Tutorial: Google gNOI Operation Demo – Using gNOI capabilities to simplify software upgrade use case

Software upgrades have always been a critical component of Network Operations and there are many methods used in the industry for this purpose. With networks deploying routers from different vendors, the scale and complexity of these software upgrade methods are multiplied. Add to that, the recent trends towards a CI/CD model for networks, the software upgrade process becomes a routine task compared to a once in a year or couple of years exercise.

Saju Salahudeen, a Principal Consulting Engineer at Nokia, will talk about the current challenges for software upgrade and introduce gNOI which is a standards based gRPC service developed by Google for performing operations on a router. During this session, we will look at the different RPCs supported by gNOI with focus on the software upgrade use case. This will be followed by a demo of a software upgrade using gNOI.

Saju Salahudeen: Saju Salahudeen is a Principal Consulting Engineer for IP Networks at Nokia and a member of NANOG Education Committee. He has 17 years of experience in the Telecom industry with 12 years in IP Networking and Multi-Vendor Network Automation. In his current role, his focus area is to help Webscale networks adapt to the current and future demands of the industry. Prior to this, he was a Senior Sales Engineer for IP and Network Automation at Nokia. Saju was born in India, studied in Dubai and now resides in Toronto, Canada.

Speaker: Saju Salahudeen