Who should attend
- Customer support engineers
- Field engineers
- Network engineers
- Network consulting engineers
Prerequisites
Before enrolling in this course, you should have knowledge in the following areas:
- Knowledge of general networking concepts
- Experience working with command-line interface (CLI)-based network devices
- Basic understanding of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- Familiarity with service provider architectures
The following Cisco course may help you meet these prerequisites:
Course Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe mobile network architecture basics
- List enabling technologies for 5G and describe 5G key use cases
- Perform basic operations on a Cisco 5G NSA mobile packet core
- Describe the Cisco 5G Converged SDN Transport Architecture
- Describe Cisco NFVI and perform basic operations using Cisco ESC and Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM)
- Describe Cisco service provider automation and orchestration solutions to deploy and manage 5G network functions
- Describe the Cisco Ultra Cloud Core architecture and deploy the Cisco SMI
- Explain the 5G ready distributed Telco DC with Cisco ACI solution
- Describe the Cisco 5G security architecture
Detailed Course Outline
Mobile Network Fundamentals
- 5G Key Use Cases
- Examining Mobile Network Components
Enabling Technologies for 5G
- Introduction to 5G NR Characteristics
- Cloud Radio Access network (RAN)
Cisco 5G NSA Solution
- 5G NSA Basics
- 5G NSA StarOS Configurations
Cisco 5G Converged SDN Transport Architecture
- Cisco 5G Transport Ready Devices
- Application Awareness and Network Slicing with Segment Routing
Cisco NFV Infrastructure, Cisco Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs), Cisco VIM, and Cisco ESC
- NFVI and SDN Architecture Overview
- Cisco VIM Pod Configurations
Cisco Service Provider Automation and Orchestration
- Telemetry Basics
- ZTP Fundamentals
Cisco Ultra Cloud Core
- Cisco Ultra Cloud Core Basics
- Kubernetes and Docker Fundamentals
5G Ready Distributed DC with Cisco ACI
- Cisco ACI in Telco Data Centers
- 5GC Deployment
Mitigating Threats in 5G
- Introduction to 5G Cybersecurity Risks
- Mitigating 5G Cybersecurity Risks