Etherlink delivers optimized network
performance for large AI clusters
Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), a leading provider of cloud and AI
networking solutions, today announced the Arista Etherlink™ AI
platforms, designed to deliver optimal network performance for the
most demanding AI workloads, including training and
inferencing.
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Arista’s 800G Etherlink™ AI Portfolio
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Powered by new AI-optimized Arista EOS features, the Arista
Etherlink AI portfolio supports AI cluster sizes ranging from
thousands to 100,000s of XPUs with highly efficient one and 2-tier
network topologies that deliver superior application performance
compared to more complex multi-tier networks while offering
advanced monitoring capabilities including flow-level
visibility.
“The network is core to successful job completion outcomes in AI
clusters,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst for 650
Group. “The Arista Etherlink AI platforms offer customers the
ability to have a single 800G end-to-end technology platform across
front-end, training, inference, and storage networks. Customers
benefit from leveraging the same well-proven Ethernet tooling,
security, and expertise they have relied on for decades while
easily scaling up for any AI application.”
Arista’s Etherlink AI Platforms
The 7060X6 AI Leaf switch family employs Broadcom
Tomahawk 5® silicon, with a capacity of 51.2 Tbps and support for
64 800G or 128 400G Ethernet ports.
The 7800R4 AI Spine is the 4th generation of Arista’s
flagship 7800 modular systems. It implements the latest Broadcom
Jericho3-AI processors with an AI-optimized packet pipeline and
offers non-blocking throughput with the proven virtual output
queuing architecture. The 7800R4-AI supports up to 460 Tbps in a
single chassis, which corresponds to 576 800G or 1152 400G Ethernet
ports.
The 7700R4 AI Distributed Etherlink Switch (DES) supports
the largest AI clusters, offering customers massively parallel
distributed scheduling and congestion-free traffic spraying based
on the Jericho3-AI architecture. The 7700 represents the first in a
new series of ultra-scalable, intelligent distributed systems that
can deliver the highest consistent throughput for very large AI
clusters.
A single-tier network topology with Etherlink platforms can
support over 10,000 XPUs. With a 2-tier network, Etherlink can
support more than 100,000 XPUs. Minimizing the number of network
tiers is essential for optimizing AI application performance,
reducing the number of optical transceivers, lowering cost and
improving reliability.
All Etherlink switches support the emerging Ultra Ethernet
Consortium (UEC) standards, which are expected to provide
additional performance benefits when UEC NICs become available in
the near future.
“Broadcom is a firm believer in the versatility, performance,
and robustness of Ethernet, which makes it the technology of choice
for AI workloads,” said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and
general manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom. “By leveraging
industry-leading Ethernet chips such as Tomahawk 5 and Jericho3-AI,
Arista provides the ideal accelerator-agnostic solution for AI
clusters of any shape or size, outperforming proprietary
technologies and providing flexible options for fixed, modular, and
distributed switching platforms.”
Arista EOS Smart AI Suite
The rich features of Arista EOS and CloudVision complement these
new networking-for-AI platforms. The innovative software suite for
AI-for-networking, security, segmentation, visibility, and
telemetry features brings AI-grade robustness and protection to
high-value AI clusters and workloads. For example, Arista EOS’s
Smart AI suite of innovative enhancements now integrates with
SmartNIC providers to deliver advanced RDMA-aware load balancing
and QoS. Arista AI Analyzer powered by Arista AVA™ automates
configuration and improves visibility and intelligent performance
analysis of AI workloads.
“Arista’s competitive advantage consistently comes down to our
rich operating system and broad product portfolio to address AI
networks of all sizes,” said Hugh Holbrook, Chief Development
Officer, Arista Networks. “Innovative AI-optimized EOS features
enable faster deployment, reduce configuration issues and deliver
flow-level performance analysis, and improve AI job completion
times for any size AI cluster.”
Availability
The 7060X6 is available now. The 7800R4-AI and 7700R4 DES are in
customer testing and will be available 2H 2024.
About Arista
Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven,
client-to-cloud networking for large AI, data center, campus and
routing environments. Its award-winning platforms deliver
availability, agility, automation, analytics, and security through
an advanced network operating stack. For more information, visit
www.arista.com.
ARISTA, AGNI, AVA, CloudVision, EOS, Etherlink, MSS, and NetDL
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