Cisco Advanced Services: Network Infrastructure

• Field experience using the IOS command line interface (CLI) to configure, maintain and troubleshoot Cisco routers as this course is lab-intensive.
• Cisco IOS, routing fundamentals and IP addressing knowledge as covered in ICND (Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices) course, or equivalent experience. CCNA certification is the preferred source to gain this knowledge.
• TCP/IP network design knowledge

After completing this course the student should be able to:

• Given a large network design, identify the critical factors for scalability
• Implement an IGP, such as OSPF, into a large scale multi-layer network using best current practices for scalability
• Implement BGP into a large scale multi-layer network using best current practices for scalability
• Control routing policy by influencing the BGP path selection process using route maps and prefix lists
• Implement multihoming strategies
• Implement and verify MPLS functionality in a large scale multi-layer network
• Implement and verify MPLS VPN connectivity in intra-AS environments
• Implement and verify MPLS Traffic Engineering practices
• Characterize the features and requirements for implementation of Layer 2 VPNs (Any Transport over MPLS)

This workshop uses a combination of lecture, white papers, and hands-on laboratory exercises to teach participants how to design, deploy, and maintain an Internet Service Provider (ISP) backbone. It is focused on the operational design and scaling principles of routing protocols used in large-scale networks. The premise of the workshop is to provide adequate hands-on practice with techniques used in implementing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and MPLS in an ISP network so that students learn the techniques and can use them in their production network.

• ISP Network Design
• Navigating the Lab
• Implementing OSPF
• Implementing BGP
• Scaling BGP
• Implementing BGP Policy Control
• ISP Case Study: PIPEX
• Implementing MPLS
• Implementing MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Implementing MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)
• AToM and L2VPNs