Heavy Networking

SNMP is still widely used in today’s networks. But modern telemetry and network observability are bringing changes to network monitoring. Today’s Heavy Networking is a roundtable discussion about alternatives to SNMP and real-world use cases for those alternatives. This episode was inspired by a request from listener Nikolay. He says… While telemetry (gRPC, etc.) is... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/heavy-networking/hn787-are-we-in-a-post-snmp-era/]

Service provider networks face a couple of difficult challenges: how to map service level agreements to actual network health and performance, and how to deliver service assurance to customers regardless of what happens on the network. On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking we talk with Cisco Systems about its approach to service assurance, how Cisco is... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/heavy-networking/hn786-from-intent-based-to-autonomous-ops-with-cisco-crosswork-and-provider-connectivity-assurance-sponsored/]

There’s an old saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. On today’s show, we talk about taking your first step into network automation with guest Joseph Nicholson. He’s been automating at NTT Data for many years now and has some perspective to share. He’s a network engineer by trade,... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/heavy-networking/hn785-how-to-take-your-first-steps-into-network-automation/]

Network automation is today’s topic with sponsor Gluware. Gluware provides a network automation platform that targets both network engineers and automation builders. On today’s Heavy Networking, we discuss how Gluware supports these two constituencies. We also talk about a recent product announcement, Gluware Labs. Gluware Labs includes a free Community Edition of Gluware software you... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/heavy-networking/hn784-accelerate-your-network-automation-with-gluware-labs-and-new-ansible-collection-sponsored/]

If you participate in the public Internet by announcing your own netblocks, you should be familiar with Internet Routing Registries (IRRs) and the Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL). These are tools that help you be a good network citizen. In a world of BGP hijacks and other problems, these tools matter more than ever. We... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/heavy-networking/hn783-bgp-routing-policy-for-enterprise-networkers-unpacking-irr-and-rpsl/]