[c-nsp] Update on ME3600X, ME3600X, ME3600X-24CX & ASR903 - March 2014

Tue Mar 18 04:44:48 EDT 2014

Hi Team,

Quick Update on ME3800X, ME3600X, ME3600X-24CX & ASR903.

New Documents Posted on CCO:

Best Practices Document

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/design/guide/Cisco_Service_Provider_Access_Products_Deployment_Best_Practices_v1.pdf

CE2.0 Document

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/design/guide/CE2.0_certification_v1.pdf

Evolved Programmable Network:

ME3800X, ME3600X, ME3600X-24CX and ASR903 are part of Cisco EPN Infrastructure Network.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/ios-nx-os-software/ios-xr-software/Whitepaper_C11-730477.html

Operational Simplicity:

There is a lot effort under way to simplify Access deployments.

Autonomic Networking

Autonomic Network will allow secure touch zero touch provisioning on ME3800X, ME3600X, ME3600X-24CX & ASR903. Deployable solution should be available in the release of July 2014.

It would be a good time to learn about the technology. There is a good session in Cisco Live 2014 on this topic. Let me know if you need more details as well as demo.

 http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-behringer-autonomic-network-framework/

 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pritikin-bootstrapping-keyinfrastructures-00

 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-behringer-homenet-trust-bootstrap-01).

 http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-behringer-default-secure-00.txt

Service Activation support on ME3600X-24CX & Ethernet Loopback support on ME3800X/ME3600X/ASR903/ME3400/ASR9K

ME3600X-24CX can support traffic generation for up to 1 Gig and can generate L2 as well as L3 traffic. Release 3.10, July 2013 & 3.11, Nov 2013 support this feature. It currently supports Jumbo frame and can generate up to 12 streams which allow the user to test all the QOS configuration in the data path.

Let me know if you need more information on this topic as well as demo.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/release/15-4_1_S/chassis/configuration/guide/3600x_24cxscg/swy1564.html

Auto IP

Allows a Layer 3 device to be inserted in Layer 3 rings without changing the adjacent node IP addresses. The devices automatically change their IP addresses. Routed port is supported in Release 3.10, July 2013 & 3.11, Nov 2013.

Auto-IP with Port Channel/SVI/VRF will be supported in Release 15.4(2)S March 2014.

Let me know if you need more details as well as demo.

Programmability Support:

Cisco onePK baseline is now supported on ME and ASR903 starting Release 3.12, March 2014. It allows basic service set today which can be used to build network applications.  If you have interesting use cases, please reach out to me if you need any support.

Below is an example of an application to enable path optimization through Y1731PM SLA monitoring.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Q6qCRMe89_SGMyamMyTUZ3VUU/edit?usp=sharing

Roadmap Update:

Remote LFA: MPLS Fast Convergence in ring supported since release 15.3(3)S, July 2013.

BGP PIC Edge & Core: BGP Fast Reroute, ME support is coming in Release 15.4(2)S, March 2014. ASR903 already support this functionality.

802.1ad: ME will be supporting it on bridge-domain in Release 15.4(2)S March 2014, Xconnect in 15.4(3)S July 2014 & ASR903 in Release 3.13, July 2014.

BFD hardware offload: ME3600X-24CX will be supporting echo mode offload with timers of 3.3 msec in 15.4(2)S, March 2014. ASR903 already supports this functionality.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/release/15-4_1_S/chassis/configuration/guide/3600x_24cxscg/swbfd.html

G8032: ME3600X-24CX will get 3.3 msec CFM hardware offload in Release 15.4(3)S, July 2014. ASR903 already supports this functionality.

Sandbox Update:

Sandbox has been upgraded to contain ASR903, ME3600X, ME3800X, ME3600X-24CX, ASR901 & ME3400E.

Topology:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Q6qCRMe89_MVpEamRtMmRoZlk/edit?usp=sharing<http://tools.cisco.com/pecx/login?URL=offeringDetail?offeringId=464657__1390860007595>

SPAG Sandbox link:

http://tools.cisco.com/pecx/login?URL=offeringDetail?offeringId=464657__1390860007595

Recommended Release:

For customers looking for the most stable release with extended scheduled rebuilds:

Choose the latest extended-support release

ASR 903: XE 3.10.2 S

ME 3600X/ME 3800X/ME3600X-24CX: 15.3(3)S2

For customers looking for the latest feature sets:

Choose the latest standard-support release

ASR 903: XE 3.11.1 S

ME 3600X/ME 3800X/ME3600X-24CX: 15.4(1)S1

Cisco Live San Francisco 2014:

If you are planning to attend Cisco Live San Francisco scheduled in  May 2014. Please drop me a note if you would like to meet and discuss about the products & solutions.

Service Provider Access iOS and Android Mobile App: Planned to be launched in April.

Documents and Videos from my last Update:

- ME3600X, ME3800X and ME3600X-24CX Solutions Design Guide

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10956/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html   <<< Posted on ME3600X/ME3600X-24CX  Cisco.com page

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps10965/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html  <<< Posted on ME3800X  Cisco.com page

- ASR903 Solutions Design Guide

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11610/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html  <<< Posted on ASR903  Cisco.com page

- ME3600X, ME3600-24CX, ME3800X, ASR903 and ASR9000 Interoperability Document

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/metro/me3600x_3800x/software/design/guide/ASR9K_interop_white_paper.pdf <<< The document is posted on ME3600X, ME3800X and ASR903 Cisco.com pages

"Video Tutorial". The first one "Configuring TDM Psuedowire on ME and ASR903" is being posted on Cisco Youtube channel. It has six parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QUOaPnG64&list=SPEKSxcWxROxImG12AGUuMaIM4w82qHmiM

Best Regards,

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Waris Sagheer
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Service Provider Access Group (SPAG)
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