8100 & 8200 Deployment Note 7 minutes readWhile the 8100 and 8200 Series have similar hardware architectures and form factors, there are key differences that impact the network roles they address. Th...
8000 Emulator Notebooks: Documentation at Runtime 2 minutes readCisco 8000 Emulator integrated with Jupyter Notebooks
Cisco 8000 - Platform Security 14 minutes readThis white paper outlines the platform security features that are built into Cisco 8000 platform.
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 800G Performance Demo 1 minute readThis video first introduces the reason why industry needs 800G. It then covers the key ingredients needed to build dense 800G systems: SerDes, ASICs, optics ...
8100 & 8200 Deployment Note 7 minutes readWhile the 8100 and 8200 Series have similar hardware architectures and form factors, there are key differences that impact the network roles they address. Th...
8100 & 8200 Deployment Note 7 minutes readWhile the 8100 and 8200 Series have similar hardware architectures and form factors, there are key differences that impact the network roles they address. Th...
Solving MPLS Traffic Engineering Bin-Packing problem with Cisco TE++ Auto-Capacity 8 minutes readThis blog details Cisco’s TE++ Auto-bandwidth Capacity feature using a Cisco 8000 environment.
Scaling Cisco 8000 BGP table to 25M paths 25 minutes readThis article will demonstrate how Cisco 8000 Series routers can scale up to 25M BGP paths.
Scaling Cisco 8000 BGP table to 25M paths 25 minutes readThis article will demonstrate how Cisco 8000 Series routers can scale up to 25M BGP paths.
Cisco 8000 Cisco Live sessions 1 minute readArchive of Cisco Live breakout presentations about Cisco 8000
Cisco 8000 Optics Firmware Management 11 minutes readThis article aims at documenting QSFP-DD optical modules firmware upgrade on Cisco 8000 routers.
Cisco 8608 Architecture White Paper 30 minutes readThis post will describe Cisco 8000 centralized system architecture: Cisco 8608, based on Silicon One Q200 ASIC.
High Bandwidth Router Power Consumption (part 1) 8 minutes readPower claims for networking equipment are often difficult to understand. It’s not always clear whether chip, card, or system power is being stated and what c...
Cisco 8800 Power Provisioning 6 minutes readCisco’s 8000 Series’ introduced a new model for power allocation that reduces the amount of power that must be connected. This saves money and frees up facil...
Performance testing for modern high end routers: Revisiting RFC 2544 (Part 1) less than 1 minute readThis video introduces RFC 2544 methodology and discusses if it’s still valid to assess modern high end routers performance.
Performance testing for modern high end routers: Revisiting RFC 2544 (Part 2) less than 1 minute readThis second article about RFC 2544 explores performance in high performance ASICs.
Cisco 8000 Series Cooling Innovation less than 1 minute readThis blog explains how Cisco 8000 series was designed for sustainability with unique cooling innovation.
Benefits of Big Routing Chips less than 1 minute readDiscover why high bandwidth routing ASICs deliver leading efficiency by reducing the number of devices needed to build network capacity.
Optimizing Power Supply Efficiency in High End Routers less than 1 minute readLearn about PSU efficiency and router power allocation with a focus on Cisco’s 8000 Series Routers.
Cisco 8608 Architecture White Paper 30 minutes readThis post will describe Cisco 8000 centralized system architecture: Cisco 8608, based on Silicon One Q200 ASIC.
Cisco 8000 Cisco Live sessions 1 minute readArchive of Cisco Live breakout presentations about Cisco 8000
Cisco 8201 High Level Architecture and Performance 5 minutes readThis short article will first cover Cisco 8201 high level internal architecture. Then, a quick and simple lab test will demonstrate how it can achieve 10.8Tb...
Port Assignments on Cisco 8100/8200, Cisco 8700, Cisco 8608, and Cisco 8800 Platforms (Part 1) 19 minutes readThis article will highlight how ports are allocated to IFG/Slice/NPU for each Cisco 8000 line card and systems (Part 1).
Cisco 8000 NPU Traps Monitoring 19 minutes readOn Cisco 8000, Network Processing Unit (NPU) traps are raised in response to the type of packets received by the router. This post will describe how to retri...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to remove a package 8 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to remove optional packages.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to add a package 9 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to add optional packages on a Cisco 8000 router.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: USB boot 3 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to USB boot Cisco 8000 routers. This step-by-step procedure can be used to stage, re-image or recover a router...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: Golden ISO (GISO) 13 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to generate a Golden ISO (GISO) image for Cisco 8000 routers. GISO can be used to stage, re-image, patch or up...
Cisco 8000 PBTS Implementation (Basic) 37 minutes readThis post aims to describe PBTS implementation on Cisco 8000 routers. It will go over feature operation, configuration, verification, and other notes like ...
Cisco 8000 FIB Scale 13 minutes readThis article will document how Silicon One Q100 and Q200 based systems can support current and future BGP scale for peering and core roles. Based on projecte...
Cisco 8800 Fan Tray, Fabric Card & Line Card Replacement 11 minutes readThis blog post details the steps required to replace a FT, FC and LC on a Cisco 8800 router.
MPLS QoS on Cisco 8000 series routing platforms 5 minutes readThis writeup explains the MPLS-QOS applications on Cisco 8200/8800 routing platforms
Cisco 8000 Hardware resources deep dive Part-1: Encapsulation database for label transport 11 minutes readThis writeup explains label resource allocation details for labelled transport application for Cisco 8000 routers
Scaling Cisco 8000 BGP table to 25M paths 25 minutes readThis article will demonstrate how Cisco 8000 Series routers can scale up to 25M BGP paths.
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 Peering Telemetry Demo 2 minutes readThis video aims to list the requirements of an Internet peering router. It demonstrates how Cisco 8000 series routers, powered by Silicon One and IOS XR can ...
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 800G Performance Demo 1 minute readThis video first introduces the reason why industry needs 800G. It then covers the key ingredients needed to build dense 800G systems: SerDes, ASICs, optics ...
Cisco 8000 Factory Reset 11 minutes readThis article introduces factory reset functionnality which safely erases any sensitive data stored on the system.
Cisco 8000 Optics Firmware Management 11 minutes readThis article aims at documenting QSFP-DD optical modules firmware upgrade on Cisco 8000 routers.
Cisco 8000 Software Upgrade with install replace & Golden ISO 32 minutes readThis article describes how install replace procedure & Golden ISO file can be used to stage, patch, or upgrade the Cisco IOS XR Network Operation System ...
Cisco 8000 Disk Encryption 5 minutes readThis article aims to describe the disk encryption feature on Cisco 8000 routers. This functionality creates an encrypted partition where sensitive data such...
Port Assignments on Cisco 8100/8200, Cisco 8700, Cisco 8608, and Cisco 8800 Platforms (Part 2) 20 minutes readThis article will highlight how ports are allocated to IFG/Slice/NPU for each Cisco 8000 line card and systems (Part 2).
Solving MPLS Traffic Engineering Bin-Packing problem with Cisco TE++ Auto-Capacity 8 minutes readThis blog details Cisco’s TE++ Auto-bandwidth Capacity feature using a Cisco 8000 environment.
MPLS QoS on Cisco 8000 series routing platforms 5 minutes readThis writeup explains the MPLS-QOS applications on Cisco 8200/8800 routing platforms
MPLS QoS on Cisco 8000 series routing platforms 5 minutes readThis writeup explains the MPLS-QOS applications on Cisco 8200/8800 routing platforms
Cisco 8000 Cisco Live sessions 1 minute readArchive of Cisco Live breakout presentations about Cisco 8000
Cisco 8000 Series Cooling Innovation less than 1 minute readThis blog explains how Cisco 8000 series was designed for sustainability with unique cooling innovation.
Cisco 8000 Optics Firmware Management 11 minutes readThis article aims at documenting QSFP-DD optical modules firmware upgrade on Cisco 8000 routers.
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 800G Performance Demo 1 minute readThis video first introduces the reason why industry needs 800G. It then covers the key ingredients needed to build dense 800G systems: SerDes, ASICs, optics ...
Cisco 8000 Disk Encryption 5 minutes readThis article aims to describe the disk encryption feature on Cisco 8000 routers. This functionality creates an encrypted partition where sensitive data such...
Cisco 8000 FIB Scale 13 minutes readThis article will document how Silicon One Q100 and Q200 based systems can support current and future BGP scale for peering and core roles. Based on projecte...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: Golden ISO (GISO) 13 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to generate a Golden ISO (GISO) image for Cisco 8000 routers. GISO can be used to stage, re-image, patch or up...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: Golden ISO (GISO) 13 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to generate a Golden ISO (GISO) image for Cisco 8000 routers. GISO can be used to stage, re-image, patch or up...
Cisco 8000 Software Upgrade with install replace & Golden ISO 32 minutes readThis article describes how install replace procedure & Golden ISO file can be used to stage, patch, or upgrade the Cisco IOS XR Network Operation System ...
Cisco 8800 Fan Tray, Fabric Card & Line Card Replacement 11 minutes readThis blog post details the steps required to replace a FT, FC and LC on a Cisco 8800 router.
8000 Emulator Notebooks: Documentation at Runtime 2 minutes readCisco 8000 Emulator integrated with Jupyter Notebooks
Cisco 8000 Hardware resources deep dive Part-1: Encapsulation database for label transport 11 minutes readThis writeup explains label resource allocation details for labelled transport application for Cisco 8000 routers
Cisco 8000 PBTS Implementation (Basic) 37 minutes readThis post aims to describe PBTS implementation on Cisco 8000 routers. It will go over feature operation, configuration, verification, and other notes like ...
Cisco 8800 Fan Tray, Fabric Card & Line Card Replacement 11 minutes readThis blog post details the steps required to replace a FT, FC and LC on a Cisco 8800 router.
Cisco 8000 NPU Traps Monitoring 19 minutes readOn Cisco 8000, Network Processing Unit (NPU) traps are raised in response to the type of packets received by the router. This post will describe how to retri...
Cisco 8000 PBTS Implementation (Basic) 37 minutes readThis post aims to describe PBTS implementation on Cisco 8000 routers. It will go over feature operation, configuration, verification, and other notes like ...
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 Peering Telemetry Demo 2 minutes readThis video aims to list the requirements of an Internet peering router. It demonstrates how Cisco 8000 series routers, powered by Silicon One and IOS XR can ...
Performance testing for modern high end routers: Revisiting RFC 2544 (Part 1) less than 1 minute readThis video introduces RFC 2544 methodology and discusses if it’s still valid to assess modern high end routers performance.
Performance testing for modern high end routers: Revisiting RFC 2544 (Part 2) less than 1 minute readThis second article about RFC 2544 explores performance in high performance ASICs.
Cisco 8201 High Level Architecture and Performance 5 minutes readThis short article will first cover Cisco 8201 high level internal architecture. Then, a quick and simple lab test will demonstrate how it can achieve 10.8Tb...
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 800G Performance Demo 1 minute readThis video first introduces the reason why industry needs 800G. It then covers the key ingredients needed to build dense 800G systems: SerDes, ASICs, optics ...
Port Assignments on Cisco 8100/8200, Cisco 8700, Cisco 8608, and Cisco 8800 Platforms (Part 1) 19 minutes readThis article will highlight how ports are allocated to IFG/Slice/NPU for each Cisco 8000 line card and systems (Part 1).
Port Assignments on Cisco 8100/8200, Cisco 8700, Cisco 8608, and Cisco 8800 Platforms (Part 2) 20 minutes readThis article will highlight how ports are allocated to IFG/Slice/NPU for each Cisco 8000 line card and systems (Part 2).
High Bandwidth Router Power Consumption (part 1) 8 minutes readPower claims for networking equipment are often difficult to understand. It’s not always clear whether chip, card, or system power is being stated and what c...
Cisco 8800 Power Provisioning 6 minutes readCisco’s 8000 Series’ introduced a new model for power allocation that reduces the amount of power that must be connected. This saves money and frees up facil...
Optimizing Power Supply Efficiency in High End Routers less than 1 minute readLearn about PSU efficiency and router power allocation with a focus on Cisco’s 8000 Series Routers.
8000 Emulator Notebooks: Documentation at Runtime 2 minutes readCisco 8000 Emulator integrated with Jupyter Notebooks
MPLS QoS on Cisco 8000 series routing platforms 5 minutes readThis writeup explains the MPLS-QOS applications on Cisco 8200/8800 routing platforms
Cisco 8201 High Level Architecture and Performance 5 minutes readThis short article will first cover Cisco 8201 high level internal architecture. Then, a quick and simple lab test will demonstrate how it can achieve 10.8Tb...
Cisco 8000 FIB Scale 13 minutes readThis article will document how Silicon One Q100 and Q200 based systems can support current and future BGP scale for peering and core roles. Based on projecte...
Cisco 8000 - Platform Security 14 minutes readThis white paper outlines the platform security features that are built into Cisco 8000 platform.
Benefits of Big Routing Chips less than 1 minute readDiscover why high bandwidth routing ASICs deliver leading efficiency by reducing the number of devices needed to build network capacity.
Cisco 8608 Architecture White Paper 30 minutes readThis post will describe Cisco 8000 centralized system architecture: Cisco 8608, based on Silicon One Q200 ASIC.
Cisco 8000 FIB Scale 13 minutes readThis article will document how Silicon One Q100 and Q200 based systems can support current and future BGP scale for peering and core roles. Based on projecte...
MPLS QoS on Cisco 8000 series routing platforms 5 minutes readThis writeup explains the MPLS-QOS applications on Cisco 8200/8800 routing platforms
Cisco 8000 Software Upgrade with install replace & Golden ISO 32 minutes readThis article describes how install replace procedure & Golden ISO file can be used to stage, patch, or upgrade the Cisco IOS XR Network Operation System ...
Cisco 8000 Series Cooling Innovation less than 1 minute readThis blog explains how Cisco 8000 series was designed for sustainability with unique cooling innovation.
Optimizing Power Supply Efficiency in High End Routers less than 1 minute readLearn about PSU efficiency and router power allocation with a focus on Cisco’s 8000 Series Routers.
Cisco 8000 Disk Encryption 5 minutes readThis article aims to describe the disk encryption feature on Cisco 8000 routers. This functionality creates an encrypted partition where sensitive data such...
Solving MPLS Traffic Engineering Bin-Packing problem with Cisco TE++ Auto-Capacity 8 minutes readThis blog details Cisco’s TE++ Auto-bandwidth Capacity feature using a Cisco 8000 environment.
Cisco Live Melbourne 2023 – Cisco 8000 Peering Telemetry Demo 2 minutes readThis video aims to list the requirements of an Internet peering router. It demonstrates how Cisco 8000 series routers, powered by Silicon One and IOS XR can ...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to remove a package 8 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to remove optional packages.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to add a package 9 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to add optional packages on a Cisco 8000 router.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: USB boot 3 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to USB boot Cisco 8000 routers. This step-by-step procedure can be used to stage, re-image or recover a router...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: Golden ISO (GISO) 13 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to generate a Golden ISO (GISO) image for Cisco 8000 routers. GISO can be used to stage, re-image, patch or up...
8000 Emulator Notebooks: Documentation at Runtime 2 minutes readCisco 8000 Emulator integrated with Jupyter Notebooks
Cisco 8000 - Platform Security 14 minutes readThis white paper outlines the platform security features that are built into Cisco 8000 platform.
Cisco 8000 Hardware resources deep dive Part-1: Encapsulation database for label transport 11 minutes readThis writeup explains label resource allocation details for labelled transport application for Cisco 8000 routers
Cisco 8000 Disk Encryption 5 minutes readThis article aims to describe the disk encryption feature on Cisco 8000 routers. This functionality creates an encrypted partition where sensitive data such...
Cisco 8000 Factory Reset 11 minutes readThis article introduces factory reset functionnality which safely erases any sensitive data stored on the system.
Cisco 8000 Optics Firmware Management 11 minutes readThis article aims at documenting QSFP-DD optical modules firmware upgrade on Cisco 8000 routers.
Cisco 8000 NPU Traps Monitoring 19 minutes readOn Cisco 8000, Network Processing Unit (NPU) traps are raised in response to the type of packets received by the router. This post will describe how to retri...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to add a package 9 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to add optional packages on a Cisco 8000 router.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: USB boot 3 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to USB boot Cisco 8000 routers. This step-by-step procedure can be used to stage, re-image or recover a router...
Cisco 8000 Software Upgrade with install replace & Golden ISO 32 minutes readThis article describes how install replace procedure & Golden ISO file can be used to stage, patch, or upgrade the Cisco IOS XR Network Operation System ...
High Bandwidth Router Power Consumption (part 1) 8 minutes readPower claims for networking equipment are often difficult to understand. It’s not always clear whether chip, card, or system power is being stated and what c...
8100 & 8200 Deployment Note 7 minutes readWhile the 8100 and 8200 Series have similar hardware architectures and form factors, there are key differences that impact the network roles they address. Th...
Cisco 8800 Power Provisioning 6 minutes readCisco’s 8000 Series’ introduced a new model for power allocation that reduces the amount of power that must be connected. This saves money and frees up facil...
8000 Emulator Notebooks: Documentation at Runtime 2 minutes readCisco 8000 Emulator integrated with Jupyter Notebooks
Performance testing for modern high end routers: Revisiting RFC 2544 (Part 1) less than 1 minute readThis video introduces RFC 2544 methodology and discusses if it’s still valid to assess modern high end routers performance.
Performance testing for modern high end routers: Revisiting RFC 2544 (Part 2) less than 1 minute readThis second article about RFC 2544 explores performance in high performance ASICs.
Cisco 8000 Series Cooling Innovation less than 1 minute readThis blog explains how Cisco 8000 series was designed for sustainability with unique cooling innovation.
Benefits of Big Routing Chips less than 1 minute readDiscover why high bandwidth routing ASICs deliver leading efficiency by reducing the number of devices needed to build network capacity.
Optimizing Power Supply Efficiency in High End Routers less than 1 minute readLearn about PSU efficiency and router power allocation with a focus on Cisco’s 8000 Series Routers.
Cisco 8000 - Platform Security 14 minutes readThis white paper outlines the platform security features that are built into Cisco 8000 platform.
Cisco 8201 High Level Architecture and Performance 5 minutes readThis short article will first cover Cisco 8201 high level internal architecture. Then, a quick and simple lab test will demonstrate how it can achieve 10.8Tb...
Port Assignments on Cisco 8100/8200, Cisco 8700, Cisco 8608, and Cisco 8800 Platforms (Part 1) 19 minutes readThis article will highlight how ports are allocated to IFG/Slice/NPU for each Cisco 8000 line card and systems (Part 1).
Cisco 8000 NPU Traps Monitoring 19 minutes readOn Cisco 8000, Network Processing Unit (NPU) traps are raised in response to the type of packets received by the router. This post will describe how to retri...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to remove a package 8 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to remove optional packages.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: how to add a package 9 minutes readThis blog post aims to describe IOS XR7 software operation details to add optional packages on a Cisco 8000 router.
Cisco 8000 software manageability: USB boot 3 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to USB boot Cisco 8000 routers. This step-by-step procedure can be used to stage, re-image or recover a router...
Cisco 8000 software manageability: Golden ISO (GISO) 13 minutes readThis tutorial will describe and illustrate how to generate a Golden ISO (GISO) image for Cisco 8000 routers. GISO can be used to stage, re-image, patch or up...
Cisco 8000 PBTS Implementation (Basic) 37 minutes readThis post aims to describe PBTS implementation on Cisco 8000 routers. It will go over feature operation, configuration, verification, and other notes like ...
MPLS QoS on Cisco 8000 series routing platforms 5 minutes readThis writeup explains the MPLS-QOS applications on Cisco 8200/8800 routing platforms
Cisco 8000 Hardware resources deep dive Part-1: Encapsulation database for label transport 11 minutes readThis writeup explains label resource allocation details for labelled transport application for Cisco 8000 routers
Solving MPLS Traffic Engineering Bin-Packing problem with Cisco TE++ Auto-Capacity 8 minutes readThis blog details Cisco’s TE++ Auto-bandwidth Capacity feature using a Cisco 8000 environment.
Scaling Cisco 8000 BGP table to 25M paths 25 minutes readThis article will demonstrate how Cisco 8000 Series routers can scale up to 25M BGP paths.
Cisco 8000 Factory Reset 11 minutes readThis article introduces factory reset functionnality which safely erases any sensitive data stored on the system.
Port Assignments on Cisco 8100/8200, Cisco 8700, Cisco 8608, and Cisco 8800 Platforms (Part 2) 20 minutes readThis article will highlight how ports are allocated to IFG/Slice/NPU for each Cisco 8000 line card and systems (Part 2).
Cisco 8000 NPU Traps Monitoring 19 minutes readOn Cisco 8000, Network Processing Unit (NPU) traps are raised in response to the type of packets received by the router. This post will describe how to retri...