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Arista Switch

Arista Switch

About

Designed for large scale leaf and spine networks the X-Series provide industry leading performance and density with a broad choice of interface types from 10G to 400G. The 7300X and 7050X Series combine scalable L2 and L3 features with comprehensive network monitoring, automation, virtualization and visibility features for Enterprise and virtualized Data Center networks.

Product Details

Vendor URL: Arista X-Series Spin % Leaf

Product Type: Network Switch

Product Tier: Tier III

Integration Method: Syslog

Integration URL: Customer Support Portal | Arista

Log Guide: Community Central | Arista

Parser Details

Log Format: Syslog

Expected Normalization Rate: 90%

Data Label: ARISTA_SWITCH

UDM Fields (list of all UDM fields leveraged in the Parser):

Log File Field UDM Field
Action security_result.action_details
Arista Networks metadata.vendor_name
Arista Switch metadata.product_name
Client_host principal.hostname
Client_ip principal.ip
Client_user principal.user.userid
Description security_result.summary
Device resource_type
Event_id metadata.product_event_type
Facility observer.application
Host target.hostname
Interface, Instance resource_subtype
Log_id metadata.product_log_id
Log_message metadata.description
Mnemonic metadata.description
Port, Instance_name resource.name
Severity security_result.severity
Severity security_result.severity_details
Syslog_host observer.hostname
Type observer.application

Product Event Types

type,subtype severity UDM Event Classification alerting enabled
Event_ID 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 GENERIC_EVENT No

Log Sample

<166>May  8 09:21:19 XX-LEAFXX Stp: %SPANTREE-6-INTERFACE_ADD: Interface Ethernet2 has been added to instance MST0

Sample Parsing

metadata.description = "INTERFACE_ADD"
metadata.product_event_type = "%SPANTREE-6-INTERFACE_ADD"
observer.application = "SPANTREE"
observer.hostname = "XX-LEAFXX"
principal.resource.name = "Ethernet2"
principal.resource.resource_subtype = "INTERFACE"
principal.resource.resource_type = "DEVICE"
security_result.severity = "INFORMATIONAL"
security_result.severity_details = "6, Informational - Info Messages"
security_result.summary = "Interface Ethernet2 has been added to instance MST0"
target.resource.name = "MST0"
target.resource.resource_subtype = "INSTANCE"
target.resource.resource_type = "DEVICE"