Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS v3.0)

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$3,695.00 USD

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5 Days

Cisco Learning Credit (CLC) Eligible

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Course Overview

The Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) v3.0 is a five-day course that is designed to help students prepare for MPLS exam. This update to the course reflects the most-recent developments in network design and technologies, using real-world scenarios to help reinforce the learning of key objectives. Enterprises and service providers face many challenges in terms of customer demand, including an ongoing need for value-added services. Conventional IP packet forwarding has several limitations, and more and more enterprise and service providers realize that something else is needed. Not only they must be concerned with protecting their existing infrastructure, but they must also find ways to generate new services that are not currently supportable using existing technologies. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a high-performance method for forwarding packets through a network. MPLS enables routers at the edge of a network to apply simple labels to packets. This practice allows the edge devices to switch packets according to labels, with minimal lookup overhead. MPLS integrates the performance and traffic-management capabilities of data link Layer 2 with the scalability and flexibility of network Layer 3 routing. When used in conjunction with other standard technologies, MPLS gives the ability to support value-added features.

Course Objectives

Describe the features of MPLS

Describe how MPLS labels are assigned and distributed

Configure and troubleshoot frame-mode MPLS on Cisco IOS platforms

Describe the MPLS peer-to-peer architecture and explain the routing and packet-forwarding model in this architecture

Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot VPN operations

Describe how the MPLS VPN model can be used to implement managed services and Internet access

Describe the various Internet access implementations that are available and the benefits and drawbacks of each model

Describe the tasks and commands that are necessary to implement MPLS TE

Who Should Attend?

The primary audience for this course is as follows: This course is intended primarily for network administrators, network engineers, network managers and systems engineers who would like to implement MPLS and MPLS Traffic Engineering.
The secondary audience for this course is as follows: This course is intended for network designers and project managers. The course is also recommended to all individuals preparing for MPLS exam.

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Course Prerequisites

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS Software configuration
Configuring and troubleshooting EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP
Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in:
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices v2.0, Part 1 (ICND1 v2.0) and Part 2 (ICND2 v2.0), or
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated Version 2.0 (CCNAX v2.0)
Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE v2.0)
Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP v4.0)
Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 1 (SPNGN1) v1.2
Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2) v1.2
Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing (SPROUTE) v1.2
Deploying Cisco Service Provider Advanced Network Routing (SPADVROUTE) v1.2

Agenda

1 - MPLS Concepts

Lesson 1: Introducing Basic MPLS Concepts
Lesson 2: Introducing MPLS Labels and Label Stack
Lesson 3: Identifying MPLS Applications
Lesson 4: Module Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

2 - Label Assignment and Distribution

Lesson 1: Discovering LDP Neighbors
Lesson 2: Introducing Typical Label Distribution in Frame-Mode MPLS
Lesson 3: Introducing Convergence in Frame-Mode MPLS
Lesson 4: Module Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

3 - Frame-Mode MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms

Lesson 1: Introducing CEF Switching
Lesson 2: Configuring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
Lesson 3: Monitoring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
Lesson 4: Troubleshooting Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
Lesson 5: Module Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

4 - MPLS Virtual Private Network Technology

Lesson 1: Introducing Virtual Private Networks
Lesson 2: Introducing MPLS VPN Architecture
Lesson 3: Introducing the MPLS VPN Routing Model
Lesson 4: Forwarding MPLS VPN Packets
Lesson 5: Module Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

5 - MPLS VPN Implementation

Lesson 1: Using MPLS VPN Mechanisms of Cisco IOS Platforms
Lesson 2: Configuring an MP-BGP Session Between PE Routers
Lesson 3: Configuring VRF Tables
Lesson 4: Configuring Small-Scale Routing Protocols Between PE and CE Routers
Lesson 5: Monitoring MPLS VPN Operations
Lesson 6: Configuring OSPF as the Routing Protocol Between PE and CE Routers
Lesson 7: Configuring BGP as the Routing Protocol Between PE and CE Routers
Lesson 8: Troubleshooting MPLS VPNs
Lesson 9: Module Summary
Lesson 10: Module Self-Check

6 - Complex MPLS VPNs

Lesson 1: Introducing Overlapping VPNs
Lesson 2: Introducing Central Services VPNs
Lesson 3: Introducing the Managed CE Routers Service
Lesson 4: Module Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

7 - Internet Access and MPLS VPNs

Lesson 1: Combining Internet Access with MPLS VPNs
Lesson 2: Implementing Internet Access in the MPLS VPN Environment
Lesson 3: Module Summary
Lesson 4: Module Self-Check

8 - MPLS Traffic Engineering Overview

Lesson 1: Introducing MPLS Traffic Engineering Components
Lesson 2: MPLS Traffic Engineering Operations
Lesson 3: Configuring MPLS Traffic Engineering on Cisco IOS Platforms
Lesson 4: Monitoring Basic MPLS TE on Cisco IOS Platforms
Lesson 5: Module Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

9 - Lab Outline

Challenge 1: Implement the Service Provider's and Customer's IP Addressing and IGP Routing
Implement the Service Provider IP Addressing and IGP Routing Protocol
Challenge 2: Implement the Core MPLS Environment in the Service Provider Network
Implement the Core MPLS Environment in the Service Provider Network
Challenge 3: Implement EIGRP Based VPNs
Implement EIGRP Based VPNs
Challenge 4: Implement OSPF Based MPLS VPNs
Implement OSPF Based MPLS VPNs
Challenge 5: Implement BGP Based MPLS VPNs
Implement BGP Based MPLS VPNs
Challenge 6: Implement MPLS Traffic Engineering
Implement MPLS Traffic Engineering