• Deploying Cisco Service Provider Advanced Network Routing (SPADVROUTE) 1.2
• Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing (SPROUTE) 1.2
• Implementing Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Core Network Services (SPCORE) 1.2 (CS-SPCORE)
• Implementing Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Edge Network Services (SPEDGE) 1.2 (CS-SPEDGE)

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to: 

• Describe the VPN technologies that are used in the service provider environment and the MPLS VPN peer-to-peer architecture
• Describe the implementation steps that are needed to provide MPLS Layer 3 VPN service in the service provider network
• Describe how the MPLS Layer 3 VPN model can be used to implement managed services and Internet access
• Describe MPLS solutions for IPv6 and interdomain communication.
• Describe Layer 2 VPNs and Ethernet services
• 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
• 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.