Arista EOS vs EOS64

[salvadorb]

Hi,
I hope you're doing well. I have an Arista DCS-7060CX-32S currently running EOS 32 bit. I'm wondering if there's a benefit of running EOS 64 bit on it? I haven't been able to find a lot of information about it, besides that the 64 bit version uses a little bit more memory (I assume that's ram). Any suggestion?

Best regards

 

[klui]

Arista states EOS64 is meant for switches with 32GB of memory. Standard 7060CX-32S has 4GB.

 

[i386]

I would go for the 64bit version:
- support for ram (4GB+ for more docker containers on the switch )
- "safer" (eg 64bit mode allows the cpu to mark memory areas as "not executable" etc)

 

[salvadorb]

So, I would need to upgrade the RAM of the DCS-7060CX-32S to 32GB in order to support without issues the EOS 64 bit?

Best regards

 

[i386]

I don't think so...
arista hast 7050 switches with 8gb ram (they should use 64bit eos, 32bit is limited to 4gb ram)

 

[LodeRunner]

My 7050QX-32S shipped with 4 GB of RAM and EOS64 a 64-bit kernel. If it has a 64-bit CPU, load a 64-bit OS and don't overthink it too much.

I think starting with 4.27 they only offer 64-bit anyway?

Edit: Double checked the image on my switch and indeed it is a 64-bit kernel, but 32-bit userland binaries; see klui's post.

 

[bitbckt]

The kernel has been 64-bit for some time, as far as I remember. The distinction is EOS64 finally updated the userland to 64-bit.

I'll second @LodeRunner, if your hardware supports EOS64, just use EOS64.

 

[klui]

EOS 4.28 comes in both 32- and 64-bit architectures. Their manual for 4.28.2F specifically calls out a feature that is only available for 32-bit EOS.

I found these two links from Arista. OP can do what you like. If you have a service contract definitely talk to an SE.

Arista Community

aristanetworks.force.com

Arista Community

aristanetworks.force.com

 

[salvadorb]

Thank you for your advise guys, I have loaded that version on the DCS-7060CX-32S and it works perfectly.