OpenConfig
Solving Multi-vendor Network Management Complexity with OpenConfig
4 min read
A better way to manage multi-vendor networks is here: The use of models from OpenConfig, which is fully supported in Cisco IOS XE Software.
Native or Open-source Data Models? Use Both for Software-Defined Enterprise Networks.
4 min read
Why using a mixed schema approach using native and open-source data models is possible and makes sense for enterprise networking programmability and automation.
Native, IETF, OpenConfig… Why so many YANG models?
5 min read
Which YANG model to use for your project? Ask Hank takes a look at your options, and how model driven programmability is a foundational technology for the automation engineer.
Telemetry in Action: NETCONF and gNMI with a Custom-Built Collector!
7 min read
Model-Driven Telemetry Telemetry is used to subscribe to meaningful data and measurements from remote devices and transport it to a receiving system for monitoring and analysis. This data allows network administrators to proactively visualize their network, and helps them automate tasks and forecast capacity requirements. When we talk about streaming telemetry, we typically refer to […]
Network Automation and the Ingenuity of Data Models
10 min read
Explore two new methods of network automation in NX-OS using a model-based approach.
Hot off the press: Introducing OpenConfig Telemetry on NX-OS with gNMI and Telegraf!
10 min read
Learn how to set up streaming telemetry with gNMI on your Cisco Nexus switches and stream it to an open source collector.
OpenConfig on Cisco Platforms
3 min read
With a lot of buzz around supporting vendor-neutral data models at the device layer, it's a good time to discuss how Cisco is supporting open models, and OpenConfig models.
Boring is the New Awesome
2 min read
The core principle of model-driven telemetry is super simple: as much usable data out of the network as fast as possible. The implementation is also pretty subtle: a push mechanism, data models, open-source encodings. In fact, it’s all so simple and subtle that some folks look under the hood and say, “so what?” To that, […]
Oh, How Far We’ve Come in Building Cloud-Scale Networking
3 min read
It’s been a year since I wrote this blog detailing our software innovations aimed at helping Service Providers address the ever-increasing challenges imposed by digitization. IOS XR for cloud-scale networking has really taken flight since then and I am proud to share with you some highlights from the journey thus far. Our strategy is essentially […]