
Debugging an issue by reloading the chassis

Debugging an issue by reloading the chassis

When you ask for more budget to bring the lab up to date with current equipment

When the TAC engineer asks if they can help you with anything else during a P1 ticket

Going over the Errata in the Release Notes

Pager duty on New Years Eve

Explaining the TCP 3-way handshake to the younger generation

When you hear Sales say “Sure, we can handle that volume of CDN traffic”

Going through your mailbox after a RIPE meeting

Vendor’s account rep dismissing the bugs you reported

Explaining your traffic volume forecast to the group

Disabling AS-PATH loop detection

Bugfixing IOS XR

Trusting the network automation

When IOS XR commits, but does not apply, the new configuration.

Incident response when that useless coworker is on-call

Figuring out IOS XR umbrella-SMU superseding paths

“admin install abort” during an IOS XR upgrade

CTO bragging about his programming skills

The periodic routing policy configuration cleanup

When you try to debug the debug-environment itself but real bugs also come into play

When you back a friend’s rebuttal on a public IPv6 mailing list

How the incumbent perceives over-the-top video streaming services

When you lock yourself out by loading jinstall-X-export-signed.tgz instead of jinstall-X-domestic-signed.tgz