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Networking Priorities for 2025
An actionable roadmap for focusing your networking initiatives.
Understanding Core Routing Technologies
Join Josh Hogan for a concise, introductory webinar on the foundational routing technologies that underpin modern network management. In this session, he will cover key topics such as underlay routing, interior protocols like IS-IS and OSPF, and the critical role of MPLS and transport mechanisms in establishing a resilient network infrastructure. Josh will also discuss how BGP facilitates service sharing, the impact of segment routing on performance, and the growing importance of software control, automation, and intent-based policies in network optimization.
Segment Routing: The Future of MPLS
Segment Routing accomplishes the same thing as MPLS, but is less complex, extremely robust and can be scaled without any limitations.
Intro to Segment Routing Lab
MPLS has been around for over two decades and is the cornerstone of Service Provider Networks and many enterprise, utility and federal networks. MPLS delivers mission-critical applications and services. Segment Routing has taken the stage to replace MPLS because it accomplishes the same as MPLS but is less complex, extremely robust and can be scaled without limitations. This lab will introduce you to the basics of Segment Routing.
Segment Routing Technical Training
Segment Routing is the latest technology that replaces MPLS and is based on source routing. Segment Routing provides complete control over the forwarding path from the source node by encoding the path in the header of the packet. Segment Routing is implemented using extensions to the native IGP routing protocols, it does not require any additional protocols and removes unnecessary protocols simplifying the network. Segment Routing runs natively on an MPLS or IPv6 data plane and can coexist with LDP, making for a painless migration.
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Understanding Core Routing Technologies
Join Josh Hogan for a concise, introductory webinar on the foundational routing technologies that underpin modern network management. In this session, he will cover key topics such as underlay routing, interior protocols like IS-IS and OSPF, and the critical role of MPLS and transport mechanisms in establishing a resilient network infrastructure. Josh will also discuss how BGP facilitates service sharing, the impact of segment routing on performance, and the growing importance of software control, automation, and intent-based policies in network optimization.
Core Routing Solutions: Cisco NCS 540
In this video we explore Cisco's NCS 540 family of routers, including their hardware specifications, common use-cases, and our WWT opinion of the solution.
For any questions about this product, or to learn more, please reach out to us at CoreNetworkingHelp@wwt.com
Networking Priorities for 2025
An actionable roadmap for focusing your networking initiatives.
Coherent QSFP28 Is Finally Here
The release of 100G ZR coherent QSFP28 transceivers from Nokia, Cisco and others promises to accelerate the already rapid shift from traditional core network designs to optical and packet converged architectures.
Segment Routing Fast Reroute
In this video the WWT Core Routing team discusses the benefits of using the Topology Independent Loop Free Alternate (TI-LFA) capability of Segment Routing to achieve Fast Reroute (FRR) network resiliency.
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Core Networking Discovery Workshop
The Core Networking Workshop explores differences among products/services, determines which are best for you and helps you develop a strategy for implementing the right solution.
Core Routing Solutions: Juniper ACX 7300
In this video we explore Juniper's ACX 7300 routers, including their hardware specifications, common use-cases, and our WWT opinion of the solution.
For any questions about this product, or to learn more, please reach out to us at CoreNetworkingHelp@wwt.com
Understanding IPv6 Addressing
The rapid growth of devices has exhausted IPv4 addresses, hindering expansion. Transitioning to IPv6, with its vast address space, eliminates the need for complex techniques like NAT, enhances security and supports emerging technologies. Embracing IPv6 future-proofs networks, ensuring seamless connectivity and efficient address allocation.
Core Network Management Briefing
As the capabilities of Core Networks increase, simplified management solutions that unlock their potential become more and more important. Convergence of optical and routing network functions ups the ante even further -- requiring management tools that help streamline new organizational processes. WWT can leverage its heavy investment in core networking technologies to help guide you through the ever-changing landscape of Core Network management.
Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Lab: Creating a Basic Service Model
This is the follow on to the NSO Fundamental Lab. In this lab, you will create a basic service model (template-based) from scratch. You will apply a simple "bottom up" method to capture a manually created service, parse its components into XML and YANG, then build and test the service model.
SReXperts 24: Key Takeaways
This year's SReXperts conference showcased Nokia's focus on enabling AI solutions and enriching their solution portfolio.
Deploying IPv6 with ISIS
Organizations have relied on IPv4 for decades, but transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 is necessary to accommodate the growing number of devices and the increasing demand for IP addresses. Most organizations have exhausted their IPv4 address space. Transitioning to IPv6 allows network engineers to future-proof their networks against the inevitable exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.
Nokia TDM-to-IP Solution Lab
This lab demonstrates the Nokia Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) to IP solution using Nokia 7705 Service Aggregation Router platform.
Tackle Unprecedented Growth in Bandwidth Demand with Segment Routing and Cisco Metro Fabric Architecture
The primary goal of Metro Fabric Architecture is to provide a flexible and scalable model that can help service providers and other large organizations better meet bandwidth demand while delivering services to customers faster and more efficiently.
Segment Routing Workshop
The Segment Routing Workshop is an interactive, customized 4-hour experience that will provide the relevant information that's necessary to make informed business and technical decisions to help you decide if Segment Routing is right for your network.
SRv6 With IPv6 for Transport
SRv6 is a giant leap forward from traditional networking and the logical progression toward SDN and the programmable network.
Cisco CNC and SR-TE, Better Together
SRTE is a significant enhancement to traditional RSVP-TE. In conjunction with Crosswork Network Controller, it's a game-changer.
SR-MPLS in the Enterprise
Segment Routing provides Fast Reroute, enhanced traffic engineering and numerous other features that apply to the enterprise.
Segment Routing: The Future of MPLS
Segment Routing accomplishes the same thing as MPLS, but is less complex, extremely robust and can be scaled without any limitations.
Take Control of the Packet Path with Segment Routing Traffic Engineering
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering or SR-TE in conjunction with Automated Steering dramatically simplifies the Traffic Engineering configuration model and eliminates the RSVP soft state requirement, in favor of a Source Packet Routing model also known as SPRING.