CloudVision from Arista was specifically designed to complement SDN (virtualization) controller solutions that orchestrate virtual network overlays, by focusing on workflow visibility, automation tasks, and initial or ongoing network provisioning across the underlying physical network.
Using CloudVision, operators can organize devices in logical hierarchies through the use of containers and a list of configlets for rapid categorization of devices by role, type, or other specifications. Configurations can be broken down into more manageable configlets that are built and stored directly on CloudVision and ready for network-wide or group-specific provisioning. The CloudVision database also keeps historical data, including a history of network state, configuration and software versions. This state can be used to take a network-wide snapshot for change control verification of the network, helping to simplify the change management process and reduce maintenance window times.
Capabilites
- Multi-domain scope, bringing consistent network operations to Data Center, Campus, WAN/Interconnect, Media & Entertainment, and multi-cloud use-cases.
- Cloud-native architecture, offered with the same feature set across both cloud service (SaaS) and on-prem appliance (virtual or physical) deployment options.
- Real-time state streaming for network telemetry and analytics – a modern approach to replace legacy polling per device.
- State repository, analytics engines and telemetry views to provide an unprecedented level of granularity in real-time monitoring and historic network state for forensic troubleshooting.
- Cognitive analytics, leveraging the rich NetDL data source as the basis for training AI/ML models to generate better recommendations and insights for operators.
- Turn-key automation with CloudVision Studios for initial and ongoing provisioning, ZTP as-a-Service, configuration management and network-wide change control–including automated upgrades, network rollback, and network snapshots.
- Compliance dashboard for security audit, patch and lifecycle management.
- Support for the Unified edge, with wired and wireless views and dashboards, including IoTvision.
- NetDevOps workflows, providing extensibility for CloudVision to integrate into a broader continuous integration (CI) pipeline.
- Cloud Tracer for visibility into the availability of network connectivity and services across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Macro-Segmentation Services to provide automated and seamless service insertion with integrations by partner security platforms.
- IP Broadcast operations, including specific dashboards and Media Control Services (MCS) integration with technology partners.
- Centralized API gateway for both northbound and southbound integrations, leveraging OpenConfig, gRPC, and REST APIs.