Multi-Cloud Director™

• Global Configurations: MCD provides global configurations

that are commonly and consistently applied across all

DMF and CCF deployments, such as sFlow, AAA, NTP, and

syslog etc. Template-based workflow is provided so that

configurations can be easily applied across a subset of DMF

and CCF deployments. MCD also performs compliance checks

on these configurations to ensure consistency across all the

deployments.

• Global Visibility: IT organizations can quickly and intuitively

search the MCD database to visualize various parameters of

DMF and CCF deployments. For example, network admin

can easily identify any endpoint across global deployment of

dozens of controller domains and hundreds of switches. IT-

wide policy compliance can be rapidly audited across switch

and appliance hardware, software and firmware versions,

switch ASICs etc. and exported for reporting purposes.

• Global Operations: MCD provides ability to perform common

and repeated operations across DMF and CCF instances,

such as software upgrades and controller snapshots. These

operations are applied simultaneously across multiple DMF

and CCF controllers, thus speeding up Day1/Day2 operations,

ensuring consistency and accelerating IT compliance globally.

• Global Programmability: MCD provides north-bound APIs

that can be used to program all the DMF and CCF controllers

added to the MCD database thus providing a centralized way

to programmatically manage all your deployments.

Multi-Cloud Director - Overview

Arista Networks® Multi-Cloud Director™(MCD) offers multi-controller federated management for Arista DANZ Monitoring Fabric™ (DMF)

and Converged Cloud Fabric™ (CCF) deployments. MCD provides a one-dashboard experience for DMF and CCF in multi-pod, multi-site

environments. Multi-Cloud Director (MCD) not only consolidates repetitive administration tasks to simplify the management of multiple

networks, but also provides global visibility across your data centers. Organizations realize tremendous operational savings compared

to the cost of operating the massive complexity of a box-by-box network. Multi-Cloud Director provides an intuitive dashboard that

displays real-time data from DMF and CCF controllers. Operations teams can select a specific controller to see a detailed view of a

particular DMF or CCF deployment.

Multi-Cloud Director Benefits

Unified Multi-Controller Management For DMF and CCF

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MCD Provides the following benefits to IT organizations deploying multiple instances of DMFs and CCFs across multiple sites.