Network Designs

Update to the Routed Optical Networking Design. The 3.0 version of the design introduces simplifies optical transport using the QDD Optical Line System, new 100G/400G P2P DCO optics, and many additions and enhancements to Cisco's automation portfolio managing IP+Optical networks.

Update to the Routed Optical Networking design. This addition to the solution introduces Cisco's High Power +1dBm ZR+ optics along with automation enhancements such as DCO to optical Connectivity Verification. Private Line Emulation has also been enhanced with the addition of Bandwidth Guaranteed Circuit-Style paths.

This in-depth guide adds SRv6 uSID transport to the Converged SDN Transport Design. SRv6 enables a new level of simplicity and power to networks carrying any type of service traffic. Harnessing the power of IPv6, the service and transport layers are converged into a single seamless easy to operate network without the complexities of MPLS label distribution and switching.

Cisco's innovation with Routed Optical Networking doesn't stop at routing hardware and optics. Programmability and telemetry via open standards has been a key tenet to the solution since it was introduced in 2020. In this blog we explore using OpenConfig to provision and monitor OIF 400ZR and OpenZR+ DCO transceivers.

Read about the goals of the Converged SDN Transport Design (formerly known as Metro Fabric) and familiarize yourself with all its components: Platforms, software, technologies, and use cases

Over the last five years Internet traffic has been driven by one dominant source, unicast Internet video. Two-part blog series will first cover how video delivery has evolved to bring us where we are today.