The Course Name: SPROUTE â Â Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing
The Duration: 5 Days
The Overview:
The purpose of this course is to teach students how to  prepare for the SPROUTE exam required for the new CCNP-SP certification.
What You Will Learn:
- Service provider routing protocols
- How to implement OSPF in the service provider network
- How to implement integrated IS-IS in the service provider network
- How to implement BGP in the service provider network
- Routing protocol pools and route manipulation
- Outputs are updated with the latest IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR versions
The Course Index:
- Service Provider Routing
- Understanding Service Provider Routing Protocols
- Cisco IP NGN Architecture
- Overview of Routing Protocols
- Interior Gateway Protocols
- Overview of OSPF
- Overview of IS-IS
- BGP Overview
- Implement OSPF in the Service Provider Network
- Introducing OSPF Routing
- OSPF in the Cisco IP NGN Architecture
- OSPF and OSPFv3 Key Characteristics
- Structure of OSPF Network
- Hierarchical Structure of OSPF in a Service Provider Environment
- OSPF LSA Types
- OSPF Operation
- OSPF Best Path Calculation
- OSPF Metric
- Building the LSDB
- LSA Operation
- OSPF Link-State Database
- OSPF Intra-Area Routing
- OSPF Inter-Area Routing
- OSPF External Routes
- OSPF Virtual Link
- Interpreting OSPF Routes in the Routing Table
- Calculating Costs for E1 and E2 OSPF Routes
- OSPF LSDB Overload Protection
- Â Â Â Â Â Â Understanding OSPF Operation
- OSPF Functions
- OSPF Packet Format
- OSPF Packet Types
- OSPF Neighbor States
- OSPF Link-State Flooding
- Debug OSPF Packets
- OSPF Network Types
- IPv6 Support for OSPF Modes
- Â Â Â Â Â Â Implementing OSPF Routing
- Implement OSPF
- Verifying Basic OSPF
- OSPF Virtual Links
- Cisco Nonstop Forwarding
- Cisco Nonstop Routing
- Cisco NSF and NSR for OSPF
- Graceful Restart for OSPFv3
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
- OSPF Authentication Overview
- Â Â Â Â Â Â Implementing OSPF Special Area Types
- OSPF Summarization
- OSPF Interarea Route Summarization
- OSPF External Route Summarization
- Default Routes in OSPF
- OSPF Area Types
- OSPF Router and LSA Types
- OSPF Stub Area and Totally Stubby Area
- OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area and Totally Not-So-Stubby Area
- OSPF Summarization
- Implement Integrated IS-IS in the Service Provider Network
- Introducing IS-IS Routing
- IS-IS in the Cisco IP NGN
- Integrated IS-IS Routing
- Integrated IS-IS Design Principles
- Similarities Between IS-IS and OSPF
- IS-IS Addressing
- IS-IS Router Types
- IS-IS Routing Logic
- Asymmetric IS-IS Routing
- Symmetric IS-IS Routing
- IS-IS Packets
- Integrated IS-IS for IPv6
- IS-IS Network Types
- IS-IS Operations
- IS-IS LSP Flooding
- IS-IS LSDB Synchronization
- IS-IS Adjacencies
- IS-IS Single Topology Restrictions
- Multitopology IS-IS for IPv6
- Implementing Integrated IS-IS Routing
- Implement OSI Area Routing
- Implement IS-IS Routing
- Optimizing the IS-IS Processes
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for IS-IS
- Nonstop Forwarding for IS-IS
- IP Route Summarization Configurations in IS-IS Networks
- Verification of IS-IS
- Troubleshooting IS-IS Commands
- Configuring IS-IS to Support IPv6
- Implement BGP in the Service Provider Network
- Enterprise Connectivity to Service Providers
- Enterprise Connectivity Requirements
- Routing Method Selection
- Connection Options
- Single-Homed Enterprises
- Dual-Homed Enterprises
- Multihomed Enterprises
- Dual-Multihomed Enterprises
- Introducing BGP Routing
- BGP Terminology
- Autonomous System and BGP
- BGP Routing Between Autonomous Systems
- BGP Path Vector Functionality
- BGP Routing Policies
- BGP Features
- BGP Databases
- BGP Message Types
- Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP4
- MPLS VPN Overview
- Implementing Basic BGP Routing
- Planning for BGP
- Configure Basic EBGP
- Advertising BGP Networks
- Configure Basic IBGP
- Full-Mesh IBGP
- BGP Support for IPv6
- Shutting Down a BGP Neighbor
- BGP Next-Hop Behavior
- BGP Next Hop Self
- Cisco IOS XR BGP Configuration Templates
- BGP Neighbor States
- BGP Neighbor Authentication
- Clearing the BGP Session
- Monitoring BGP Routes
- BGP Path Selection
- BGP Route Selection Decision Process
- BGP Weight Attribute
- BGP Local Preference Attribute
- BGP AS Path Attribute
- BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator Attribute
- Routing Protocol Tools and Route Manipulation
- Introducing Routing Protocol Tools
- Routing Protocol Tools Overview
- Example: OSPF Filtering
- Example: BGP Filtering
- Route Filtering Tools
- Prefix Lists Overview
- Prefix List Syntax in Cisco IOS or IOS XE Software
- AS Path-Based Filtering
- AS Path Access List Syntax in Cisco IOS or IOS XE Software
- Regular Expressions, Special Characters
- Commonly Used Regular Expressions
- AS Path Access List Examples
- Routing Protocol Tools Overview
- Introducing Route Maps and Routing Policy Language
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- Route Maps Overview
- Route Map Processing
- Route Maps Syntax
- Routing Policy Language
- RPL Conditions
- RPL Operators
- RPL Boolean Operators
- RPL Nesting
- RPL Setting Attributes and Parameters
- RPL Setting BGP Attributes and Parameters
- RPL Setting OSPF and IS-IS Parameters
- RPL Parameterization
- Applying Routing Policies
- Maintaining Routing Policies
- Value Sets
- AS Path Sets
- Standard Community Sets
- Prefix Sets
- Monitoring Routing Policies
- Testing Routing Policies
- Translating Route Maps to Routing Policies
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- Implementing Route Redistribution
- The Need for Redistribution
- Route Redistribution
- Using Seed Metrics in Route Redistribution
- Default Seed Metrics in Route Redistribution
- One-Point Route Redistribution
- Multipoint Route Redistribution
- Route Redistribution Techniques
- Redistribution Implementation Considerations
- Implement Redistribution
- Redistribution into OSPF
- Redistribution into IS-IS
- Redistribution into BGP
- Administrative Distance
- Modifying OSPF Administrative Distance
- Modifying IS-IS and BGP Administrative Distance
- Redistribution to Prevent Routing Loops
- Influencing BGP Route Selection
- BGP Weight
- Configuring Per-Neighbor Weights
- Changing Weights with RPLs or Route Maps
- BGP Weight Attachment Points
- BGP Local Preference
- Changing Local Preference
- Monitoring Local Preference
- AS Path Prepending
- AS Path Prepending Design Considerations
- AS Path Filtering Concerns: AS Path Prepending
- BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
- BGP Communities
- Steps for Designing a BGP solution around BGP communities
- BGP Named Community Lists
- BGP Support for Sequenced Entries in Extended Community Lists
- Matching BGP Communities
- Monitoring BGP Communities
- BGP Weight
Labs:
Lab 1: Implement OSPF Routing
Lab 2: Implement OSPF Special Area Types
Lab 3: Implement Integrated IS-IS Routing
Lab 4: Implement Basic BGP Routing
Lab 5: Implement Route Redistribution
Lab 6: Influence BGP Route Selection