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difference between IOS, IOS-XE and IOS XR

Ibrahim Jamil
Level 6
Level 6

Hello Freinds

 

What is the  difference between IOS, IOS-XE and IOS XR

 

 Answer for dummys pls :)

 

 

Thanks all guys

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Joseph W. Doherty
Hall of Fame
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If you're familiar with OSs, think of IOS as MS-DOS, IOS-XE as DESQview or VM/386, and IOS-XR as Linux or NT.

thanks freinds

Fahad Wasi
Level 1
Level 1

Hello 

IOS-XE is basically a combination of a monolithic application and a linux kernel. IOS-XE is an advanced version of IOS and pls note that both IOS and IOS-XE share a lot of codes, meaning that both have similar codes unlike IOS-XR which is based on entirely different codings.

IOS-XR is based on QNX(QNX is a Unix type OS). The applications of IOS-XR has been seperated into different processes and if any one process stops or malfunctions ,the other processes are not effected.


 

David Amalorpavam
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Please check the below link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWuiqX4TNTA

 

Dave Zacks, Distinguished Systems Engineer at Cisco, looks at the IOS-XE Evolution, which has changed from a monolithic OS, to a modularized IOS built on top of Linux. Its latest change is to deliver containerized application along side IOS, and to focus on programmability via APIs. Recorded at ...

rujipars_a
Level 1
Level 1

From practical experience, they are just 2 different IOS.
Depends on your luck whether you will have better or worse quality of life between the 2 OSes.

That's a compromized way to say about them.  My actual experience is worse with IOS-XR.

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