Course Information

About this course:

This course introduces you to the Cisco IOS® XR Software operating system covering its features and functions. You will also learn the fundamental concepts on which the operating system is based, as well as Cisco IOS XR basic operations, system administration, and troubleshooting.

Virtual instructor lead training and hands-on labs will help you understand all the major aspects of Cisco IOS XR, including the architecture, Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) services, Network Time Protocol (NTP) configuration, high-availability components, scalability features, configuration basics, basic software operations, configuration file overview packet filtering, and management plane protection. The course will also teach you to monitor the Cisco IOS XR operating system, and to work with error messages and core dumps.

Course Objective:

You will develop the following skills after completing this course:

• Describe the Cisco IOS XR Software architecture, high availability components, and scalability features
• Configure AAA services
• Configure NTP
• Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), telemetry, and logging
• Configure routing protocols
• Monitor processes
• Use error messages and core dumps
• Perform basic configurations on a Cisco IOS XR router
• Describe Cisco IOS XR Software operations
• Describe the configuration file system
• Perform Cisco IOS XR Software installations

Audience:

• Network administrators
• Solution designers
• System installers, integrators, and administrators

Prerequisite:

You should have the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:

• Knowledge of general routing concepts
• Experience working with CLI–based network devices