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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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 h2. Configuring MLAG 
 * Create a port channel for communication 
 * Configure the mlag over it 
 * Assuming the switches are connected by ethernet 47 and ethernet 48 
 * Assuming that the switches use vlan 13 
 * ZZ = ip suffix of the switch 
 * WW = ip suffix of the other switch 
 * mlagdomain = something local 
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 interface ethernet 47 
     channel-group 47 mode active 
 interface ethernet 48 
     channel-group 47 mode active 
 interface Port-Channel47 
    switchport mode trunk 
    switchport trunk group mlag-aristas 
 vlan 13 
    name mlag-aristas 
    trunk group mlag-aristas 
 interface Vlan13 
    no autostate 
    ip address 10.3.4.ZZ/24 
 mlag configuration 
    domain-id MLAGLOCALDOMAIN 
    peer-address 10.3.4.WW 
    local-interface Vlan13 
    peer-link Port-Channel47 
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 h2. Configuring BGP 
 * XX = ip suffix 
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 router bgp 209898 
    router-id 0.0.0.XX 
    bgp default ipv6-unicast 
    maximum-paths 4 
    bgp listen range 2a0a:e5c0:1:8::/64 peer-group ungleich remote-as 209898 
    neighbor ungleich peer-group 
    neighbor ungleich maximum-routes 12000  
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