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Arista AVD 3.8 is out!!  Looks like its been out for a few days now so lets dig in.... This blog post will focus on two new features introduced in this release, that being Schema Validation and Automatic Variable Conversion, as well as the long anticipated L2 Leaf/Spine fabric buildout capability.  These new features are documented in detail in the lates AVD documentation located here:   https://avd.sh/en/stable/ Upgrade The upgrade to AVD 3.8 is simple.  Run: "ansible-galaxy collection install -U arista.avd"  on your AVD server or container.  This will pull the latest 3.8.0 AVD code and update your collections.  The upgrade process also installs any dependencies such as updated ansible or python libraries.  I expect the avd-all-in-one container will be updated in a few days.   Schema Validation and Automatic Variable Conversion So right out of the gate, it looks like the schema validation/conversion feature is included in this rele...

Welcome to my Blog!  I've been looking to start a blog and today is the day...I'm actually gonna do it.  My name is Matthias Buchholz and I'm a father of two, a husband of one, a music lover, and architect of all things having to do with networking and connectivity.   I've been doing networking for 18 or so years now.  I remember rolling out my first Frame Relay network many moons ago, mapping DLCIs, layering OSPF on top of that, getting broadcast to work over Frame relay, etc.  All the fun stuff ;-)  Not shortly after that we started down the MPLS path, so my Frame days were short lived as "new" network designs and transport methodologies were sweeping the nation.  Seems like so long ago now that I type about it... I've worked in several verticals including manufacturing, health care, public utility, finance, as well as in the partner ecosystem.  I even had a very brief episode working for Cisco, but that was rather short lived.  Maybe ...