In MPLS networks, a PE router is usually the entry point to the MPLS backbone, that’s also where the customers are connected. Incoming data from the customer facing interface are usually IP packets (in case of L3VPN), and layer-2 frames… Read More ›
General Networking
The first Conference for 2023
I’ve recently returned from a fulfilling trip to Amsterdam, where I spent a long and productive week at the Cisco Live conference. Honored to be selected as a speaker, and alongside my colleague Christopher Beye, we delivered a comprehensive 4-hour… Read More ›
Cisco IMPACT 2022
Two months later and I’m back again in Las Vegas for the annual Cisco Sales meetings and celebration event, what we call ‘Cisco IMPACT’. Cisco Live in June 2022 has been an incredible experience, having delivered two sessions on MPLS… Read More ›
Cisco Live Las Vegas 2022
It has been long.. quite long since the last in-person Conference. CL Barcelona back in the early 2020 was the last time I had the chance to speak at a conference. Two years after the Pandemic the world is finally… Read More ›
SRv6 Micro-Instructions
Segment Routing v6 (SRv6) has been into development for some years now, with Cisco as the lead together with Network Operators and other vendors. Here is a short and high-level Demo made by Jakub Horn which shows SRv6 Micro Instruction… Read More ›
Zero Touch Provisioning with IOS-XR
ZTP short for Zero Touch Provisioning is one of the instrumental parts of an end-to-end network automation ecosystem, which counts for a fast, reliable, and error-free provisioning of new as well as existing network devices. Network Operators, be it a… Read More ›
First conference for 2020
January and no snow!! rare to see, at least back from where I come from. Anyway, Cisco Live (#CLEUR) event starts next week, and as usually I will participate as a Speaker with another Segment Routing LAB session, this time… Read More ›
DENOG Conference
Just headed back from Hamburg where DENOG (German Operators Group) Conference was held, and I was invited to speak about Segment Routing technology. Considering that I like SR and the experience I possess in Design and Implementation of SR with… Read More ›
Per-vrf Traffic Engineering with Segment Routing
MPLS Traffic engineering is a set of tools that can improve performance in MPLS based networks. Let’s have a look at some terminologies when deploying MPLS Traffic Engineering: Head-End (Ingress PE) Tail-End (Egress PE) Looking at the diagram below, we… Read More ›
Attending Cisco Live 2018 in Orlando?
Happy to announce that this year I’ll be delivering couple of LAB sessions at Cisco Live conference in Orlando, this time together with my colleagues Sunpreet Arora and Nikola Jovanovic we will be delivering the following sessions: Segment Routing LAB… Read More ›
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