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October 10, 2022

NETWORKING

Deep Dive into High Availability Features in Cisco Enterprise Devices

6 min read

On three continents, Cisco software engineers are working on IOS XE features that embed multiple processes for failover in bare metal, virtualized, and wireless infrastructure. Here is an expanded view of some of those features that contribute mightily to HA in the enterprise. 

July 22, 2022

NETWORKING

High Availability – Features in Cisco IOS XE Software Makes It Appear Seamless

5 min read

A variety of features in Cisco IOS XE Software provide hardware and software redundancy that contribute to five nines (99.999%) uptime, which translates to no more than 5.26 minutes of downtime per year.

June 2, 2021

NETWORKING

Accelerate and Simplify – Guiding Principles in the Design of New Software Image Upgrade and Patching Solutions

5 min read

How the Cisco IOS XE team of developers is changing the paradigm of how enterprise networking image upgrades are done.  It has huge cost, time, productivity, and security implications for Cisco customers around the globe and the functionality and safety of their wide array of network devices.