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OverviewCisco® Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) (enabled by Tail-f) simplifies the process of provisioning services in both physical and virtual networks. It decouples network services from specific components, while automatically configuring the ...

OverviewAdvanced networking applications are complex to provision and typically require changes to multiple devices and large numbers of parameters per device. Administrators often make distributed changes in lockstep, because the failure of a single...

CRS-1 and CRS-3 short recap The reader of the following article should be familiar with MQC and the corresponding CLI on CRS-1 and CRS-3.  The QoS implementation on CRS-X follows the SSE architecture on the LCs. QoS components on CRS-X are not shared...

IntroductionSupportPurpose:Configuration and verificationSample ScenarioConfiguration stepsRoute policy configurationApplication to BGP and InterfaceBGPInterfaceShow commands and verificationUsing show cefUsing show uidbRestrictions and limitationsTR...

OverviewThe Cisco IOS XR 6.0 Application Hosting lab constructs a use case based on OSPF cost-driven path selection that helps a users understand the entire software architecture, create their own native RPMs, build containers from scratch, and deplo...

Overview Cisco® Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) is a single application that provides integrated lifecycle management of carrier-grade networks. It is a flexible, end-to-end solution for managing the Cisco Evolved Programmable Network, i...

OverviewThe Frinx OpenDaylight (ODL) Distribution is a carrier-class version of ODL. In addition to the public ODL code, it includes software and functionality unique to the Frinx ODL Distribution. Frinx offers open source-based networking software p...

ASR901#show mpls traffic-eng tunnelsP2P TUNNELS/LSPs:Name: --- MPLS tunnel to ASR9K (Tunnel1010) Destination: 10.69.69.1 Status: Admin: up Oper: down Path: not valid Signalling: Down path option 30, type dynamicConfig Parameters: Bandwidth: 0 kbps (G...

The topology will be used to demonstrate this feature and the proof of function The setup consists of 5 routers each participating in its own AS # with each router advertising its loopback 0 network into BGP (each router loopback 0 interface follow t...

R2 is the route reflector for the networkR1 , R3 and R4 all are PEs serving customers (customers are simulated by loopback interfaces)R1 has four VRFs : VRF1,VRF2,VRF3,VRF4R3 has one VRF : VRF1R4 has one VRF : VRF2 Configurations R1interface Loopba...

IntroductionSince the ASR9000 implements a layer 2 environment via the EVC model, there are some differences as to how things work compared to regular IOS  that implements the IEEE model.             Core IssueWhen using Bridge-Domains in the ASR9000...

OverviewOpenDaylight (ODL) is a collaborative, open-source project used to advance software-defined networking (SDN). OpenDaylight is a community-led, industry-supported framework consisting of code and blueprints. Using this framework, you can accel...

OverviewCisco® Robotic Operation Based on Telemetry (ROBOT) is a platform that brings together telemetry, big data, machine learning, and model driven APIs to redefine service provider network operations by addressing various pain points, such as net...

OverviewThe Cisco® WAN Automation Engine(WAE) is a powerful, flexible, software-defined networking (SDN) platform. It abstracts and simplifies your WAN environment while making it fully open and programmable. WAE network-modeling technology enables r...

OverviewThis Cisco® NFV Management and Orchestration(MANO) solution using Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) demonstrates:NFV MANO solution capabilities with NSO and ESC in an OpenStack environmentDe...