The Course Name: Cisco Service Provider Advanced Technologies

The Course Duration: 70 Hours / 10 days

Notes:

1. The following topics are not included (can be included by customer request):

• IPv6 in MPLS Environment
• MPLS QoS
• MPLS OAM
• IOS XR Route Policy Language
• IOS XR Flexible CLI

2. All the labs are going to be done using IOS-XR (IOS-XE can be added by customer request)

  The Course Index:

Module 1: IP Fundamentals

• OSI and TCP/IP Refresher
• Internet Protocol and IP Addressing
• Service Protocols (ARP, ICMP, etc.)
• Understanding Ethernet Operations. Spanning-Tree Protocols
• IEEE 802.1Q and 802.1ad
• The principles of IP Routing
• Understanding Service Provider Routing Protocols
• Cisco IP NGN Architecture

Module 2: Implementing OSPF in Service Provider Network

Part 1: OSPF Fundamentals

• Introducing OSPF Routing
• OSPF Hierarchy
• OSPF Neighbor Adjacencies
• OSPF Packet Format
• OSPF Packet Types
• OSPF Neighbor States
• OSPF Best Path Calculation
• OSPF Authentication

Part 2: OSPF Advanced Features

• Building the LSDB
• OSPF LSA Types
• OSPF Special Areas
• OSPF Intra-Area Routing
• OSPF Inter-Area Routing
• OSPF External Routes
• Default Routes in OSPF
• OSPF Route Summarization
• OSPF Virtual Link
• Nonstop Forwarding
• Nonstop Routing
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
• OSPF LSDB Overload Protection
• OSPF Troubleshooting

Module 3: Implementing IS-IS in Service Provider Network

Part 1: IS-IS Fundamentals

• Introducing IS-IS Routing
• IS-IS Addressing
• IS-IS Router Types
• IS-IS Routing Logic
• Asymmetric IS-IS Routing
• Symmetric IS-IS Routing
• IS-IS Adjacencies
• IS-IS Packets
• IS-IS Network Types
• IS-IS LSP Flooding
• IS-IS LSDB Synchronization

Part 2: IS-IS Advanced Features

• Single and Multi Topologies IS-IS
• IP Route Summarization
• Optimizing the IS-IS Processes
• Nonstop Forwarding
• Nonstop Routing
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
• Troubleshooting IS-IS

Module 3: Implementing BGP in Service Provider Network

Part 1: BGP Fundamentals

• Introduction to Border Gateway Protocol
• BGP Attributes
• Transit Networks. IBGP and EBGP
• BGP Path Selection
• Outbound Traffic Path Influence. Weight and Local Preference
• Inbound Traffic Path Influence. MED and AS-PATH Prepending
• Role of BGP Communities

Part 2: BGP Scalability

• Route Propagation in Service Provider Networks. BGP NLRI
• BGP Confederations
• BGP Route Reflectors
• Hierarchical Route Reflector design
• Need for MP-BGP. AFI/SAFI

Part 3: BGP Optimization

• Implementing Advanced BGP Operations
• BGP Security Options
• BGP Optimization Options
• Improving BGP Convergence
• BGP Timers and Intervals
• BGP Route Dampening
• Path MTU Discovery
• Bidiractional Forwarding Detection for BGP
• Improving BGP Configuration Scalability
• BGP Peer Groups and Templates
• Troubleshooting BGP

Module 4: IP Network Services

• Cisco IP NGN Architecture Refresher
• Explaining the Network Services
• Understanding Point-to-Point Protocol
• The Need for PPPoE
• Understanding AAA using RADIUS
• IP Tunneling Technologies

L3 P2P Tunnels Using GRE

L3 MP2MP Tunnels Using mGRE

Pseudowires-over-IP Using L2TPv3

• Introduction to Deep Packet Inspection

Module 5: MPLS Fundamentals

• MPLS Concept
• MPLS Services
• MPLS Labels and Label Stacks
• Label Distribution Protocol
• Label Switched Path
• MPLS Convergence
• MPLS Operations
• MPLS Basic Configuration and Troubleshooting

Module 6: MPLS Traffci Engineering

• MPLS TE Components
• MPLS TE Traffic Tunnel and Link Resource Attributes
• Constraint-Based Path Computation
• Forwarding Traffic to a Tunnel
• Autoroute and Forwarding Adjacency
• Protecting MPLS TE Traffic
• MPLS TE FRR
• MPLS TE Autotunnels
• BFD over MPLS TE LSPs
• MPLS TE Bandwidth Control
• DiffServ-Aware Traffic Engineering
• Maximum Allocation (MAM) and Russian Dolls (RDM) Models

Module 7: MPLS L3 VPN

• Introducing MPLS L3 VPN
• VRF Tables and VPN-Aware Routing Protocols
• Route Distinguishers and Route Targets
• Implementing MPLS L3 VPN Backbone
• PE-CE Routing
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using OSPF
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using BGP
• BGP Exchange with Multi-Homed Sites
• Overlapping VPNs
• Central Services VPN
• Implementing Internet Access

Module 8: MPLS Inter-Domain Solutions

• Inter-AS Design Principles
• Inter-AS Options A, B, С and AB
• Carrier Supporting Carrier Overview
• CSC Using IGP and LDP
• CSC Using MP-EBGP

Module 9: MPLS L2 VPN

• Introducing L2 VPN
• L2TPv3 Refresher
• MPLS L2 VPN Overview
• Metro Ethernet Forum Service Types
• MPLS P2P VPN Using L2 Pseudowire
• MPLS MP2MP VPN Using VPLS
• VPLS MP-BGP Autodiscovery
• Enhancing Layer 2 VPN Scalability With H-VPLS
• Understanding EVPN
• PBB-EVPN Overview
• IRB-EVPN Overview
• Understanding VXLAN-EVPN

Module 10: Segmented Routing Fundamentals

• Introduction to Segment Routing
• Segment Routing Traffic Engineering With IS-IS
• Segment Routing Traffic Engineering With OSPF
• BGP Dynamic Segment Routing Traffic Engineering
• Dynamic Path Computation