How to configure Arista switches » History » Version 10
Nico Schottelius, 07/10/2019 06:41 PM
| 1 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | h1. How to configure Arista switches |
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| 3 | 3 | Nico Schottelius | {{toc}} |
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| 5 | h2. Saving your changes |
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| 7 | If you don't enter write at the end, everything is lost after reboot. |
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| 9 | <pre> |
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| 10 | write |
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| 11 | </pre> |
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| 13 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | h2. Entering conf mode |
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| 15 | <pre> |
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| 16 | enable |
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| 17 | conf |
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| 18 | </pre> |
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| 20 | h2. Setting password |
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| 22 | <pre> |
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| 23 | username admin secret <passwordhere> |
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| 24 | </pre> |
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| 26 | h2. Setting name |
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| 28 | <pre> |
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| 29 | hostname <NAME> |
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| 30 | </pre> |
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| 32 | h2. Creating a VLAN |
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| 34 | <pre> |
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| 35 | vlan <ID-OF-VLAN> |
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| 36 | name <NAME-OF-VLAN> |
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| 37 | </pre> |
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| 39 | 2 | Nico Schottelius | h2. Putting a port into a untagged vlan |
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| 41 | 2 | Nico Schottelius | <pre> |
| 42 | interface EthernetXX |
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| 43 | switchport access vlan YY |
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| 44 | </pre> |
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| 46 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | h2. Creating a port channel (= LACP = bonding) |
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| 48 | * go to the interface that you want to be in the port-channel |
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| 49 | * configure it |
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| 51 | <pre> |
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| 52 | interface EthernetXX |
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| 53 | channel-group XX mode active |
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| 54 | </pre> |
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| 56 | 10 | Nico Schottelius | h2. Creating a port channel over multiple switches using MLAG |
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| 58 | <pre> |
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| 59 | interface EthernetXX |
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| 60 | channel-group XX mode active |
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| 61 | mlag XX |
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| 62 | </pre> |
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| 64 | And if you want to have tagged/trunk port: |
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| 66 | <pre> |
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| 67 | switchport mode trunk |
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| 68 | </pre> |
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| 70 | 4 | Nico Schottelius | h2. Upgrading a switch |
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| 72 | * copy the image from usb to flash |
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| 73 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | * change the boot config |
| 74 | 5 | Nico Schottelius | * don't forget to write |
| 75 | 4 | Nico Schottelius | * reload |
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| 77 | <pre> |
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| 78 | copy usb1:/EOS-4.14.4.swi flash:/EOS-4.14.4.swi |
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| 79 | configure terminal |
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| 80 | boot system flash:/EOS-4.14.4.swi |
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| 81 | show boot-config |
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| 82 | write |
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| 83 | reload |
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| 84 | </pre> |
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| 86 | h2. Configuring MLAG |
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| 88 | * Create a port channel for communication |
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| 89 | * Configure the mlag over it |
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| 90 | 7 | Nico Schottelius | * Assuming the switches are connected by ethernet 47 and ethernet 48 |
| 91 | * Assuming that the switches use vlan 13 |
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| 92 | * ZZ = ip suffix of the switch |
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| 93 | * WW = ip suffix of the other switch |
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| 94 | * mlagdomain = something local |
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| 97 | <pre> |
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| 98 | 7 | Nico Schottelius | interface ethernet 47 |
| 99 | channel-group 47 mode active |
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| 101 | interface ethernet 48 |
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| 102 | channel-group 47 mode active |
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| 104 | 9 | Nico Schottelius | interface Port-Channel47 |
| 105 | switchport mode trunk |
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| 106 | switchport trunk group mlag-aristas |
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| 108 | 7 | Nico Schottelius | vlan 13 |
| 109 | name mlag-aristas |
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| 110 | trunk group mlag-aristas |
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| 112 | interface Vlan13 |
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| 113 | no autostate |
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| 114 | ip address 10.3.4.ZZ/24 |
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| 117 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | mlag configuration |
| 118 | domain-id MLAGLOCALDOMAIN |
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| 119 | peer-address 10.3.4.WW |
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| 120 | 8 | Nico Schottelius | local-interface Vlan13 |
| 121 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | peer-link Port-Channel47 |
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| 124 | </pre> |
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| 126 | h2. Configuring BGP |
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| 128 | * XX = ip suffix |
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| 130 | <pre> |
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| 131 | router bgp 209898 |
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| 132 | router-id 0.0.0.XX |
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| 133 | bgp default ipv6-unicast |
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| 134 | maximum-paths 4 |
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| 135 | bgp listen range 2a0a:e5c0:1:8::/64 peer-group ungleich remote-as 209898 |
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| 136 | neighbor ungleich peer-group |
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| 137 | neighbor ungleich maximum-routes 12000 |
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| 138 | 1 | Nico Schottelius | </pre> |