DISA STIG Arista MLS EOS 4.2x L2S v1r1

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Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG Arista MLS EOS 4.2x L2S v1r1

Updated: 9/24/2025

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Arista

Revision: 1.3

Estimated Item Count: 19

Audit Items

Description	Categories
ARST-L2-000020 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must uniquely identify all network-connected endpoint devices before establishing any connection.
ARST-L2-000030 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must be configured for Storm Control to limit the effects of packet flooding types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
ARST-L2-000050 - The Arista MLS switch must have Root Guard enabled on all switch ports connecting to access layer switches and hosts.
ARST-L2-000060 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have BPDU Guard enabled on all switch ports connecting to access layer switches and hosts.
ARST-L2-000070 - The Arista MLS switch must have STP Loop Guard enabled on all nondesignated STP switch ports.
ARST-L2-000090 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have DHCP snooping for all user VLANs to validate DHCP messages from untrusted sources.
ARST-L2-000100 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have IP Source Guard enabled on all user-facing or untrusted access switch ports.
ARST-L2-000110 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Inspection (DAI) enabled on all user VLANs.
ARST-L2-000130 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have IGMP or MLD Snooping configured on all VLANs.
ARST-L2-000140 - The Arista MLS layer 2 Arista MLS switch must implement Rapid STP where VLANs span multiple switches with redundant links.
ARST-L2-000150 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must enable Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD) to protect against one-way connections.
ARST-L2-000160 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have all trunk links enabled statically.
ARST-L2-000170 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have all disabled switch ports assigned to an unused VLAN.
ARST-L2-000180 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must not have the default VLAN assigned to any host-facing switch ports.
ARST-L2-000190 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have the default VLAN pruned from all trunk ports that do not require it.
ARST-L2-000200 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must not use the default VLAN for management traffic.
ARST-L2-000210 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have all user-facing or untrusted ports configured as access switch ports.
ARST-L2-000220 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must have the native VLAN assigned to an ID other than the default VLAN for all 802.1q trunk links.
ARST-L2-000230 - The Arista MLS layer 2 switch must not have any switch ports assigned to the native VLAN.