Review the Slides Join the Discussion Watch the Video
- Introduction
- Featured Experts
- Q: So, SD-WAN functionality remains more or less the same?
- Q: Is there an equivalent replacement for the vedge1K? With 8 Ethernet ports and dual PS?
- Q: How does the automated config conversion handle going from 5 port vEdge 100b to 4 port ISR1100-4G?
- Q: Hasn't Cisco already announced EOL for vEdge platform?
- Q: Is there any difference of Licensing? Does Cisco has maximum throughput on practical loads for cEdge 8K series?
- Q: Any specific functionality which are available in vEdge and is not available in cEdge?
- Q: Is the central control plane changing? Or just the Edges?
- Q: Does it only work with feature templates? Can it parse CLI templates?
- Q: I currently have vEdge devices deployed in my network. Are there any new updates going forward? What support can I still receive?
- Related Information
This event had place on Wednesday 27th, July 2022 at 10hrs PDT
Introduction
This event allows you to learn about platform positioning, as well as best migration practices and tools for a successful and cost-effective transition from vEdge infrastructure to IOS XE SD-WAN.
Cisco’s acquisition of Viptela in 2017 established Cisco as a SD-WAN leader. The ever-evolving world has sprinted towards SD-WAN requiring advancements like location anywhere access with multi-cloud, application experience, security and analytics being the key areas of focus. Cisco announced End-of-Life for vEdge platforms with a vision to move forward with a single ecosystem that has best of the controller architecture and best of the infrastructure running on IOS XE.
Featured Experts
Prakash Khilolani is a Technical Marketing Engineer and has been with Cisco for just over 2 years. His overall experience working on Cisco products is over 15+ years involved with different technologies in Routing and Switching world. He is currently leading WAN Optimization (WAAS & AppQoE), vEdge platforms, and ISR 1000 series products from Technical Marketing side. As TME he is responsible for collaborating with different stakeholders on product development, monitoring product performance and training marketing teams on product specifications and functionalities.
Anath Bahat is a Director of Product Management for Enterprise Routing & SD-WAN and is responsible the Fixed Access, Viptela portfolio and Hybrid-work portfolio. Based in Bangalore, his team is intimately involved in SD-WAN enablement across the portfolio, especially so in the APJC region.
Suresh KV is a Technical Marketing Leader, he leads SDWAN Multitenancy, SDWAN Migration and MSP Solution and design. He has been working with Cisco products over 15 years and has been involved in different technologies such as, routing, security, and SD-WAN word. Suresh is responsible of collaborating with different skate holders on product development, monitoring product performance and training marketing teams on product specifications and functionalities.
You can download the slides of the presentation in PDF format here. And the video of the session here.
Q: So, SD-WAN functionality remains more or less the same?
A: The Base SD-WAN functionality remains the same, but all the NEW innovations are now available on IOS-XE.
Q: Is there an equivalent replacement for the vedge1K? With 8 Ethernet ports and dual PS?
A: The C8200/C8200L could be used with a NIM module. The equivalent platforms also consider CPU, memory, feature support etc instead of just number of interfaces.
Q: How does the automated config conversion handle going from 5 port vEdge 100b to 4 port ISR1100-4G?
A: Please have a look to the information and resources featured here: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/se/2022/5/Collateral/ios-xe-migration-faq.pdf
Q: Hasn't Cisco already announced EOL for vEdge platform?
A: Yes, that is correct. The end of sales date is Jan 2023, more details: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/vedge-router/vedge-2000-5000-routers-modules-accessories-eol.html
Consider that vEdge100/1000 Went EOS in Jan 2021, and the Vedge2K & 5K will go EOS in Jan 2023.
Q: Is there any difference of Licensing? Does Cisco has maximum throughput on practical loads for cEdge 8K series?
A: We use the same DNA Subscriptions on the Cat8K. We have made some changes to offer Tiers (T0-T3) compared to Bandwidth specific Subscriptions in the past. This offers a great deal of flexibility to customers.
Regarding throughput and performance, there has been extensive testing done and the slides have the performance numbers published.
Q: Any specific functionality which are available in vEdge and is not available in cEdge?
A: We have the feature support almost same in cEdge as available in vEdge, this session talks about some of the differences you can review the recording or slides. Please consider, 95+% of the commonly used features are available on IOS-Xe, for the rest there are equivalent options¬. In addition, we have put together a slides deck in term of feature comparison. please take review of those slides posted into sales connect and the community.
Q: Is the central control plane changing? Or just the Edges?
A: The Control Plane (OMP) & The Controllers (vManage etc.) remain the SAME.
Q: Does it only work with feature templates? Can it parse CLI templates?
A: Yes, it can work with both feature and CLI templates.
Q: I currently have vEdge devices deployed in my network. Are there any new updates going forward? What support can I still receive?
A: Feature wise, no. The will get only higher Viptela OS releases, but nothing new added.New feature releases will be targeting IOS XE.
Regards support, To help our customers through this transition, we have put a together a comprehensive package to address all salient aspects of the journey, from documentation to deployment. More details here (page 2): https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/se/2022/5/Collateral/ios-xe-migration-faq.pdf