which technology/hardware can replace nV Cluster

[cciecn]

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-9000-series-aggregation-services-routers/eos-eol-notice-c51-739355.html

We have 2*ASR9010 in nv cluster mode now, and we're looking for the upgrade/replacement solutions. Cisco hasn't mentioned any replacement solutions in the EoS/EoL notice, so does that means Cisco won't support the virtualization of the two physical chassis into single logical device any more?

[Aleksandar Vidakovic]

NV Edge (i.e. cluster) is not supported in recent XR releases for two reasons: automation of service provisioning and network monitoring has advanced a lot in recent years; the industry trend is towards simplification. Instead of clusters, we recommend standards based solutions (MC-LAG, EVPN, etc.). For BNG deployments we recommend Geo-Redundancy. 

Hope this helps,

/Aleksandar

[cciecn]

Thanks Aleksandar. However, mc-lag and evpn are more complicated than nv-cluster in our campus network, seems like replace Cisco would be easier.

[Aleksandar Vidakovic]

We have helped many customers with the de-clustering solution. We can talk through your current design and evaluate together with you the optimal way forward. Decision to stop the cluster support wasn't taken lightly, there were very compelling reasons to do that. Please do reach out to your account team at Cisco to arrange a meeting. They will know how to reach me.