Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-04 Thread James Bensley via cisco-nsp
--- Original Message --- On Saturday, March 4th, 2023 at 16:38, Tarko Tikan wrote: > > hey, Yo, > > "ztp initiate dataport" > > > We were discussing iPXE and not normal ZTP. iPXE is only possible via > OOB management port and allows software install via DHCP options, normal > ZTP will

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-04 Thread Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp
hey, "ztp initiate dataport" We were discussing iPXE and not normal ZTP. iPXE is only possible via OOB management port and allows software install via DHCP options, normal ZTP will work inband but does not allow software install via DHCP options. -- tarko

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-04 Thread James Bensley via cisco-nsp
--- Original Message --- On Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 at 09:43, Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp wrote: > > My long-term solution to this problem is to install with iPXE. That lets > > you do it via HTTP and without all the nonsense :) > > > Unfortunately this is only possible via OOB

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-01 Thread Phil Bedard via cisco-nsp
not necessarily something I would advocate. Thanks, Phil From: cisco-nsp on behalf of Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 3:56 AM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences) hey

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-01 Thread Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp
hey, With XR7 the idea was to mimic how things are done with Linux repos by having a specific RPM repo for the routers and the patches which is managed similar to Linux and that’s how all software is packaged now. I'd argue you'd want your devices to be cattle and not pets. When doing

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-01 Thread Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp
hey, You can, at least in later versions use install replace with http, at least with GISO.  You also do not need the apply command, and you can include “commit” in the replace command so it’s not required after the device reboots. Not sure all those improvements have been delivered for

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-01 Thread Mark Tinka via cisco-nsp
On 3/1/23 10:04, Saku Ytti wrote: There are two paths that consumers would accept a) immutable NOS, you give it image, it boots up and converges in <5min b) mutable NOS, process restarts keep state, if upgrade is hitful, forwarding stoppage should be measured in low seconds I think

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-01 Thread Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp
hey, My long-term solution to this problem is to install with iPXE. That lets you do it via HTTP and without all the nonsense :) Unfortunately this is only possible via OOB ethernet management port. So this cannot be used for thousands of devices on the field where you only have inband

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-01 Thread Saku Ytti via cisco-nsp
On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 02:41, Phil Bedard via cisco-nsp wrote: > With XR7 the idea was to mimic how things are done with Linux repos by having > a specific RPM repo for the routers and the patches which is managed similar > to Linux and that’s how all software is packaged now. Dependencies are

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-28 Thread Phil Bedard via cisco-nsp
@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences) Cisco's method for rolling out updates (basically stuck in the 90s) is becoming more and more of a liability. When evaluating vendors I have started to place high importance in how

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-28 Thread Phil Bedard via cisco-nsp
the device reboots. Phil From: cisco-nsp on behalf of Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp Date: Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 9:45 AM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences) hey, > XR for a number of years now has

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-28 Thread Gert Doering via cisco-nsp
Hi, On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 08:33:47AM -0800, William McCall via cisco-nsp wrote: > My long-term solution to this problem is to install with iPXE. That lets > you do it via HTTP and without all the nonsense :) This sounds like a fairly long downtime to do upgrades... not exactly what I want

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-28 Thread William McCall via cisco-nsp
On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 6:45 AM Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp < cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> wrote: > hey, > > > XR for a number of years now has had the concept of a “golden ISO”. > > It’s a single image either built by Cisco or customers can build > > their own that include the base software and the

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-28 Thread Steve Mikulasik via cisco-nsp
: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Civeo. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On 2/26/23 16:44, Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp wrote

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-26 Thread Mark Tinka via cisco-nsp
On 2/26/23 16:44, Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp wrote: Well, not so in practice. You can't issue install from http:// or any other remote URL. You have to sit around and issue "install apply" after "install replace" is finished. Replace is async so you have to sit around and poll the

[c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-02-26 Thread Tarko Tikan via cisco-nsp
hey, XR for a number of years now has had the concept of a “golden ISO”. It’s a single image either built by Cisco or customers can build their own that include the base software and the SMUs in a single image. You just issue a single “install replace myiso.iso” and that’s it. Well, not so