The Arista DCS-7060DX5-64S is a data centre spine switch for building large 400G fabrics with fewer devices. It combines dense QSFP-DD connectivity with EOS and hot-swappable PSUs to help keep AI, storage and cloud traffic balanced and resilient.
Dense 400G fabrics now have to carry more east-west traffic, more shared storage movement and more application tiers without adding unnecessary layers.
The Arista DCS-7060DX5-64S is a data centre spine switch for environments that need high-radix aggregation across GPU clusters, storage networks and private cloud fabrics. Its 64×QSFP-DD design gives infrastructure teams a practical way to consolidate many uplinks into fewer devices.
With 400G port support, the platform suits large pod fabrics where traffic patterns can shift quickly between compute, data and control planes. It is intended for deployments that need a compact spine role without spreading connectivity across extra tiers.
This approach helps reduce fabric complexity while keeping room for expansion in dense environments. It gives operators a cleaner path for scaling high-speed workloads and maintaining a more manageable interconnect structure.
If you are planning a spine refresh or fabric expansion, our team can help assess where the Arista DCS-7060DX5-64S fits best in your design.
The Arista DCS-7060DX5-64S is a data center switching platform for high-density, high-speed network environments, providing a scalable foundation for modern leaf-spine architectures and demanding east-west traffic patterns.
Leaf-Spine Ready Architecture
The switch is designed for data center fabrics where high port density supports scalable leaf-spine deployment models.
64-Port High-Speed Fabric
Its 64×QSFP-DD port configuration supports dense connectivity for aggregation and fabric expansion in space-constrained environments.
400G Transport Support
Maximum port speeds up to 400G allow the platform to align with high-bandwidth data center interconnect requirements.
Large Aggregate Throughput
The 25,600 Gbps switching capacity provides a substantial forwarding baseline for performance-focused network architectures.
Fabric Scalability
The platform supports network growth through high-density switching resources that extend capacity without changing the architectural model.
Consistent Forwarding Plane
The switching design is intended to maintain predictable transport behaviour across dense data center traffic flows.
Architecture-Led Deployment
The product fits standardized enterprise switching designs where repeatable fabric construction and expansion are operational priorities.
If you are planning a high-density switching refresh or fabric expansion, our Arista experts can help match port speed, density, and capacity to your data center design.
| Product Family | Arista 7060X5 |
|---|---|
| Product Series | 7060DX5 |
| Deployment | Data Centre |
| Target Organisation Size | Service Provider |
| Primary Use Case | Spine |
| Product Tier | Flagship |
| Network Architecture | Layer 3 |
| Access Ports | 64 |
| Access Port Architecture | QSFP-DD |
| Uplink Ports | None |
| Uplink Architecture | None |
| Total Ports | 64 |
| Maximum Port Speed | 400G |
| Port Configuration | 64×QSFP-DD |
| PoE | No |
| PoE Budget (W) | None |
| Stacking | Supported |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Maximum VLANs | 4096 |
| Routing Capability | Dynamic |
The Arista DCS-7060DX5-64S is a 400G fabric switch for dense leaf-spine deployments where many racks need fast east-west connectivity. It is aimed at teams building larger fabrics for GPU, storage, private cloud and high-volume shared services.
In data centres with expanding leaf counts, this switch fits as a high-radix spine or aggregation layer. Teams use it to reduce switch count, simplify cabling and keep 400G paths available as GPU and storage estates grow.
Broadcast and post-production facilities need a central fabric between render nodes, ingest systems and shared storage. The DCS-7060DX5-64S helps carry large files across those pods without pushing heavy transfers through a slower enterprise core.
Finance teams running risk, market-data replay and batch analytics need predictable performance when traffic bursts across many racks. This model supports dense interconnects with buffer headroom and multiple paths, helping jobs complete under pressure.
Software development teams often need a fabric that lets CI/CD, AI training and private-cloud labs behave like production. This switch gives platform teams room to connect more 400G pods without adding another aggregation tier.
For packet-core validation, NFV, MEC and traffic-generation environments, engineering teams need a simple topology that can scale. The DCS-7060DX5-64S supports more high-speed endpoints while keeping packet paths easier to understand and troubleshoot.
Our team can help design and deploy Arista DCS-7060DX5-64S fabrics for data centres, media, finance, software labs and telecom test environments, with practical support for topology design, scaling decisions and implementation planning.
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