Cloud Networking

Arista's Universal Cloud Network architecture applies the operational model of cloud service providers (open APIs, zero-touch provisioning, a single operating system, and event-driven automation) to data center, hybrid cloud, campus, and low-latency environments. A single instance of EOS runs across every Arista platform from the compact 7010X campus access switch to the 7700R4 distributed Etherlink AI fabric, eliminating the split between edge and core software that requires separate skill sets, separate automation toolchains, and separate upgrade processes across different platform tiers.

CloudVision serves as the management and streaming telemetry plane for the Universal Cloud Network, providing multi-domain visibility from a single console across data center switching, campus WiFi, and WAN edge. The platform's NetDL pipeline applies AI and machine learning to the continuous telemetry stream from EOS devices, enabling proactive anomaly detection, prescriptive recommendations, and automated remediation without requiring operators to manually correlate data from separate monitoring tools for each network domain.

For organizations running hybrid cloud environments, CloudEOS extends Arista's consistent segmentation, telemetry, and provisioning model from on-premises EOS switching into public cloud VPCs on AWS, Azure, and GCP, maintaining one operational model rather than separate processes for on-premises and cloud infrastructure. This consistent operating model is the foundation that allows Arista's AI fabric, campus, security, and WAN products to be managed as a unified environment under a single CloudVision instance.