Platform-Specific Feature Set Guide

Introduction

This guide provides the list of Arista products which provide ZTP platform support and platform support for hardware authentication.

• ZTP Platform support for CloudVision as-a-Service
• Platform support for Hardware Authentication

Note: This document is intended to be a reference of feature support for certain platform-specific capabilities and is organized on a feature-by-feature basis. For broader feature set support on a particular platform, please consult the appropriate product data sheet.

1.1 ZTP Platform support for CloudVision as-a-Service

Arista Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) as-a-Service is a feature that allows customers to bootstrap and provision EOS devices with the CloudVision Service. ZTP as-a-Service uses an "Enrollment Token" to enable the functionality. Arista supports two token-based models: User-Generated Token and Embedded Token.

All Arista switching platforms support the User-Generated Token. The Embedded Token functionality is only available on a specific subset of Arista switching platforms. All new platform SKUs introduced since October 2020 support the Embedded Token functionality, with the specific list of supported platform SKUs listed below:

Table 1: ZTP Platform support for CloudVision as-a-Service

* Chassis SKUs

1.2 Platform support for Hardware Authentication

Hardware Authentication is provided through a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip embedded into new Arista platforms. TPM chip provides hardware-based authentication and tamper detection.

Note: ZTP as-a-Service uses an Enrollment Token; therefore, Hardware Authentication is not required for ZTP as-a-Service.

The following listed Arista switch products (DCS and CCS-based SKUs) support Hardware Authentication.

Table 2: Platform support for Hardware Authentication

1.3 Platform support for Secure Boot

Secure Boot is a feature of Arista hardware that enables an operator to only allow signed EOS images to boot on that hardware.

Secure Boot leverages a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip embedded into recent Arista platforms. The following listed Arista switch products (DCS and CCS-based SKUs) support Hardware Authentication.

Table 3: Product Families with Support for Secure Boot

Table 4: Product Families with No Support for Secure Boot