Element and Domain Managers

Question 1

what is VTS

Answer 1

VXLAN overlay provisioning and MGMT system in data centers

Question 2

what is Nexus Data Broker

Answer 2

highly scalable tap system for Nexus switches

Question 3

what NDB replaces

Answer 3

dedicated matrix switches by using standard N3k or N9k

Question 4

what are the core component of NDB

Answer 4

switches, NDB controller

Question 5

how NDB controller talks to switches

Answer 5

by using NX-API or OpenFlow

Question 6

what is NSO

Answer 6

orchestration tool for SPs that decouples services from devices

Question 7

what are three components of NSO

Answer 7

service manager, device manager and NEDs

Question 8

NSO is fail-safe meaning

Answer 8

network recovers from failed changes and changes are atomic

Question 9

NSO is real-time meaning

Answer 9

NSO maintains an accurate and synchronized copy of the network configuration state.

Question 10

how WAE collects info from network

Answer 10

using BGP-LS

Question 11

how WAE and NSO live together

Answer 11

WAE advises and NSO executes intent

Question 12

what is WAE

Answer 12

model driven path analysis and computation engine

Question 13

what WAE does

Answer 13

enables programmatic traffic engineering

Question 14

what can WAE do

Answer 14

simulate, optimize and active traffic paths

Question 15

what new services WAE offers

Answer 15

global load balancing, bw calendaring, bw on demand, premium network routing