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Automation 8 min read

Automating EVPN VLAN Provisioning with Cisco NSO

Key Takeaways * Every EVPN service on a dual-homed server is built from the same three blocks: the server attachment (bundle or single interface, plus its Ethernet Segment), the VLAN (subinterface and bridge-domain), and an

Security 3 min read

MACsec (802.1AE) Fundamentals

Layer 2 link encryption with IEEE 802.1AE: CAK and CKN, MKA key agreement, key-server election, SAK rotation, and IOS-XR configuration.

WAN & SD-WAN 4 min read

Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) Fundamentals

Segment Routing over MPLS: Prefix- and Adjacency-SIDs, the SRGB label formula, IGP distribution, and IOS-XR configuration and verification.

Switching 4 min read

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and RSTP Fundamentals

How STP and RSTP prevent Layer 2 loops: root bridge election, port roles and states, the proposal/agreement handshake, and Cisco IOS configuration.

1 min read

Service Flow Chart

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MACSec

inter-site links between nodes within the sites are encrypted at Layer 2 using MACsec (IEEE 802.1AE) * MACsec on the NCS 540 (IOS XR 7.9.x / 25.2.x) requires the k9sec crypto

2 min read

Git Strategy

This branching strategy is intended to describe a way to simplify the process of working together on the same code base using git and a scm (Source Control Management) environment using git. In our

WAN & SD-WAN 3 min read

EVPN-IOS-XR

Node names in this article have been generalized from the original system (Node A / Node B / Node C / Node D) to keep internal naming out of the write-up — each label refers consistently to one

1 min read

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