Summary:
- Arista introduces VESPA, a technology that involves Arista access points creating VXLAN tunnels to switches, allowing for high scalability and performance in WLAN gateways.
- Arista enhances its AVA system, an AI-based virtual assistant, to deliver network insights and AIOps, providing intelligent assistance for network troubleshooting and issue prevention.
- AVA now includes a new LLM component for reasoning with telemetry information, as well as multi-domain event correlation capabilities for proactive issue identification and root cause analysis.
Article:
Arista has unveiled VESPA, a groundbreaking technology that revolutionizes wireless networking by introducing VXLAN tunnels created by Arista access points to switches. This innovative approach enhances WLAN gateway performance and scalability, with the ability to scale to 30K ESI’s spread across paired switches in the cluster, providing active/active load sharing. By utilizing Type 2 EVPN NLRI, gateway switches can efficiently exchange endpoint MAC addresses across the cluster, supporting tens of thousands of endpoints seamlessly.
In addition to VESPA, Arista has bolstered the capabilities of its AVA system, an AI-based virtual assistant designed to deliver network insights and AIOps. AVA serves as an intelligent assistant, leveraging a natural-language interface to provide precise troubleshooting and proactive issue prevention. The introduction of a new LLM component enables AVA to reason with telemetry information, offering users a more efficient and accurate troubleshooting experience.
Furthermore, Arista has expanded AVA’s capabilities to include multi-domain event correlation across wired, wireless, data center, and security networks. This enhancement allows AVA to isolate root causes of network problems and perform continuous monitoring for proactive issue identification. With the integration of best practices and technical expertise, AVA can alert users to potential issues before they occur, enhancing network reliability and performance.
