[c-nsp] ME3800X/ME3600X/ME3600X-24CX/ASR903/ASR901 Deployment Simplification Feedback

[Nick Hilliard]

On 19/03/2013 07:27, Waris Sagheer (waris) wrote:
>   *   What can Cisco do to simplify the deployment of the above products? Any inputs?

the CLI that was designed for interface label (e.g. mpls and .1q)
management is hard.  In particular, it takes some effort to work out what
labels are pushed and popped in what order.

Sensible deployment templates for service providers would be good.  E.g.
disabling proxy arp, setting up good bgp/ospf/isis defaults,

>   *   Does configuration guide cover all the features?
>   *   What additional information should be added to the CCO product documents? Do you want to see more whitepapers? If yes, topics?
>   *   Do you want to see Product Design Guide covering Platform best practices? Solution based example configuration?

yes, very much so, e.g.:

- integration with other platforms (XR in particular) would be very helpful
and there is currently not much of this.  Many of us operate networks with
both xr and ios, and the semantics are often different.

- internal architecture design like Cisco publishes for e.g. the ASR9000
product line.

- VRF solutions guides

- worked-through qos examples

- worked-through copp examples

>   *   Do you think Video documentation would help?
>   *   Do you think Video feature demos would be  helpful?

no.  you can't grep mpegs.

>   *   What are the operational challenges faced by the customer when deploying  these platforms?

integration with other types of kit, both from cisco and other vendors.

>   *   Do you want to see End to End Carrier Ethernet and Mobile Backhaul solution documents?
>   *   How are you using ME3800X/ME3600X/ME3600-24CX in your network?

collapsed p/pe.

>   *   How are you using ASR903 in your network?
>   *   How are you using ASR901  in your deployment?
>   *   Any critical feature gaps? Please indicate the deployment scenario along with the feature ask.

urpf.  this is really hurting for PE stuff.

Nick