Comparison of Routers Cisco, Juniper and Huawei

# Cisco, Juniper and Huawei Router comparison
# CCIE Candidates only
# MPLS requirement routers- High end Routers
# High Back-plane capacity and high port capacity
#Used as Core routers in the MPLS environment
# Cisco 9922- Capacity till 11 Tbps
# Juniper MX2020- Capacity till 80 Tbps
# Huawei NE5000E- Capacity till 6.4 Tbps

So below are the comparison between the various high end models in the market with the high capacity till in Tbps.

These kind of routers are basically used in the Service providers core. so we have many service providers who are providing MPLS, Internet services to the clients.

Service providers like AT&T, BT, Orange, NTT Communications, Verizon, Telefonica, TATA and so on used these kinds of routers in their core networks for high back-plane capacity.

Various features are supported by these kinds of routers like Multi-chassis ether-channel, Non-stop Forwarding, MPLS-TRR, Non-stop routing and various high end features.

Lets discuss the comparison in details as follows:-

Cisco firm will be presented by router Cisco ASR 9922. Given product backs up capacity 11 Tbps and this way it is the most productive product of ASR series.

For comparison in given article firm Juniper presents a model Juniper MX2020, which backs up carrying capacity from 34.4 to 80 Tbps.MX2020 supports a very high density 10GbE, 40GbE and 100GbE, interfaces, and also obsolete methods of connection SONET/SDH, ATM and PDH. It also supports subscribers’ management with wide-band connection, modern opportunities of time synchronizing and virtualization, which meet strict demands of mobile services.
Due to scalable in industry-leading set of opportunities the router MX2020 ideally suited for boarders and consolidated borders and net core and application cores as well.


Huawei represents model Huawei NE5000E. This very model in 2008 afforded the firm Huawei show itself to be arch-rival in the area of Internet backbone.NE5000E presents multi-level protection from the device to the network. For protection on the devices level, NE5000E contains passive plane where all key components of the device are switched in “hot-pluggable” and posses a function of hot back up. The solution contains nonstop address modification (NSF) on the basis of states and hot-swappable and nonstop routing (NSR) on the panel level and on the processes level in all scenario.

ASR5000 / ASR5500 Troubleshooting Guide

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/12539481/asr5000-asr5500-troubleshooting-guide

New Cisco CEO Announces Executive Team

Courtesy - Cisco Blog

Today I’m extremely proud and excited to announce my next generation executive leadership team who will lead Cisco into the digital age.

With the increasing pace and complexity of today’s market, it’s critical that our leadership team understands our customers, delivers results, brings diverse perspectives and experiences, and builds world-class, highly motivated teams. This is what will differentiate us as a much faster, innovative organization that delivers the best results for our customers.

We have been developing and attracting our next generation of leaders for many years, and I’m confident that this team is ready to lead Cisco’s next chapter. They know how Cisco works, what makes Cisco great, and how we can accelerate our current momentum. Some have been with the company for as long as I have or longer, a third have joined Cisco in the last 3 years, and others are new to Cisco.

They have the capabilities, accomplishments, and the values required to lead us into the future. Their combined vision, passion and authenticity, along with a focus on strategy, results, and innovation truly differentiate this team. These unique characteristics reflect the remarkable culture of Cisco that has motivated and energized me for the past 17 years.

Let me explain why each person is the ideal leader to move us forward.

Pankaj Patel, Executive Vice President, Development

• Everything we do starts with our innovation. Pankaj leads Cisco’s 25,000 development engineers and the company’s $36 billion technology portfolio.
• He joined Cisco through the acquisition of Stratacom and has since overseen Cisco’s innovation in the cloud, mobility, data center, security, collaboration, software and the Internet of Everything markets.
• Over the last 2 years, Pankaj has led the transformation of Cisco’s engineering organization to drive focus and accelerate innovation. He is pioneering new ways of driving innovation at Cisco, including a new model of internal start-ups which he launched last year.

Kelly Kramer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

• Kelly joined Cisco three years ago after 20 years at GE working across numerous divisions and countries around the world.
• She quickly established herself as a business leader capable of partnering across and influencing the entire organization, particularly with her no-nonsense direct style.
• She has driven a disciplined focus on our financial model and delivered on our commitments to our shareholders.
• Her promotion to CFO 3 quarters ago was seamless, and she is extremely well respected internally and externally.

Rebecca Jacoby, Senior Vice President, Operations

• Previously Chief Information Technology Officer (CIO), Rebecca has a strong track record of operational excellence, innovative problem solving, and partnering cross-functionally. Her leadership and talent development skills have resulted in some of the best employee satisfaction scores in the company.
• She has elevated the role of IT at Cisco and positioned us as one of the best in the industry. She has exemplified Fast IT, enabling $5.4B of incremental revenue in the last 4+ years with just $400M of incremental expense. She did all of this while driving down costs by over 5% each year.
• Her experience in development, operations, supply chain and IT make enable her to drive Cisco’s continued focus on profitability, accountability, and world-class operational excellence.
• Her deep relationships with CIOs around the world make her extremely well respected across the industry and she was recently inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame.
• Guillermo Diaz has been promoted to CIO reporting directly to Jacoby. Diaz, most recently Cisco senior vice president of IT—Connected IT, has been accountable for the company’s enterprise IT architecture, technology strategy, and IT services/operating model.

Francine Katsoudas, Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer

• Fran is the architect of Our People Strategy and Human Resources Organization, focusing on how Cisco wins in the talent marketplace while creating a compelling and unique employee experience.
• She accelerates company transformation through leadership, attracting and retaining the best talent and building a culture of passion and innovation.
• Fran is committed to ground breaking HR solutions, analytics and new talent models.

Chris Dedicoat, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales

• Chris joined Cisco in 1995 and has served as Senior Vice President of EMEAR for the past four years where he has led the region to solid growth in a very challenging market.
• Chris has a keen understanding of technology and market opportunities, an ability to drive transformation while running the business, and an unparalleled ability to lead and motivate teams.

Joe Cozzolino, Senior Vice President, Services

• Joe has extensive global General Management experience in all facets of the business including engineering, sales, & services. He has a competitive edge and in his own words: “hates losing more than he loves winning.”
• He began his career more than 25 years ago as a Systems Engineer designing video voice on fiber optics. For the last 2 years, Joe led Cisco’s Service Provider Mobility and Video Infrastructure businesses.
• Before Cisco, he spent 12 years at Motorola in various executive roles successfully growing new businesses undergoing technology inflection.
• Joe has an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and an MBA from Annie Maria College.

Hilton Romanski, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer

• Hilton has been responsible for the ‘buy’ in Cisco’s “build, buy, partner, integrate” strategy for growth and innovation
• He has led over $20 billion in acquisitions in 40 deals, including Sourcefire, Meraki, and Airespace and was named Deal Maker of the Year in 2014 by The Deal.
• He has also led Cisco’s M&A and investment entry into the emerging markets by forming and expanding teams and activities in China, India, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
• Hilton oversees Cisco’s corporate venture investment portfolio, currently valued at $2 billion, one of the highest performing corporate venture capital funds globally.
• In his new role, Hilton will lead CTSO and be chartered to drive strategic development and growth of Cisco by applying important tools to nurture technology disruption, build alliance partnerships, acquire companies, invest in start-ups, and engage the global marketplace of ideas to drive Cisco’s success

Karen Walker, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

• Karen joined Cisco six years ago from Hewlett-Packard, where she held business and consumer leadership positions including Vice President of Alliances and Marketing for HP Services, and Vice President of Strategy and Marketing.
• Her 20-plus years in the IT industry have included senior field and marketing leadership roles in Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific region.
• Karen is a Board member of the I.T. Services Marketing Association and a member of the CMO Council North America Advisory Board, the Marketers that Matter Council, Advancing Executive Women (AWE) in Silicon Valley, and CRN’s 2013 Women of the Channel. She also sponsors multiple initiatives to accelerate female leadership within Cisco.

Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

• Mark joined Cisco’s Legal Department in 1996 when it had 12 employees; today we have a phenomenal team of legal, contract and compliance professionals of more than 400 people that is regularly ranked among the industry’s best.
• Before Cisco, Mark was General Counsel at Maxtor, a Fortune 500 disk drive manufacturer, and at StrataCom.
• Mark is a strong business leader with a keen ability to innovate, disrupt and provide tremendous input into our strategy. In 2010, The National Law Journal named him one of the 40 Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade and in 2013, American Lawyer numbered Mark among the “Top 50 Big Law Innovators of the Last 50 Years.”

Ruba Borno, VP, Growth Initiatives and Chief of Staff

• Ruba will join Cisco from The Boston Consulting Group where she is a Principal and leader in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications, and People & Organization practice groups.
• She holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with honors from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
• For the last seven years, Ruba has been advising enterprise and consumer technology executives on organizational change, increasing operational effectiveness, and accelerating business growth.
• Ruba has been an Intel Ph.D. fellow at the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems, contributed to multiple peer-reviewed research publications, and is a supporter of Bay Area organizations tackling education and poverty challenges.

I am committed to investing in and developing Cisco’s extended leadership team over time. I plan to also look externally to fill several roles that will lead key growth initiatives in new markets. I am also committed to adding even more diversity of thought and experience over time, constantly strengthening both our bench and our decision making.

There are also a few individuals who have made tremendous contributions to Cisco who will be transitioning over the next few months. I am thankful for the years of partnerships I’ve had with these amazing leaders who will be leaving Cisco:

• Wim Elfrink has served as Cisco’s Chief Globalization Officer since 2006 and opened Cisco’s second global headquarters in Bangalore, India. His leadership on smart cities and connected industries has helped define our vision for the next wave of the Internet, the Internet of Everything. Wim will retire from Cisco on July 25th and I want to thank him for his exceptional leadership and his passion for what is possible.
• Padmasree Warrior is a highly respected leader who most recently served as Cisco’s Chief Strategy and Technology Officer. She is well known across the industry and the globe, and has been a champion internally for innovation, strategic partnerships, investments and mergers and acquisitions. Padmasree has led the success of many of our strategic partnerships and will remain with us until September to help finalize some of our key partnerships for the future. I am grateful for the impact she’s had on Cisco and her commitment to helping us finalize these important alliances.
• Edzard Overbeek in his role as Senior Vice President of Cisco Services has been an incredible partner to me for many years. He has made the decision to leave Cisco after 15 years at the company and leadership roles in every region around the world. Edzard has agreed to stay on through the transition as a strategic advisor on key disruptive strategies that he has shown great passion for while at Cisco. His vision and energy will ensure his success in his next venture, something I hope will be closely connected to Cisco.

We are so fortunate that these leaders are able to remain with us in the near-term to finish key projects and ensure a smooth transition. I believe this is a testament to the Cisco culture as well as their commitment, service, and leadership.

Going forward, my new team will define and build the next chapter for Cisco together. I’m extremely confident we will move even faster, innovate like never before, and pull away from the competition. This is an incredible team with a diverse set of experiences, expertise and backgrounds to accelerate our innovation and execution, simplify how we do business, drive operational rigor in all we do, and inspire our amazing employees to be the best they can be.

This new leadership team, along with the deep talent and passion of all of Cisco, gives me absolute confidence that we will lead, and our customers will win. I’ve never been more excited to build our future together.

Wait is over - Cisco CCNA & CCNP Cloud Certification Available

Cisco Cloud certification programs build and validate basic through advanced knowledge of the skills required to design, install, and maintain Cisco Cloud solutions. The curricula emphasize real-world best practices through labs and course materials.

Cisco Cloud certification programs are practical, relevant, and job-ready certification curricula, closely aligned with the specific tasks expected of today’s in-demand Cloud professionals. The Cisco Cloud certification program validates the skill set of individuals on industry-leading Cloud solutions and best practices as well as offering job-role-based curricula for all levels of IT staff.

Cisco Cloud portfolio consists of an associate CCNA level and professional CCNP level certifications. The program gives students an opportunity to take advantage of the promise of cloud and receive training that enables them to start a career in Cloud and/or make the transition from Data Center and Networking job roles.

The cloud portfolio covers the breadth of cloud products and technologies deployed in mid-sized to large networks utilizing Cisco cloud solutions.  The curricula emphasize real-world best practices through labs and course materials covering:

• Private and Hybrid Cloud Design
• Cloud Security Design
• Cloud Infrastructure Implementation
• ACI and APIC Automation
• Private and Hybrid IaaS Provisioning
• Application Provisioning and Life Cycle Management
• Cloud Systems Management 

CCNA Cloud

CCNA Cloud is a job role-based career certification that trains and certifies Cloud engineers, Cloud administrators, and network engineers. Cloud engineers and administrators can enhance and demonstrate key skills, while network engineer can extend their careers into Cloud. This certification prepares you for work in an SMB Cloud environment and to support a senior Cloud engineer in an enterprise environment.

Job duties include entry-level provisioning and support of Cisco Cloud solutions.

The CCNA Cloud certification can also provide career opportunities for employees of business and channel partner organizations transitioning from other technical areas such as Data Center or Networking.

Topics covered in CCNA Cloud include:

• Cloud Characteristics and Models
• Cloud Deployments
• Basic Knowledge of Cloud Compute
• Basic Knowledge of Cloud Networking
• Provide End-User Support
• Cloud Infrastructure Administration and Reporting
• Chargeback and Billing Reports
• Cloud Provisioning
• Cloud Systems Management and Monitoring
• Cloud Remediation

The CCNA Cloud certification is an associate-level certification that is valid for three years.

Achieving CCNA Cloud Certification

There are no prerequisites for CCNA Cloud certification. Completion of the CCNA Cloud certification requires the exams and recommended training shown in the table below.

Exams & Recommended Training

Required Exam(s)	Recommended Training
210-451 CLDFND	Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals (CLDFND)
210-455 CLDADM*	Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration (CLDADM)*

*More information available July 2015

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/associate/ccna_cloud/index.html



CCNP Cloud Certification

The CCNP Cloud is a job role-based career certification intended to distinguish Cloud engineers, administrators, designers, and architects, who design, implement, provision and troubleshoot Cisco Cloud and Intercloud solutions. It provides you with the skills to help your IT organization meet changing business demands, technology transitions, and deliver important business outcomes.

This certification prepares you to work in a SMB Cloud environment as well as perform the duties of a senior Cloud engineer in an enterprise environment.

The CCNP Cloud certification is a professional-level certification that is valid for three years.

Achieving CCNP Cloud Certification

Prerequisite Skills and Requirements

A valid Cisco CCNA Cloud or any Cisco CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite. Completion of the CCNP Cloud certification requires the exams and recommended training shown in the table below.

Prerequisites

Valid CCNA Cloud certification or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.

Exams & Recommended Training

Required Exam(s)*	Recommended Training*
300-504 CLDINF	Implementing and Troubleshooting the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure (CLDINF)
300-505 CLDDES	Designing the Cisco Cloud (CLDDES)
300-506 CLDAUT	Automating the Cisco Enterprise Cloud (CLDAUT)
300-507 CLDDACI	Building the Cisco Cloud with Application Centric Infrastructure (CLDDACI)

*More information available August 2015

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/professional/ccnp_cloud/index.html

Cisco enhances NFV offering with Embrane acquisition

Networking giant Cisco announced its intent to acquire network function virtualisation (NFV) and Cisco tech specialist Embrane for an undisclosed sum this week, a move intended to bolster the company’s networking automation capabilities, reports Business Cloud News.

“With agility and automation as persistent drivers for IT teams, the need to simplify application deployment and build the cloud is crucial for the datacentre,” explained Cisco’s corporate development lead Hilton Romanski.

“As we continue to drive virtualization and automation, the unique skillset and talent of the Embrane team will allow us to move more quickly to meet customer demands. Together with Cisco’s engineering expertise, the Embrane team will help to expand ouenhances NFVr strategy of offering freedom of choice to our customers through the Nexus product portfolio and enhance the capabilities of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI),” he said, adding that the purchase also builds on previous commitments to open standards, open APIs, and playing nicely in multi-vendor environments.

Beyond complimenting Cisco’s ACI efforts, Dante Malagrinò, one of the founders of Embrane and its chief product officer said the move will help further the company’s goal of driving software-hardware integration in the networking space, and offer Embrane an attractive level of scale few vendors playing in this space have.

“Joining Cisco gives us the opportunity to continue our journey and participate in one of the most significant shifts in the history of networking:  leading the industry to better serve application needs through integrated software-hardware models,” he explained.

“The networking DNA of Cisco and Embrane together drives our common vision for an Application Centric Infrastructure.  We both believe that innovation must be evolutionary and enable IT organizations to transition to their future state on their own terms – and with their own timelines.  It’s about coexistence of hardware with software and of new with legacy in a way that streamlines and simplifies operations.”

Cisco is quickly working to consolidate its NFV offerings, and more recently its OpenStack services, as the vendor continues to target cloud service providers and telcos looking to revamp their datacentres. In March it was revealed Cisco struck a big deal with T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom’s enterprise-focused subsidiary, that will see the German incumbent roll out Cisco’s OpenStack-based infrastructure in datacentre in Biere, near Magdeburg, as well as a virtual hotspot service for SMEs.

Cisco ACI CLI Commands "Cheat Sheet"

Introduction

The goal of this document is to provide a concise list of useful commands to be used in the ACI environment. For in-depth information regarding these commands and their uses, please refer to the ACI CLI Guide.

Please note that legacy style commands (show firmware, show version, etc) will not be included in this guide. The below commands are new for ACI. Legacy commands may be added later on, but the point of this document is to be short and sweet.

Formatting

This document is formatted in the following way: commands are surrounded by <> in bold and possible user-given arguments within commands (if necessary) are surrounded by () with a | in between multiple arguments. Brackets [] will be used for mandatory verbatim arguments. A dash (-) will be the barrier between a command and the explanation for a command. For example:

     - shows the status of a given interface as well as statistics
        interface ID is in () because it is a user-specified argument, you can put any interface you want

     - show the MAC port status
        ns|alp and 0|1 are in brackets because you must use either one of those arguments

Command Completion and Help

Context sensitive help and command completion in ACI is a bit different than in other command line interfaces from Cisco.  Since iShell builds mostly on Bash, these features tend to build off of the standard bash Programmable Completion feature.  

• Tab - Use the tab key to auto complete commands.  In cases where there are multiple commands that match the typed characters, all options should be displayed horizontally.  
  
  Example Usage:
   

  admin@tsi-apic1-211:~> mo
  moconfig     mocreate     modelete     modinfo      modprobe     modutil      mofind       moprint      more         moset        mostats      mount        mount.fuse   mount.nfs    mount.nfs4   mountpoint   mountstats   mount.tmpfs
  admin@tsi-apic1-211:~> mo

  
  This is more than just iShell, it includes all Bash commands.  Hitting Tab before typing any CLI command on the APIC results in:
   

  admin@tsi-apic1-211:~> 
  Display all 1430 possibilities? (y or n)

• Esc Esc - Use Double escape to get context sensitive help for available ishell commands.  This will display short help for each command.  [Side note: In early beta code, Double Escape after typing a few characters would only show one of the matching commands rather than all of them.  This is addressed via CSCup27989 ]
  
  Example Usage:
   

  admin@tsi-apic1-211:~> 
   attach           Show a filesystem object
   auditlog         Display audit-logs
   controller       Controller configuration
   create           create an MO via wizard
   diagnostics      Display diagostics tests for equipment groups
   dn               Display the current dn
   eraseconfig      Erase configuration, restore to factory settings
   eventlog         Display event-logs
   fabricnode       Commission/Decommission/Wipeout a fabric node
   faults           Display faults
   firmware         Add/List/Upgrade firmware
   health           Display health info
   loglevel         Read/Write loglevels
   man              Show man page help
   moconfig         Configuration commands
   mocreate         Create an Mo
   modelete         Delete an Mo
  [snip]
  admin@tsi-apic1-211:~>

• man  - All commands should have man pages.  [Side note: If you find an iShell command without a man page - open a bug]  The manual page for the commands will give you more detailed info on what the commands do and how to use them.

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure CLI Commands (APIC, Leaf/Spine)


Clustering User Commands
 - shows the current cluster size and state of APICs
- changes the size of the cluster
 - Decommissions the APIC of the given ID

 - Factory resets APIC and after reboot will load into setup script
 - Reboots the APIC of the given ID
 - shows replica which are not healthy
 - shows the state of one replica
 - large output which will show cluster size, chassisID, if node is active, and summary of replica health
 - shows fabric node vector
 - shows appliance vector
 - verifies APIC hardware
 - shows link status
 - shows the status of bond link

 - shows dhcp client information to confirm dhcp address from APIC

 - commissions, decommissions, or wipes out given node. wipeout will completely wipeout the node including configuration. Use sparingly.

SSL Troubleshooting

 - tries to connect ssl between APIC and Node and gives output of SSL information

 -shows logging of DME-logs for node
 - shows policy-element logs for SSL connectivity
Can also check logs in the /var/log/dme/log directory

Switch Cert Verification

 - Next to PRINTABLESTRING, it will list Insieme or Cisco Manufacturing CA. Cisco means new secure certs are installed, Insieme means old unsecure are installed

- Shows start and end dates of certificate. Must be within range for APIC to accept

- Shows keypairs of specified cert

Switch Diagnostics
 - shows bootup tests and diagnostics of given module
 - shows ongoing tests of given module
 - shows diagnostic result of given module or all modules
 - shows diagnostic result of given test on given module
 - show debug information for the diagnostic modules

Debug Commands
 - shows debug output of given argument
 - enables/disables given argument on all modules
 - gets the interval of given argument
 - EPC mon statistics
 - EPC mon statistics
 - EOBC/EPC switch status (0: EOBC, 1: EPC)
 - SC card broadcom switch status

Insieme ELTM VRF, VLAN, Interface Commands
 - dumps ELTM trace to output file
 - dumps eltm trace to console
 - shows vrf table of given vrf
 - 
 - 
 - vrf summary, shows ID, pcTag, scope
 - shows vlan information. Can substitute (brief) for a vlan ID
 -

OSPF CLI Commands
 - shows OSPF neighbors of given vrf
 - shows OSPF routes of given vrf
 - shows ospf interfaces of given vrf
 - shows ospf information of given vrf
 - shows ospf traffic of given vrf

External Connectivity
 - shows arp entries for given vrf
 - shows ospf neighbors for given vrf
 - shows bgp sessions/peers for given vrf
 - shows ospf routes for given vrf
 - shows bgp unicast routes for given vrf
 - shows static routes for given vrf
 - shows routes for given vrf
 - shows external LPMs
 - shows next hops towards NorthStar ASIC or external router
 - HigigDstMapTable Indexed using DMOD/DPORT coming from T2. Provides a pointer to DstEncapTable. 
 - DstEncapTable Indexed using the HigigDstMapTable’s result. Gives tunnel forwarding data.
 - RwEncapTable Indexed using the HigigDstMapTable’s result. Gives tunnel encap data.

ISIS Fabric Unicast Debugging
 - shows ISIS statistics
 - shows ISIS adjacencies for given vrf. Can also add detail
 - shows lldp neigbor status
 - shows interface status information and statistics
 - shows isis database, can also add detail
 - shows isis route information
 - shows isis traffic information
 - shows all discovered tunnel end points
 - shows isis statistics of given vrf
 - shows isis event history
 - shows isis memory statistics
 - provides isis tech-support output for TAC

ASIC Platform Commands
 - shows the MAC port status
 - shows the MAC port counters
 - shows ASIC block counters for given ASIC. Can also add [detail] for more details
 - shows interrupts for given ASIC

ASIC Platform Commands - T2 Specific
 - shows receive counters for T2
 - shows transmit counters for T2
 - shows per port packet type counters
 - shows ingress drop counters
 - shows egress drop counters
&  - setting register to specific trigger. 9 registers per port (0-8)
    ex -   - sets 4th register to select RFILDR selector (bit 13)
 - checking the stats for above command

ASIC Platform Commands - NS Specific
 - shows port counters
 - shows internal port counters
 - shows vlan counters
 - shows per-tunnel counters
 - shows ASIC block counters
 - shows well-defined tables

Fabric Multicast - General
 - shows currecnt state of FTAG, cost, root port, OIF list
 - shows GM-LSP database
 - shows GIPO routes, Local/transit, OIF list
 - shows topology and compute stats, MRIB update stats, Sync+Ack packet stats, Object store stats
 - shows isis multicast event history logs
 - more detailed than above command, specifically dealing with forwarding events and forwarding updates

Fabric Multicast Debugging - MFDM
 - flood/OMF/GIPi membership
 per BD

 - GIPi membership
 - specific
 - per BD
 - specific per BD

 - flood membership
 - per BD

 - OMF membership
 - per BD

 - IPMC membership 
 - specific IPMC



Fabric Multicast Debugging - L2 Multicast
 - flood/OMF/GIPi membership
 - per BD

 - GIPi membership
 - specific
 - per BD
 - specific per BD

 - flood membership
 - per BD

 - MET membership
 - specific MET
 - flood MET
 - GIPi MET
 - per BD
 - specific per BD
 - IPMC membership
 - specific IPMC

Fabric Multicast Debugging - MRIB
 - shows IP multicast routing table for given vrf

Fabric Multicast Debugging - MFIB
 - shows FTAGs
 - shows GIPO routes

Fabric Multicast Debugging - IGMP
 - shows multicast route information in IGMP
 - shows multicast router information IGMP
 - FD to BD vlan mapping. IGMP gets FD and G from Istack. It needs to know the BD to create (BD, G)
 - verify BD membership of a port in IGMP. Only when ports are part of BD joins are processed
 - verify the tunnel to IF mapping in IGMP. IGMP uses this to get the groups on VPC and only sync them.

Fabric Multicast Debugging - MFDM
 - shows IPv4 multicast routing table for given vrf
 - Verify FD to BD vlan mapping. MFDM gets (FD,port) memberships from vlan_mgr and uses this information go create BD floodlists.
 - BD to GIPO mapping. GIPO is used by Mcast in Fabric
 - FD-vxlan to GIPO mapping
 - tunnel to phy mapping

Fabric Multicast Debugging - M2rib
 - shows multicast route information in M2rib
 - shows multicast route informatino in M2rib

Fabric Multicast Debugging - PIXM
 - RID to IPMC mapping. IFIDX is RID and LTL is IPMC

Fabric Multicast Debugging - VNTAG Mgr
 - IPMC to DVIF mapping. LTL is IPMC

EP Announce - Debugging







iBash CLI

 - show endpoint information

BCM Table Dump



Fabric QoS Debugging - CoPP CLI

 - CoPP statistics (red = dropped, green = allowed)
 - shows QoS classes configured
 - shows QoS classes/policices configured per vlan
 - shows ppf details
 - shows QoS classes configured in hardware
 - shows the QoS DSCP/dot1p policy configured for a vlan in HW
 - shows QoS DSCP/dot1p policy summary
 - shows QoS DSCP/dot1p policy in detail
 - shows T2 TCAM entries for specified group
 - shows QoS counters on each port
 - shows QoS counters on each port (internal)
 - shows QoS counters for each class for all ports

MCP CLI
 - shows the edge port config on the HIF (FEX) ports, the internal VLAN mapping and the STP TCN packet statistics received on the fabric ports
 - shows mcp information by interface
 - shows stats for all interfaces
 - shows mcp information per vlan
 - shows stats for all vlans
 - shows mcp information per msti region
 - shows stats for all msti regions

iTraceroute CLI
 - node traceroute
 - Tenant traceroute for vlan encapped source EP
 - Tenant traceroute for vxlan encapped source EP

ELAM Setup and debugging (follow commands in order)
 - starts ELAM on given ASIC
 - sets trigger for ELAM
 - sets source and destination mac addresses
 - Starts capture
 - shows capture status
 - shows report of the capture

VMM Troubleshooting
 - shows VM controllers and their attributes such as IP/hostname, state, model, serial number
 - shows hypervisor inventory of given VM controller



TOR Sync Troubleshooting







 - can see which VLAN is learn disable
 - can see which VLAN is learn disable
 - see if timer is attached on the VLAN/vrf



OpFlex Debugging
 - shows if OpFlex is online (status = 12 means OpFlex is online, remoteIP is anycast IP, intra vlan is vlan used by VTEP, FTEP IP is the iLeaf's IP)
 - check if DPA is running

 - uplinks and vtep should be in forwarding state. PC-LTL of uplink port should be non-zero
 - Check port channel type
 - if port channel type is LACP, can use this command to see the individual uplink LACP state
 - verify if the VTEP received a valid DHCP IP address

SPAN Debugging


BPDU Debugging
 - shows if BPDU Guard/Filter is enabled or disabled
 - check if the bpdu-drop stats are incrementing on the uplinks/virtual ports

VEM Misc Commands
 - show channel status
 - check port status
 - check per EPG flood lists
 - check vLeaf multicast membership
 - show packet stats
 - show packet counters

 - debug vxlan packet path
 - debug vxlan packet path
 - show above logging output









FEX Troubleshooting
 - shows all FEXs and their states
 - gives detailed stats of given FEX
 - gives environmental stats of FEX
 
 - shows FEX version
 - shows FEX fabric interface information
 - shows logging information for FEX
 - shows transceiver information for FEX
 - show FEX reset reason
 - shows FEX module information
 - shows debugging information and you can grep to find what you want
 - use to find out which service is failing the sequence and you can debug that process further