1: Service Provider Connectivity with BGP

Learn about the different connectivity types and routing options between a service provider and a customer.

• Defining Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
• Connectivity Types
• Routing Schemes
• Addressing and AS Number Allocation

• Connecting a Customer to a Service Provider
• Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
• Connecting a Dual-Attached Customer to a Single Service Provider
• Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service Providers

2: Scale Service Provider Networks

Get hands on training on routing and addressing issues that may arise in a typical service provider network.

• Scaling BGP in Service Provider Networks
• Route Propagation
• Scaling BGP Routing and Addressing

• Introducing BGP Route Reflectors and Confederations
• BGP Route Reflector
• Design with BGP Route Reflectors
• Implementing BGP Route Reflectors
• BGP Confederations
• LAB: Implement BGP Route Reflectors

3: Secure and Optimize BGP

Use BGP tools and features that are available to secure and optimize the BGP routing protocol in a service provider environment.

• Implementing Advanced BGP Operations
• BGP Security Options
• BGP Optimization Options
• LAB: Implement BGP Security Options

• Improving BGP Convergence
• BGP Route Dampening
• BGP Convergence
• BGP Timers and Intervals

• Improving BGP Configuration Scalability
• BGP Peer Groups
• BGP Configuration Templates
• LAB: Improve BGP Scalability

4: Multicast Overview

Learn about IP multicast services and the technologies that are present in IP multicasting.

• Introducing IP Multicast
• IP Multicast Benefits and Caveats
• Multicast Sessions
• IP Multicast Model

• Defining Multicast Distribution Trees and Forwarding
• Multicast Distribution Trees
• Multicast Protocols Overview

• Multicast on the LAN
• Mapping Multicast IP Addresses to a MAC Addresses
• Implementing IGMP
• IGMP Snooping
• LAB: Implement Layer 2 and Layer 3 Multicast

• Populating the Mroute Table
• Introducing the Mroute Table
• Multiprotocol BGP

5: Intradomain and Interdomain Multicast Routing

Learn how to Implement intradomain and interdomain multicast routing in the service provider environment.

• Introducing the PIM-SM Protocol
• PIM-SM Principles and Operation
• PIM-SM Protocol Mechanics
• Implement PIM-SM

• Implementing PIM-SM Enhancements
• Source Specific Multicast
• Bidirectional PIM
• LAB: Implement PIM-SM Enhancements

• Implementing Interdomain IP Multicast
• Dynamic Interdomain IP Multicast
• Multicast Source Discovery Protocol

• Identifying Rendezvous Point Distribution Solutions
• RP Distribution Solutions
• Auto-RP
• PIMv2 Bootstrap Router
• Anycast RP

6: Service Provider IPv6 Transition Implementations

Review and practice IPv6 transition implementations in a typical service provider network.

• Introducing IPv6 Services
• IPv6 Multicast Services
• IPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery
• DNS and DHCPv6 in the IPv6 Networks
• QoS Support in the IPv6 Network
• Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR Software IPv6 Tools
• LAB: Implement a DHCPv6 Server with Prefix Delegation
• LAB: Implement IPv6 Multicasting

• Defining IPv6 Transition Mechanisms
• Dual Stack
• IPv6 Tunneling Mechanisms
• LAB: Implement Tunnels for IPv6

• Deploying IPv6 in the Service Provider Network
• IPv6 Service Provider Deployment
• IPv6 Broadband Access Services