Arista Switch

Overview

A module to control and monitor Arista AOS network switches.

Interface list features:

list of interfaces with bitrate (and recent historical stats)
ability to enable/disable ports
view POE status and control power
add description to interface (click on the name to edit)
select VLAN, including editing of trunk or access mode
display of interface rate (1G/100M)
ablity to ‘protect’ ports to prevent accidental changes (useful for uplinks etc) - stored locally in BUG
display of neighbors and/or known devices (LLDP or FDB)
configurable DHCP address source to convert discovered MAC addresses to IP
displays if any ports are in ‘error-disabled’ state

Interface page features:

Also polls the switch to check if there are pending changes and prompts to save if there are.

Screenshot

This module provides a BUG status endpoint. Read the Bug Documentation for more information.

Type	Description
`error`	Checks contents of interfaces collection in db
`warning`	Checks contents of VLANs collection in db
`warning`	Checks contents of system information collection in db
`warning`	Checks error disabled state of interfaces
`warning`	Checks if device has unsaved changes
`warning`	Checks status of device power supplies
`warning`	Checks any SFPs in an ‘unknown’ state

Field	Default Value	Description
`id`	`""`	Unique identifier for this module instance (usually auto-generated).
`needsConfigured`	`true`	Indicates whether the module has been configured since build.
`title`	`""`	Human-readable title for this module instance, shown in the UI.
`module`	`"arista-switch"`	Internal name of the module.
`description`	`""`	Optional text describing the module instance in the UI.
`notes`	`""`	Free-text field for extra notes about this configuration.
`enabled`	`false`	Whether the module instance is enabled
`address`	`""`	IP address or hostname of the device to connect to.
`username`	`"bug"`	Username used to authenticate with the device
`password`	`""`	Password for the user
`enabled`	`false`	Flag indicating whether this module instance is active.
`protectedInterfaces`	`[]`	An of array of interfaces which are ‘protected’
`dhcpSources`	`[]`	An of array panel IDs which provide the dhcp server capability

This module follows BUG’s standard capabilities model. For more information, see BUG Capabilities Documentation.

Type	List
Exposes	None
Consumes	dhcp-server

management api http-commands
   protocol https
   no shutdown

Check the configuration with this:

show management api http-commands

You should see something like:

- Enabled: Yes
- Protocol: HTTPS
- VRF: management