Re: Large prefix lists/sets on IOS-XR

[Andrian Visnevschi via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

Two options:
- gRPC
- Netconf

You can use tools like paramiko,netmiko or napalm that are widely used
to programmatically configure and manage your XR router.


On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 2:24 AM Joshua Miller <contemno () gmail com> wrote:

> Netconf is really nice for atomic changes to network devices, though it
> would still take some time for the device to process such a large change.
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:05 PM Sander Steffann <sander () steffann nl> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is the best/most efficient/most convenient way to push large prefix
> > lists or sets to an XR router for BGP prefix filtering? Pushing thousands
> > of lines through the CLI seems foolish, I tried using the load command but
> > it seems horribly slow. What am I missing? :)
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Sander
> >
> > ---
> > for every complex problem, there’s a solution that is simple, neat, and
> > wrong

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*Cheers,*

*Andrian Visnevschi*