Telemetry Ingestion Solution Guide

This solution guide explains how to ingest telemetry from Cisco IOS XR and IOS XE routers for visualization in Provider Connectivity Assurance.

This material is intended to assist users who want to set up and leverage Provider Connectivity Assurance to ingest the default, out-of-the-box Model Driven Telemetry metrics from IOS-XR and IOS-XE routers.

The following topics are covered:

• Telemetry Collection: What is Telemetry collection, and why is it essential?
• Solution Architecture: Familiarize yourself with how the solution works
• Default Out-Of-The-Box Telemetry Metrics: Overview of the specific sensor paths and ingested metrics
• Capacity Planning and Compute Requirements: Understand how much data a Telemetry Collector can handle
• Router Connectivity: Understand gNMI Dial In versus MDT Dial Out connectivity options
• Licensing Mode: Use this tool to measure a single router's objects and extrapolate total license requirements.
• Deployment Instructions: Give it a try yourself (in a non-production environment) using the instructions below.

Deployment Instructions

Step 1: Preparing a lab environment

Ensure you have the right environment, tools and components to try out ingesting default telemetry from IOS-XR and IOS-XE devices.

Step 2: Configuration and Deployment of the default IOS Telemetry collectors

Create, deploy and configure the components to build a data ingestion pipeline for default telemetry data from your IOS XR and XE device(s).

Step 3: Enabling Data in Provider Connectivity Assurance

Enable your data in Provider Connectivity Assurance.