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h1. How to configure Arista switches 

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 h2. Saving your changes 

 If you don't enter write at the end, everything is lost after reboot. 

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 write 
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 h2. Entering conf mode 

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 enable 
 conf 
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 h2. Setting password 

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 username admin secret <passwordhere> 
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 h2. Setting name 

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 hostname <NAME> 
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 h2. Creating a VLAN 

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 vlan <ID-OF-VLAN> 
 name <NAME-OF-VLAN> 
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 h2. Putting a port into a untagged vlan 

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 interface EthernetXX 
    switchport access vlan YY 
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 h2. Creating a port channel (= LACP = bonding) 

 * go to the interface that you want to be in the port-channel 
 * configure it 

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 interface EthernetXX 
    channel-group XX mode active 
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 h2. Upgrading a switch 

 * copy the image from usb to flash 
 * change the boot config 
 * don't forget to write 
 * reload 

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 copy usb1:/EOS-4.14.4.swi flash:/EOS-4.14.4.swi 
 configure terminal 
 boot system flash:/EOS-4.14.4.swi 
 show boot-config 
 write 
 reload 
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