Who should attend
- Network Administrators
- Network Engineers
- Network Managers
- System Engineers
- Project Managers
- Network Designers
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:
- Intermediate knowledge of Cisco IOS or IOS XE
- Familiarity with Cisco IOS or IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR software configuration
- Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 transmission control protocol (TCP)/IP networking
- Intermediate knowledge of IP routing protocols
- Understanding of MPLS technologies
- Familiarity with VPN technologies
These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:
Course Objectives
- Describe the service provider network architectures, concepts, and transport technologies
- Describe the Cisco IOS software architectures, main internetwork operating system (IOS) types, and their differences
- Implement open shortest path first (OSPF) in the service provider network
- Implement integrated intermediate system to intermediate system (IS-IS) in the service provider network
- Implement border gateway protocol (BGP) routing in service provider environments
- Implement route maps and routing policy language
- Describe IPv6 transition mechanisms used in the service provider networks
- Implement high availability mechanisms in Cisco IOS XR software
- Implement traffic engineering in modern service provider networks for optimal resource utilization
- Describe segment routing and segment routing traffic engineering concepts
- Describe the virtual private network (VPN) technologies used in the service provider environment
- Configure and verify multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) L2VPN in service provider environments
- Configure and verify MPLS L3VPN in service provider environments
- Implement IP multicast services
- Describe the QoS architecture and QoS benefits for service provider networks
- Implement QoS in service provider environment
- Implement control plane security in Cisco devices
- Implement management plane security in Cisco devices
- Implement data plane security in Cisco devices
- Describe the YANG data modeling language
- Implement automation and assurance tools and protocols
- Describe the role of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) in service provider environments
- Implement virtualization technologies in service provider environment
Detailed Course Outline
- Describing Service Provider Network Architectures
- Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures
- Implementing OSPF for Cisco IOS XR
- Implementing IS-IS for Cisco IOS XR
- Implementing BGP in Service Provider Network
- Implementing Route Maps and RPL
- Transitioning to IPv6 for Cisco IOS XR and IOS XE
- Implementing High Availability in Networking
- Implementing MPLS for Cisco IOS XR
- Implementing Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering
- Describing Segment Routing
- Describing VPN Services
- Configuring L2VPN Services
- Configuring L3VPN Services
- Implementing Multicast for Cisco IOS XR
- Describing QoS Architecture
- Implementing QoS for Cisco IOS XR
- Implementing Control Plane Security
- Implementing Management Plane Security
- Implementing Data Plane Security
- Introducing Network Programmability
- Implementing Automation and Assurance
- Introducing Cisco NSO
- Implementing Virtualization in Service Provider Environment