7280R3A Series Data Center Switch Router

The Arista 7280R3A Series of fixed systems, including the 7280R3A, 7280R3AM and the 7280R3AK, are the latest generation of Arista 7000 Series portfolio of data center switches. The 7280R3A Series are purpose built 100G and 400G systems built for the highest performance environments, and to meet the needs of the largest scale data centers and service providers. They deliver scalable L2 and L3 resources, high bandwidth encryption and high density with advanced features for network monitoring, precision timing and network virtualization to deliver scalable and deterministic network performance while simplifying designs and reducing Opex.

Designed for deployment in a wide range of open networking solutions including large scale layer 2 and layer 3 cloud designs, enterprise data centers and service provider networks, the 7280R3A Series support 100G and 400G interfaces, up to 54 ports of wirespeed 400G in 2RU. For maximum flexibility, each platform provides a choice of three levels of scale and functionality with Standard (R3A), Encryption (R3AM) and Large Scale (R3AK) models available.

The 7280R3A's capabilities address the requirements for modern networking and rich multi-media content delivery requiring a lossless forwarding solution in a compact and energy efficient form factor, offering rich functionality for traditional data centre, virtualized/overlay networking and wide area networking along with deep packet buffers, large routing tables and industry leading switching capacity. 7280R3A systems with OSFP or QSFP-DD incorporate a flexible choice of interface speed including 25G and 50G and support for dense 400G DWDM, providing unparalleled flexibility and the ability to seamlessly transition data centers to the next generation of Ethernet performance. The 7280R3A Series provide industry leading power efficiency. Combined with Arista EOS the 7280R3A Series delivers advanced features for big data, cloud, virtualized and traditional designs.