Cisco NCS Optical Series vs. Cisco Optical Networking

This Cisco platform creates a secure channel whereby all the company's data can easily be managed and the integration supports is on top, giving the user the ability to handle a huge amount of various data at once and the reports are very reliable and easy to make. Notification tools are very active and also network-building tools are effective and easy options for understanding.

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Based on my experience, I think it's a goldmine for the experienced professional and a hectic job for newbies. I recommend newbies to have some experience and then jump to Cisco Optical Networking so that they can easily understand what they paid for and take the best out of it. It's best for network scalability so I highly recommend it to those who intend to scale their network in the near future however, if you know that your network will remain the same and you don't require it, there are cheaper options within Cisco.

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• Label switch routing.
• Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile.
• Ethernet switching.

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• Easy tool on quick reporting.
• Ability to keep the user alert.
• Great tool for multiple data management.

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• Configuration of the features is not that easy.
• Multiple network connections management to new users is turf.
• Monitoring all the networks and servers performance through the tool.

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• Bugs on software IOS XR
• Migration from legacy gears
• Cost of NCS and new gen is too steep compared to competitors

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As it runs on XR there the config is very straightforward. We implement the design obtained from the engineering team and haven't had issues. I have opened few tickets to resolve any doubts and Cisco has been supportive so far.

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I have used Cisco 5000 series mostly as it has other L3 routing capabilities. We use it on core to route IS-IS, OSPF and also peer it on BGP.

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Haven't used any other yet as my company was already using it when I joined, so don't really have any feedback here on this topic.

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It supports hundred-gig links and ten-gig links, and scalability hasn't been a problem with this device. It can used on distribution layer.

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• Better experience on network traffic management.
• Obtaining processing reports is excellent.
• Nice for the easy data moving.
• Information sharing tool.

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• Easy and effective method to secure our data processing environment.
• Excellent transportation of many different data and very secure platform.
• Best data insights collection and easy reporting.

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