The companies are collaborating to support operators as they combine VNFs, SDN, and 5G in ONAP.
In this post I’ll explore replacing the heart of a network operating system’s configuration mechanism with the software developers take on version control. It can be argued that network operating systems, or at least good ones, already have a version control system. It’s that very system that allows you to roll back and carry out operations like commit-confirmed. More specifically, this is a version control system like Git but not specifically git.
As my day job rotates around Junos, I’ll concentrate on that. So why would anyone want to rip out the heart of Junos and replace it with a git backed directory full of configuration snippets? Software developers and now automation skilled engineers want the advantages of being able to treat the network like any other service delivering node. Imagine committing human readable configuration snippets to a network configuration directory and having the network check it out and do something with it.
Junos already has a configuration engine capable of rollbacks and provides sanity through semantic and syntax commit time checks. Mgd (the service you interact with) provides mechanisms to render interfaces through YANG models and generates the very configuration tree you interact with. You could say mgd takes Continue reading
Last week we started the Autumn 2019 Building Network Automation Solutions online course with an interesting presentation from Matthias Luft focused on open-source supply chain security
TL&DR: Can I download whatever stuff I found as my first Google hit and use it in my automation solution? ****, NO!
Matthias covered these topics:
Read more ...There are a more mobile phone connections (~7.9 billion) than the number of humans (~7.7 billion) colonising this planet.
Let me explain.
Clearly, not every person in the world has a mobile device. Here we’re talking about mobile connections that come from people with multiple devices (dual SIMs, tablets) and other integrated devices like cars, and other smart vehicles, and of course the myriad IOT devices. I don’t have to go too far — my electric 2 wheeler has a mobile connection that it uses to cheerfully download the updated firmware version and the software patches every now and then.
While the global population is growing at 1.08% annually, the mobile phone connections are growing at 2.0%. We will very soon be outnumbered by the number of mobile subscriptions, all happily chatting, tweeting and in general sending data over the network. Some of it would need low latency and low jitter, while some may be more tolerant to the delays and jitter.
So, what’s the big deal with mobile connections growing?
Well, historically most people have used their mobile phones to talk; to catch up on all the gossip on your neighbours and relatives.
Not Continue reading
There are a more mobile phone connections (~7.9 billion) than the number of humans (~7.7 billion) colonising this planet.
Let me explain.
Clearly, not every person in the world has a mobile device. Here we’re talking about mobile connections that come from people with multiple devices (dual SIMs, tablets) and other integrated devices like cars, and other smart vehicles, and of course the myriad IOT devices. I don’t have to go too far — my electric 2 wheeler has a mobile connection that it uses to cheerfully download the updated firmware version and the software patches every now and then.
While the global population is growing at 1.08% annually, the mobile phone connections are growing at 2.0%. We will very soon be outnumbered by the number of mobile subscriptions, all happily chatting, tweeting and in general sending data over the network. Some of it would need low latency and low jitter, while some may be more tolerant to the delays and jitter.
What’s the big deal with mobile connections growing?
Well, historically most people have used their mobile phones to talk; to catch up on all the gossip on your neighbours and relatives.
Not anymore.
Here are some of the most prominent venture capital and merger and acquisition news items from...
Hello my friends,
It is always cool to talk about various network technologies with the engineers from industry, and to meet some awesome chaps. I had a pleasure to attend such an event in London in the last months. Learn my findings on that.
In this episode, together with James Bensley and Richard Patterson from Sky we discuss the the NetLdn event series. The event, where you can discuss network technoligies with the peers and, perhaps, make some friends.
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The next phase of composable infrastructure involves 5G networks as a fabric type.
Verizon says 13 NFL stadiums will have 5G service when teams square off for week-one action.
$ docker run -p 6343:6343/udp sflow/sflowtoolThe -g option flattens the output so that it is more easily filtered using grep:
startDatagram =================================
datagramSourceIP 10.0.0.111
datagramSize 144
unixSecondsUTC 1321922602
datagramVersion 5
agentSubId 0
agent 10.0.0.20
packetSequenceNo 3535127
sysUpTime 270660704
samplesInPacket 1
startSample ----------------------
sampleType_tag 0:2
sampleType COUNTERSSAMPLE
sampleSequenceNo 228282
sourceId 0:14
counterBlock_tag 0:1
ifIndex 14
networkType 6
ifSpeed 100000000
ifDirection 0
ifStatus 3
ifInOctets 4839078
ifInUcastPkts 15205
ifInMulticastPkts 0
ifInBroadcastPkts 4294967295
ifInDiscards 0
ifInErrors 0
ifInUnknownProtos 4294967295
ifOutOctets 149581962744
ifOutUcastPkts 158884229
ifOutMulticastPkts 4294967295
ifOutBroadcastPkts 4294967295
ifOutDiscards 101
ifOutErrors 0
ifPromiscuousMode 0
endSample ----------------------
endDatagram =================================
$ docker run -p 6343:6343/udp sflow/sflowtool -g | grep ifInOctets
2019-09-03T22:37:21+0000 10.0.0.231 Continue reading
Weekly Wrap for Sept. 6, 2019: Broadcom releases new PCIe switches; VMware the butt of Nutanix CEO...
I’ve written before about rock stars and IT super heroes. We all know or have worked with someone like this in the past. Perhaps we still do have someone in the organization that fits the description. But have you ever stopped to consider how it could be our culture that breeds the very people we don’t want around?
When’s the last time you got recognition for the network operating smoothly? Unless it was in response to a huge traffic spike or an attack that tried to knock you offline, the answer is probably never or rarely. Despite the fact that networks are hard to build and even harder to operate, we rarely get recognized for keeping the lights on day after day.
It’s not all that uncommon. The accounting department doesn’t get recognized when the books are balanced. The janitorial staff doesn’t get an exceptional call out when the floors are mopped. And the electric company doesn’t get a gold star because they really did keep the lights on. All of these things are examples of expected operation. When we plug something into a power socket, we expect it to work. When we plug a router Continue reading
Today’s Network Collective Community Spotlight is highlighting Kevin Myers. Kevin is an accomplished engineer working in some of the more complicated and advanced corners of the Internet. Join us as we take a look into how Kevin got his start in networking and how he ended up working on some pretty interesting technology.
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The $1 billion agreement calls for Tech Mahindra to deliver a more advanced SDN for AT&T and...