Praise for Arista Warrior

Arista Warrior is a practical approach to networking, providing an overview of Arista hardware platforms and EOS software used to build modern, large-scale networks. The author has created a book which can be used as an educational primer and a day-to-day reference.

The reader will learn about advances in hardware and practical experiences in configuration management and programmability. This book is a must-have for any engineers interested in building software defined networks and I am happy to recommend it.

Edet Nkposong, Network Engineer

Some time ago, I was lucky to have a chance to work with Arista technologies in their earlier days. Back then, we had nothing at hand but the command reference. A friend passed me the first edition of the Arista Warrior, and since then it hasn’t left my desk. Having worked within networking for over 20 years, I got used to the literary and dry style of many books in the field. This one is not just another title on data center network technologies.

Concise and pragmatic, it starts with an overview of switching technologies fundamentals and then explores the flexibility and programmability of the Arista EOS environment. Besides the EOS, the book goes over Arista’s hardware platforms at a high level of detail. As an end-to-end guide, it gives readers the essential set of skills to build, automate, and operate the data center networks. After all the years of experience, and using the book myself, I would recommend it to any fellow network engineer!

Petr Lapukhov, Network Engineer