While Fred Cuiller could be at the beach or enjoy Paris 2024 Olympics, he's in the lab:

New on xrdocs.io: Cisco 8000 Optics Firmware Management, by Fred Cuiller ❓ Did you know Digital Coherent Optics (DCO) also run embedded software? 👩‍🏫 This tutorial explains how optics firmware can be upgraded on Cisco 8000 routers. Article: xrdocs.io/8000/tutorials…

Introducing Cisco 8711-32FH-M, by Lynn & Eddie: - 1 RU, 12.8Tbps, 5Bpps - Powered by Silicon One P100 ASIC (increased capacity, feature-set & scale) - MACsec on all ports - 16xQSFP-DD800 + 16xQSFP-DD Intro video: youtube.com/watch?v=v13Lpo… Datasheet: cisco.com/c/en/us/produc…

Sharing this hidden gem from Aleks Vidakovic, JC Rode and Narasimha Prasad: Cisco IOS XR BGP Route Reflector Scale Considerations and KPI Monitoring Link: cisco.com/c/en/us/suppor… Comprehensive document which covers best-practices, scale, design and KPI.

New on xrdocs.io: Reaching Full BNG Scale on ASR 9000, by Paul Blaszkiewicz 🔬 This article explains how low-level ASR 9000 QoS hardware resources can be optimized to maximize BNG scale. Link: xrdocs.io/asr9k/tutorial…

New on xrdocs.io: Cisco 8000 Disk Encryption Discover how Trusted Anchor module (TAm) and Linux DM-Crypt infrastructure are combined to create a secured partition on Cisco 8000 routers 🔐 Link: xrdocs.io/8000/tutorials…

New on Cisco DevNet: XRd Sandbox - Free Access: No cost, openly accessible - Sample Lab: A pre-configured 7-router segment routing topology is available to get you started quickly - Flexibility: Create and test your own XRd topologies Link: devnetsandbox.cisco.com/DevNet/catalog…

New on YouTube: Understand IOS XR tcpdump, by Dimitri Mikhailov: youtu.be/n-JwMVsage4?si… Useful for investigating control plane protocol issues on IOS XR devices Link to the xrdocs.io article: xrdocs.io/ncs5500/tutori…

New on YouTube: Troubleshooting EVPN Distributed Anycast Gateway: Avoiding Common Pitfalls, by Fabrice Ducomble youtube.com/watch?v=gxuAqM…

New on YouTube: Suresh & Paban introduce two new Cisco 8800 line cards based on Silicon One P100 ASIC: 88-LC1-12 TH24FH-E (12Tbps) and 88-LC1-52Y8H-EM (3.7Tbps with MACsec) youtube.com/watch?v=gyF8o9… Supported with IOS XR 24.3.1

New on xrdocs.io: Silicon One P100 systems port allocation, by Chang Soo Lee Discover new Cisco 8000 P100 based systems architecture with this article. Link: xrdocs.io/8000/tutorials…

New on xrdocs.io YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=SFumT_… In this video, discover how to install SONiC on Cisco 8100 & 8200 Open PID (-O) using ONIE or the SONiC installer

New on Cisco DevNet: XRd Sandbox, by jesus illescas XRd, container-based format of IOS XR, provides a lightweight way to experiment with XR routing protocols and to explore programmable use cases with YANG, NETCONF and gNMI Link: developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/g…

New on xrdocs.io: Cisco IOS XRv 9000 UCS M7 Appliance reimage procedure, by Fred Cuiller Freshly baked for the introduction of the new IOS XR BGP Route-Reflector appliance (28 cores @ 2GHz, 128GB RAM, 4x100G ports): it's a beast. Link: xrdocs.io/virtual-routin…

New on xrdocs.io youtube channel: Install SONiC on Cisco 8000 Routers Did you know 8100 series was not running IOS XR but open source NOS instead? This 5min tutorial created by Suhaib will show you how to install SONiC on those systems youtube.com/watch?v=H-fab2…

New on CCO: Cisco IOS XR Hardening Guide Rakesh Kandula & Cisco Security and Trust Organization (S&TO) have updated best practices to secure IOS XR Covers control plane, management plane & forwarding plane. Opportunity to review gaps in your prod sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/cente…

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New on xrdocs.io Youtube channel: Cisco 8000 PRTC-B and IOS-XR Synchronization Monitoring Features 🕰️, by the GOAT Dennis Hagarty youtube.com/watch?v=s0WOv2…

New on xrdocs.io: Cisco 8000 FIB Scale for Silicon One P100, by Fred Cuiller Includes customer case study + comparison with previous generation Link: xrdocs.io/8000/tutorials…