Arista BGP Switch

Description

This connector collects BGP peer, prefix and Routing Information Base metrics from Arista switches.

arista hardware network

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Target

Typical platforms: SNMP, Arista

Operating system: Network Device

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Prerequisites

Leverages: ARISTA-BGP4V2-MIB SNMP

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t network -c +AristaBGPSwitch --snmp v2c --community public

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: network
        connectors: [ +AristaBGPSwitch ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The Arista BGP Switch connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP GetNext on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.30065.4.1.1.7.1 must return a non-empty value

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
network-peer	hw.network.bgp.peer.messages{direction="receive"} hw.network.bgp.peer.messages{direction="transmit"}	id name type
network-peer-adj-rib	hw.network.bgp.adj.rib.prefixes{direction="receive"} hw.network.bgp.adj.rib.prefixes{direction="transmit"}	afi safi type
network-peer-discontinuity	hw.network.bgp.peer.discontinuity.timestamp	id type
network-peer-status	hw.network.bgp.peer.connection_state{state="Active|Connect|Established|Idle|OpenConfirm|OpenSent"} hw.network.bgp.peer.status{state="disabled|enabled"}	bgp.peer.address.type id name type
network-prefix	hw.network.bgp.prefixes{direction="receive"} hw.network.bgp.prefixes{direction="transmit"}	id name type