Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the student will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Identify the typical routing requirements and list the routing protocols in service provider networks
• Describe steps needed to implement OSPF in the service provider network
• Describe the importance of the Integrated IS-IS routing protocol for internal routing and list the steps in implementing Integrated IS-IS into the service provider network
• Implement BGP to connect an enterprise to a service provider, and a service provider to an upstream service provider
• Describe tools used for routing protocol manipulation, route redistribution, and BGP route selection
• Configure the provider network to support multiple BGP connections with customers and other autonomous systems
• Describe common routing and addressing scalability issues in the provider network
• Describe available BGP tools and features to secure and optimize the BGP routing protocol in a service provider environment
• Introduce IP multicast services and the technologies that are present in IP multicasting
• Introduce PIM-SM as the most current scalable IP multicast routing protocol
• Describe service provider IPv6 transition implementations
• Describe the features of MPLS, and how MPLS labels are assigned and distributed
• Discuss the requirement for traffic engineering in modern networks that must attain optimal resource utilization
• Introduce the concept of QoS and explain the need to implement QoS
• Classify and mark network traffic to implement an administrative policy requiring QoS
• Introduce different Cisco QoS queuing mechanisms used to manage network congestion
• Introduce the concept of traffic policing and shaping, including token bucket, dual token bucket, and dual-rate policing
• Introduce the VPN technologies that are used in the service provider environment and the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN peer-to-peer architecture
• Describe the implementation steps that are needed to provide MPLS Layer 3 VPN service in service provider networks
• Describe how the MPLS Layer 3 VPN model can be used to implement managed services and Internet access
• Describe Layer 2 VPNs and Ethernet services

 

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Cisco Certified Network Associate - Service Provider Course (CCNA Service Provider)

Course Outline

SPROUTE:

• Service Provider Routing
• Implementing OSPF in the Service Provider Network
• IS-IS
• Routing Protocol Tools and Route Manipulation
  

SPADVROUTE:

• Service Provider Connectivity with BGP
• Scaling Service Provider Networks
• Secure and Optimize BGP Multicast
• Intradomain and Interdomain Multicast Routing
• Service Provider IPv6 Transition Implementations

SPCORE:

• MPLS
• MPLS TE
• QoS in the Service Provider Network
• QoS Classification and Marking
• QoS Congestion Management and Avoidance
• QoS Traffic Policing and Shaping

SPEDGE:

• VPN Technologies
• MPLS Layer 3 VPNs
• Complex MPLS Layer 3 VPNs
• Layer 2 VPNs and Ethernet Services

Intended Audience

This course is intended primarily for network administrators, network engineers, network managers, and systems engineers who would like to implement IP routing in service provider environments, MPLS and MPLS TE in the core portion of service provider environments, and ensure QoS in the service provider backbone, implement MPLS VPN service in their networks. This course is also recommended to all individuals preparing for Cisco CCNP SP certification.