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Multiple commands in non-interactive CLI

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Weirong Jiang | 0 Views

Hello, I was trying to run non-interactive CLI in cEOS and could not find much documents about it. According to its help, bash-4.2# Cli –help usage: Cli [-h] [-s SYSNAME] [-k SYSDBSOCKNAME] [-l] [–pdb] [-c COMMAND] [-A] [-M] [-e] [-E] [-p PRIVILEGE] [-i PLUGINS] [-I] [-G] [–startup-config] [–disable-autocomplete] [-T STANDALONE_SHELL_TIMEOUT] [–completions COMPLETIONS] [config-filename] positional arguments: config-filename Configuration filename to parse optional arguments: -h, –help show this help message and exit...
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OSPFv3 LSA Limit

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Nicholas Cheng | 22 Views

Description A router keeps track of the total number of LSAs for each OSPFv3 instance. The LSA Limit feature provides a mechanism to control the number of LSAs allowed in an OSPFv3 instance. This feature can be used to prevent OSPFv3 from being overloaded by network storms and help limit impact on the OSPFv3 network. By default, the configuration allows for unlimited LSAs with the LSA limit shown as 0. Platform Compatibility The LSA limit feature is a platform independent feature. Configuration The LSA limit feature is configured with the new “lsa limit” command which takes several parameters that can...
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Show difference between running and startup configs

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Alexandre Georges | 0 Views

Hello, I’m looking for a way to check if the running configuration is different from the startup config in order to detect uncommitted changes. Is there a way to do that in the CLI and/or the eAPI ? Thank you

CLI extensions for customers

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Duegi | 193 Views

Description CLI extension allows for custom CLIs commands/modes to be defined in EOS. It also integrates with EOS SDK to be able to control a daemon’s configuration and read a daemon’s status from the CLI command handlers. This feature is intended to have more customization compared to the “daemon cli” feature, which only allows for key/value pairs as cli commands, and doesn’t allow for custom CLI commands. It does this by using a statically defined YAML file that contains the daemon definition (EOS SDK or not), CLI mode, and CLI commands, very much akin to what is provided by the...
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Modal BFD CLI configuration

Posted on December 17, 2020 by William Rideout | 138 Views

Description A new configuration model for the BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) agent was added in order to more concisely group configuration commands. In addition to isolating BFD-specific CLI commands from the rest of the system configuration, using a dedicated configuration mode allows for new sub-modes to be added for peer-specific configuration that pertains to either the default VRF or a non-default VRF. This allows for a finer control of BFD-specific settings. System-wide BFD configuration exists in three contexts: Interface-level BFD configuration, Global BFD configuration, and Peer-level BFD configuration. Global BFD configuration commands are entered within the scope of the new...
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Executing multiple commands on one line

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Keith Alemu | 0 Views

Is there a way to execute multiple CLI commands on one line? In bash mode, you can use the semicolon in between commands to accomplish this.

section command regexes do not behave as-expected

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Ryan Rawdon | 0 Views

Hi all, When using “show run section” or “show run | section” or any other command involving the “section” capability, it looks like there may be some unexpected behavior with regexes that contain |. rtr-edge1.sjc#show run section ? REGEX Regular expression for matching commands For example if I am looking for configuration for sections route-map|prefix-list show run section route-map|prefix-list I only see configuration sections for route-map. If change it to prefix-list|route-map, I see at least some of both categories. It looks like there may be some inconsistency in how regexes are parsed when | is involved? ...
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Multi-Command

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Hua Zhong | 253 Views

Support for running multiple CLI commands in one line separated by semicolons. Description Multiple CLI commands can be run sequentially through the “run” command, separated by semicolons. For example: switch#run show version ; show boot #show version Arista DCS-7050CX3M-32S-F Hardware version: 01.03 Serial number: JAS19100008 Hardware MAC address: 985d.8284.7c33 System MAC address: 985d.8284.7c33 ... #show boot Software image: flash:/EOS.swi Console speed: (not set) Aboot password (encrypted): (not set) Memory test iterations: (not set) The commands start at the EXEC mode. For example, configuration commands can be supported by running the “configure” command: switch#run configure ; interface Po1 ; shutdown #configure...
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Timestamp cli commands

Posted on July 6, 2020 by jonathan Steward | 0 Views

Hi all, Is it possible to timestamp cli commands at the time they are executed. I want to track over time the changes I make at what time and have this logged on the CLI. Example Juniper feature I’m trying to achieve on arista instead. https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/reference/command-summary/set-cli-timestamp.html

Configuration Lock

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Shyam Kota | 323 Views

Description This mechanism allows a session to lock the configuration of the switch to prevent any other session from altering the configuration. The configuration lock is intended to be short-lived and allows a client to make a change without fear of interaction with other clients, eAPI, OpenConfig, CLI scripts, human users, etc. In order to acquire the configuration lock, a privileged user must use configure lock [ REASON ] command. Care must be taken, because if this CLI session cannot acquire the lock then an error will be issued, and the client must handle this error correctly. When the configuration...
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Migrating from legacy DC design to EVPN VXLAN Fabric

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Gopinath Balakrishnan | 2302 Views

Introduction This document is intended to provide a reference of steps and sequence followed for: (1) migrating a legacy 3-tier L2 network to EVPN based VXLAN environment using Leaf & Spine design (2) migrating an L2 Leaf & Spine network with VXLAN using CVX as the control plane to EVPN based control plane (3) migrating an L2 Leaf & Spine network with VXLAN using static VXLAN as the control plane to EVPN based control plane. Scope The key objective of this report is to migrate a Layer 2 datacenter to EVPN based VXLAN using Leaf & Spine (L3LS) solution for...
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Switch storage device secure erase

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Alon Pekurovsky | 355 Views

Description A secure erase is generally defined as a command (or set of commands) that deliberately, permanently and irreversibly remove/destroy the data stored on a storage device, rendering that data unrecoverable. This feature securely erases the flash and optional SSD storage device(s) within an Arista switch. Specifically, it will secure erase the storage devices whose partitions mount to /mnt/crash, /mnt/drive, and /mnt/flash (as applicable). Then, it repartitions these storage devices and re-creates the filesystems for each of their partitions. In other words, the partition table of each storage device will be the exact same as before this secure erase procedure...
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clear platform trident counters

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Silvan Steiner | 0 Views

Hi Forum we currently troubleshoot input discards. we found the rich command show platform trident counters for our platform.(DCS-7050SX3-48YC8-F) I’ve tried to reset counter to have a blank situation. I’ve used: clear platform trident counters this cause reset of all interfaces in LAG on this switch. January 23rd 2020, 10:22:02.000 MODULE_RESET 6 Informational Switch Linecard0/0 restarting. Cause: Strata-FixedSystem crashed January 23rd 2020, 10:22:02.000 UNEXPECTED_RESTART 3 Error Unexpected restart of Strata agent Strata-FixedSystem occurred after my mistake i’ve checked the documentation about this clear command, but i didn’t found any reference. does someone has knowledge what the clear platform trident counters...
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VLAN-aware bundle Addition/Removal of VLANs from VLAN set

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Aaron Bamberger | 228 Views

Description In EVPN, when configuring the member VLANs for a VLAN-aware bundle, the existing configuration command only allows the specification of a VLAN range string, which replaces the previously configured VLAN range string. This enhancement adds new syntax to add or remove additional VLANs from the currently configured VLAN-aware bundle VLAN list. Platform Compatibility Platform independent Configuration The existing configuration CLI for configuring the member VLANs in a VLAN-aware bundle is: vlan <range> This takes a VLAN range-string and uses it to replace the currently configured VLAN range-string. The updated CLI syntax is now: vlan [ add | remove...
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extending eos cli with python

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Adam Adam | 0 Views

Has anyone had success implementing a cli extension with vEOS rev 4.18? I’m following this guide and got some guidance from our sales team on what changes were needing to be made but not getting very far with making this work on the eos central post https://eos.arista.com/extending-eos-cli/#Cli_Registration. -a

Alias – Simple yet powerful

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Alexis Dacquay | 2378 Views

Alias – Simple yet powerful About: Alias mySimpleAlias <a maybe complicated command you would never remember> Alias commands can be composed of multiple lines and embed variables. Below is an example of alias used as configuration template for automating configuration with just few arguments. Sunch template can satisfy complex configurations and be highly reusable. This high-level scripting or command bundling is simple to implement yet powerful. The below example is a multi-line alias with variables (%<x>) alias set-baremetal !! Syntax : set-baremetal <INTF> <Po ID> <DESCR> <VLAN> !! Example: set-baremetal e1,2 po1 “To Server...
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Changing the switchport default mode

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Colin MacGiollaEain | 1965 Views

By default all ports on an Arista switch are configured to be switch ports, as you would expect. If you are mostly dealing with routed ports, this behaviour may not be totally desirable. Starting in EOS-4.18.0, this behaviour is configurable e.g. we can have all interfaces in routed mode by default. switch1...11:10:56(config)#show run int et 1-4interface Ethernet1interface Ethernet2interface Ethernet3interface Ethernet4switch1...11:11:00(config)#show interface Et1-4 switchport | i Name|Switchport:Name: Et1Switchport: EnabledName: Et2Switchport: EnabledName: Et3Switchport: EnabledName: Et4Switchport: Enabled To change the default, simply issue the configuration command switchport default mode routed As you can see, all interfaces are now in routed mode by default:...
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Arista 7280QR-C36 Load Balancing Optimization for Dual Homed Systems and Networks

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Martin | 2162 Views

Arista 7280QR-C36 The Arista DCS-7280QR-C36 switch is a purpose built flexible fixed configuration 1RU system capable of supporting a wide range of interface choices. Its designed for the highest performance environments such as IP Storage, Content Delivery Networks, Data Center Interconnect and IP Peering. The 7280QR-C36 is optimized for environments with dual connected nodes such as storage and for spine applications with dual homed leaf switches. This technical application note describes the internal optimized load-balancing mechanism used within the switch and how network architects can best deploy this system to maximize overall system performance. The internal architecture of the DCS-7280QR-C36...
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Why Bash and Cli responce different ?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Toshio Taga | 0 Views

Hi all, I have 3 questions. 1. When I use bash command “ifconfig” from Arista SW. It showing “CPU” , why ifconfig show CPU ? When I use ifconfig command on Linux server, it doesn’t show CPU. Why “CPU” showing bash command “ifconfig” ? 2. Why different MAC address show , Cli and bash ? 3. Bash ifconfig show same MAC address for all interface , why ? Thank you,Toshi.

Config Sessions Tips

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Alexei Agueev | 14437 Views

Description: This article shows how to implement 4-eyes-principle, task separation and delegation in your network. In this particular example, you can delegate configuration preparation to the operators team, retaining the control to commit the submitted changes, and having a delayed roll-back as a safety network in case something went wrong. Please also refer to the article “How to keep last X startup configs” for further tips on config handling and versioning. Since this article has been published, there have been quite a few improvements to the way EOS handles configurations sessions. Please refer to “Config Checkpoint” and “Config Session Commit...
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