:
7300X Series line cards provide a choice of speed and density addressing 1/10/40 GbE requirements with a consistent set of features. Each module is power efficient and delivers consistent performance and low latency with a dynamically allocated buffer that is optimized for fully meshed East-West traffic patterns.
| 7300X-32Q | 7300X-64S | 7300X-64T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ports | 32 QSFP+ |
48 SFP+ 4 QSFP+ |
48 10G-T 4 QSFP+ |
| 10G Interfaces | 128 (QSFP+) | 64 | 64 (48-T, 16-X) |
| 40G Interfaces | 32 | 4 | 4 |
| Port Buffer | 24MB | 12MB | 12MB |
| Nominal Power | 238W | 211W | 290W |
| Forwarding Rate | 1.92Bpps | 960Mpps | 960Mpps |
Linecard Features:
Each 7300X Series line card delivers a consistent set of features supporting layer 2 and layer 3 data center designs with predictable and linear scaling.
| 7300 Linecards | |
|---|---|
| Latency | 550ns - 2usec (40G) |
| MAC Table Size | 32K to 288K |
| Maximum IPv4 Host Routes | 32K to 288K |
| Maximum IPv6 Host Routes | 16K to 104K |
| Maximum IPv4 Unicast Route Prefixes | 16K to 144K |
| Maximum IPv6 Unicast Route Prefixes | 8K to 77K* |
| Maximum Multicast Groups | 288K with 8K unique groups |
| ACLs | 4K to 128K |
| Maximum LAG Members | Up to 64 member ports |
| Maximum LAG Groups | Up to 1024 |
| Maximum ECMP Fanout | 64-way |
Arista 7300X3 Series Technical Specifications
The Arista 7300X3 Series modular switches provide industry-leading 40/100G density and performance. The 7300 Series, with the third generation 7300X3 Series line cards, increase the scalability and performance of the 7300X Series supporting leaf/spine and SplineTM applications for collapsed data center tiers, and campus roles. Available as a choice of 8 slots and 4 slot systems they combine wire-speed forwarding with comprehensive L2 and L3 features.
The 7300X3 Series supports high-density layer 2/3/4 wire-speed performance line cards that offer a flexible combination of interface speeds including 10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G to design large leaf and spine networks for scale-out of east-west traffic patterns with low latency and power efficiency to enable seamless migration from 10/40G to 25/100G solutions. In addition, the 7300X3 series supports advanced features for extensive automation and programmability, network monitoring, precision timing, and network virtualization to deliver secure high performance for an open, software-driven approach to cloud networking.
System Performance:
The Arista 7300X3 systems can be fully populated with up to eight or four line cards respectively
| 7308X3 | 7304X3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | An 8 slot system with scalable density and performance for server or network rows | Compact high density and resilient 100G system with flexible interface speeds |
| Switching Capacity | 50 Tbps | 25 Tbps |
| Linecards | 8 | 4 |
| Maximum 100G Ports | 256 | 128 |
| Maximum 40G Ports | 256 | 128 |
| Maximum 10G Ports | 1024 | 512 |
| Maximum 25G Ports | 1024 | 512 |
| Maximum 50G Ports | 512 | 256 |
| L2/L3 PPS | 32 Bpps | 16 Bpps |
| Total Buffer | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Rack Units | 13 | 8 |
Linecard Specification
| 7300X3-32C | 7300X3-48YC4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ports | 32 QSFP100 | 48 25G SFP 4 QSFP100 |
| 100G Interfaces | 32 (QSFP100) | 4 (QSFP100) |
| 40G Interfaces | 32 (QSFP+) | 4 (QSFP+) |
| 10G Interfaces | 128 | 64 |
| 25G Interfaces | 128 | 64 |
| 50G Interfaces | 64 | 8 |
| Packet Buffer | 64 MB | 32 MB |
| Nominal Power | 219 W | 192 W |
| Maximum IPv4/v6 Host Routes | 168K / 104K | |
| Maximum IPv4 Unicast Route Prefixes | 384K | |
| Maximum IPv6 Unicast Route Prefixes | 256K | |
| Maximum Multicast Groups | 104K with 16K unique groups | |
| Ingress / Egress ACLs | 2K / 1K | |
| Maximum LAG Members | Up to 64 member ports | |
| Maximum LAG Groups | Up to 1024 | |
Arista 7320X Series Technical Specifications
The Arista 7320X Series modular switches provide industry-leading 40/100G density and performance. Available as a choice of 8 slots and 4 slot systems they combine wire-speed forwarding with comprehensive L2 and L3 features.
The 7320X Series supports high-density layer 2/3/4 wire-speed performance line cards that offer a flexible combination of interface speeds including 10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G to design large leaf and spine networks for scale-out of east-west traffic patterns with low latency and power efficiency and enable seamless migration from 10/40G to 25/100G solutions.
System Performance:
The Arista 7320X systems can be fully populated with up to eight or four line cards respectively
| 7328X | 7324X | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | An 8 slot system with scalable density and performance for server or network rows replacing Nexus 7K or 9K | Compact high density and resilient 100G system with flexible interface speeds for both spine and collapsed spline |
| Switching Capacity | 50Tbps | 25Tbps |
| Linecards | 8 | 4 |
| Maximum 100G Ports | 256 | 128 |
| Maximum 40G Ports | 256 | 128 |
| Maximum 10G Ports | 1024 | 512 |
| Maximum 25G Ports | 1024 | 512 |
| Maximum 50G Ports | 512 | 256 |
| L2/L3 PPS | 38 Bpps | 19 Bpps |
| Total Buffer | 256MB | 128MB |
| Rack Units | 13 | 8 |
Linecard Specification
| 7320X-32C | |
|---|---|
| Ports | 32 QSFP100 |
| 100GbE Interfaces | 32 (QSFP100) |
| 40GbE Interfaces | 32 (QSFP+) |
| 10GbE Interfaces | 128 with breakout cable and optics |
| 25GbE Interfaces | 128 with breakout cable and optics |
| 50GbE Interfaces | 64 with breakout cable and optics |
| Packet Buffer | 32MB |
| Nominal Power | 219W |
| Maximum IPv4 Host Routes | 104K |
| Maximum IPv6 Host Routes | 52K |
| Maximum IPv4 Unicast Route Prefixes | 128K |
| Maximum IPv6 Unicast Route Prefixes | 84K |
| Maximum Multicast Groups | 136K with 8K unique groups |
| Ingress / Egress ACLs | 8K / 1K |
| Maximum LAG Members | Up to 64 member ports |
| Maximum LAG Groups | Up to 1024 |
| Maximum ECMP Fanout | 128-way |
Have more questions about Arista Networks Cloud Switching and Routing products and solutions? Call us at 410-583-1701 or email us at questions@pulsesupply.com.