How to restore IP traffic over optical
Solutions for restoring IP traffic over an optical system
Blogs and Events
September 2024
February 2024
Monitoring Digital Coherent Optics in IOS-XR
Cisco DCO Monitoring and Troubleshooting
November 2023
Routed Access for Rural Broadband
A Cisco routed access design for rural broadband
August 2023
Cisco Routed Optical Networking
Routed Optical Networking 2.1
July 2023
Convergence of IP, Optical and Control: Routed Optical Networks
The control system for Routed Optical Networks
May 2023
Service Assurance: A Guide For The Perplexed, Part Three
High level design guidance for service assurance
Service Assurance: A Guide for the Perplexed, Part Two
An overview of protocols, methods and tools for service assurance
Service Assurance: A Guide For the Perplexed
An introduction to the current landscape of assurance in service provider networks
March 2023
December 2022
Cisco Routed Optical Networking
Routed Optical Networking 2.0
October 2022
Managing OpenZR+ and OIF ZR transceivers on Cisco routers using OpenConfig
Openconfig ZR/ZR+ Provisioning
July 2022
Converged SDN Transport Implementation Guide
Converged SDN Transport Implementation Guide - 5.0
Peering Fabric Design
Peering Fabric Design - 5.0
Converged SDN Transport High Level Design v5.0
Cisco Converged SDN Transport (CST) design introduces an SDN-ready architecture evolving network design towards an SDN enabled, programmable network capable of delivering all services.
January 2022
Cisco Routed Optical Networking
Routed Optical Networking 1.0
February 2021
Converged SDN Transport High Level Design v4.0
Cisco Converged SDN Transport (CST) design introduces an SDN-ready architecture evolving network design towards an SDN enabled, programmable network capable of delivering all services.
November 2020
Peering Fabric Design
Peering Fabric Design - 3.5
May 2020
Hosting the Routinator 3000 RPKI validator and RTR server on IOS-XR
RPKI or Resource Public Key Infrastructure is rapidly being deployed today to provide BGP prefix security across the Internet. In this blog we will show how to host a popular RPKI validator and RTR cache
April 2020
Cisco Remote PHY Converged Interconnect Network Design Guide
Cisco Converged SDN Transport (CST) design introduces an SDN-ready architecture evolving network design towards an SDN enabled, programmable network capable of delivering all services. This guide is an excerpt from the larger CST high-level design and implementation guides specific to CIN.
January 2020
Converged SDN Transport Implementation Guide
Converged SDN Transport Implementation Guide - 3.5
Peering Fabric Design
Peering Fabric Design - 3.0
Converged SDN Transport Implementation Guide
Converged SDN Transport Implementation Guide - 3.0
November 2019
Converged SDN Transport High Level Design v3.0
Cisco Converged SDN Transport (CST) design introduces an SDN-ready architecture evolving network design towards an SDN enabled, programmable network capable of delivering all services. 3.0 Update
September 2019
Modernizing IX Fabric Design Using Segment Routing and EVPN
IX fabrics began as very simple L2 switching designs but have evolved to worldwide interconnection networks supporting Terabits of traffic. SR and EVPN transform simple IX networks into flexible and resilient fabrics support any service type at any location in the fabric.
April 2019
March 2019
The Future of Network Fabrics
Discusses pros and cons of network fabric architectures.
October 2018
Peering Fabric High-Level Design
Explore the high-level design of Cisco’s Peering Fabric v1.5
Metro Fabric High Level Design
Cisco Metro Fabric (CMF) design introduces an SDN-ready architecture which evolves traditional Metro network design towards an SDN enabled, programmable network capable of delivering all services. 1.5 Update
September 2018
Core Fabric Design
Core Fabric Design
August 2018
Express Peering Fabrics
In Part 2 of this blog series on transforming regional and metro networks for efficient OTT video delivery, we’ll explore how an Express Peering Fabric can optimize networks for unicast video delivery.
May 2018
Metro Design Implementation Guide
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Peering Fabric Design
Explore the high-level design of Cisco’s Peering Fabric v1.0
April 2018
Metro Fabric High Level Design
Cisco Metro Fabric (CMF) design introduces an SDN-ready architecture which evolves traditional Metro network design towards an SDN enabled, programmable network capable of delivering all services.
February 2018
Internet Traffic Trends
In Part 1 of this blog series on transforming regional and metro networks for efficient OTT video delivery, we’ll explore the background on how Internet video has evolved and its impact on the Internet.
Internet Traffic Trends
In Part 1 of this blog series on transforming regional and metro networks for efficient OTT video delivery, we’ll explore the background on how Internet video has evolved and its impact on the Internet.
September 2017
Peering Telemetry
Peering Telemetry - Best Practices and Use Cases
August 2017
Internet Edge Peering - Current Practice
Design and deployment practices for today’s Internet peering networks
July 2017
The Future of Highly Available Networks
Describes current challenges and future directions for network availability.