The Course Name: SPCORE – Implementing Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Core Network Services

The Duration: 5 Days

The Overview:

The purpose of this course is to teach participants how to  prepare for the SPCORE exam required for the new CCNP-SP certification.

What You Will Learn:

•      Features of MPLS and how MPLS labels are assigned and distributed
•      Requirements for traffic engineering in modern networks that must attain optimal resource utilization
•      QoS and the need to implement it
•      How to classify and mark network traffic to implement an administrative policy requiring QoS
•      Cisco QoS queuing mechanisms used to manage network congestion
•      Traffic policing and shaping, including token bucket, dual token bucket, and dual-rate policing

The Course Index:

1. MPLS

•       Basics
  • Concepts
  • Labels
  • Applications
•       Running Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
  • LDP Process
  • Forming Label Switched Path
  • MPLS Convergence
  • Platform Switching Mechanisms
•       Implementing MPLS in the Service Provider Core
  • Configure MPLS
  • Monitor MPLS
  • Troubleshoot MPLS

2. MPLS TE

•       Basics
  • Concepts
  • Components
  • Process
•       Running MPLS TE
  • Constraint-Based Path Computation
  • Path Setup and Maintenance
  • Assigning Traffic to Traffic Tunnels BGP Confederations
•       Implementing MPLS TE
  • MPLS TE Configuration
  • MPLS TE Path Selection
  • MPLS TE Process
•       Protecting MPLS TE Traffic
  • Link and Node Protection
  • MPLS TE Bandwidth Control

3. QoS in the Service Provider Network

•       Understanding QoS
  • Models for Implementing QoS
•       Implementing Cisco QoS and QoS Mechanisms
  • QoS Mechanisms
  • Implementing QoS
  • QoS in Service Provider Environment
•       Implementing MPLS Support for QoS
  • MPLS QoS
  • MPLS DiffServ QoS Models

4. QoS Classification and Marking

•       Using the Modular QoS CLI (MQC)
  • Using MQC for Classification
  • Using MQC for Class-Based Marking
•       Implementing Advanced QoS Techniques
  • Network-Based Application Recognition
  • QoS Tunneling Techniques
  • QoS Policy Propagation via BGP
  • Hierarchical QoS

5. QoS Congestion Management and Avoidance

•       Managing Congestion
  • Queuing
  • Queuing Implementations
  • Configuring Class-Based Weighted Fair Queueing (CBWFQ)
  • Configuring Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)
•       Implementing Congestion Avoidance
  • Congestion Avoidance
  • Random Early Detection (RED)
  • Configuring Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)

6. QoS Traffic Policing and Shaping

•       Implementing Traffic Policing
  • Class-Based Policing
  • Local Packet Transport Services
•       Implementing Traffic Shaping
  • Class-Based Shaping

Labs:

Lab 1: Implement MPLS in the Service Provider Core

Lab 2: Implement MPLS TE

Lab 3: Use QoS Mechanisms

Lab 4: Implement MPLS Support for QoS

Lab 5: Implement Classification and Marking

Lab 6: Implement Queuing

Lab 7: Implement Congestion Avoidance

Lab 8: Implement Traffic Policing

Lab 9: Implement Traffic Shaping