OpenConfig

January 7, 2022

NETWORKING

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.

May 4, 2021

NETWORKING

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.

January 11, 2021

DEVELOPER

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.

September 24, 2020

DATA CENTER

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 […]

August 18, 2020

DATA CENTER

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.

July 21, 2020

DATA CENTER

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.

January 20, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

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.

December 13, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

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, […]

November 30, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

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 […]