Ruben 
Cisco nV allows you to simplify operations and deployment of new services across different boundaries in a Service Provider network. But what is exactly this technology? It’s a single logical switch/router built by interconnecting an ASR9K and one or more smaller satellite switches. This switches act as a remote line cards, they are provisioned in … Read more
No, it’s not fouls day…After a long delay we have the New generation Management Platform. What is the R80 Upgrade Verification Service? R80 Upgrade Verification Service is an upgrade verification and environment simulation service. You get customized support to help make your transition to R80 as seamless as possible, so you can optimize the features … Read more
“BGP Free Core” is a typical topology in MPLS Service Provider Networks where you run IGP+Label. This allows traffic to transit over devices which don’t know traffic final destination, instead they look only for labels, bring more performance at the end. MPLS allow applications such as L2VPN, L3VPN and much more. Normal Forwarding In normal … Read more
Some ISP’s tend to use different strategies or priorities in handling traffic across Backbone, some maybe because running out of capacity or by policy. In hot-potato routing, an ISP hands off traffic to a downstream ISP as quickly as it can “closest exit routing”. In opposite way Cold-potato routing ISP carries traffic as far as … Read more
IOS-XR code is really new for me, so i will write a few posts about it. So i will start with the basics. You can see this Operating System on CRS generations, ASR 9000 and NCS Box’s. Configure Username and Group The root-system means priviledge 15 in normal IOS RP/0/0/CPU0:XR-4(config)#username cocheno RP/0/0/CPU0:XR-4(config-un)# group root-system RP/0/0/CPU0:XR-4(config-un)# … Read more
Check Point R80 will be available later this March, after Check Point rescheduled it for a few times, you can check it on Press Release. Having Multiple administrators managing policies at same time it´s a big improvement, so you don’t need to ask your team to log off because you need implement an urgent rule! … Read more
This happens time to time, so keep calm if you can’t move objects on your Network diagram, you just need to press Scroll Lock button again to turn it off! Look to the keyboard below to know where it is located. Now you can finish your diagram!
This is a presentation from Network Field Day 11, which explaining how Cisco is planning and doing it! Cisco Catalyst IOS XE Denali Overview
Setup a Cisco CSR 1000v is not much different from i’ve explained with IOS-XRv. This product runs IOS-XE image which is great for my CCIE SP studies. I have in my lab 10 of them using 3.12S, this version has a major change regarding Licensing. Evaluation Licenses—Cisco IOS XE 3.12S and Earlier Prior to the … Read more
I’m preparing myself to my CCIE SP and this is the way to practise in IOS-XR instead of buy a Cisco ASR 9k. This a Virtual Machine (VM) running 32-bit IOS XR software. This VM contains a single route processor (RP) with control plane functionality, and line card (LC) network interfaces with their associated functionality. … Read more