Explore the state of SRv6 and how it enhances all Segment Routing MPLS capabilities.

Simple

Segment Routing provides complete control over the forwarding paths by combining simple network instructions. It does not require any additional protocol. Indeed in some cases it removes unnecessary protocols simplifying your network.

Scalable

Segment routing does not require any path signaling. Hence, per-flow state only needs to be maintained at the ingress node of the SR domain increasing your network flexibility while reducing cost.

Seamless deployment

Segment Routing runs natively on an MPLS or IPv6 data plane. A simple software upgrade will enable your hardware to run it. Also, Segment Routing can coexist with your existing LDP network, making the migration painless.

Segment Routing will boost your business in 5 key ways

Segment Routing emerged as a new technology in 2013 and has made a huge impact with service providers, hyper-scale web providers and large enterprises. As a key enabler for the transformation all networks must go through in the future, it’s no wonder that adoption is growing exponentially. But what will it actually do for your business?

Simplify your network

Removing protocols and making network operations easier means Segment Routing is your fast track to network simplification.

Make the network more robust

With Segment Routing, your network is more resilient. Whenever and wherever a node or a link fails in the network, connectivity is restored in under 50 milliseconds!

Squeeze more out of your network

Hyperscale cloud providers have learned that by dynamically rerouting traffic, they can reach an overall capacity utilization of 80 percent or more.

Release innovation

Segment Routing powers two vital network services:low-latency and disjointness.

Offer new levels of customer satisfaction

With an efficient network structure, you have a strong foundation on which to offer a best-in-class end-user experience.

“Segment Routing is fundamental for today’s reality, which requires on-demand services as well as exponential bandwidth growth. Streamlining the IP protocols stack in order to provide a simplified service assurance support model for day-to-day is the key benefit.”

Bell Canada’s Technical Fellow Daniel Voyer

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Segment Routing book series

Part I by Clarence Filsfils, Kris Michielsen and Ketan Talaulikar walks the reader through the journey that led to the invention Segment Routing. Besides describing the SR functionalities, it also describes the intuition behind the key concepts and explains why it was designed this way.

Available on Amazon as paperback or Kindle editions.