Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS)

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• 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:
  • ! and !, or ! or !CCNA Bootcamp (CCNABC)
  • !
  • Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP)
    OR
    
  • !Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 1 (SPNGN1)
  • !Building Cisco Service Provider Next Generation Networks, Part 2 (SPNGN2)
  • !Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing (SPROUTE)
  • !Deploying Cisco Service Provider Advanced Network Routing (SPADVROUTE)

Who Should Attend

The target audience is Service Provider and Enterprise network engineers that design, deploy and maintain core IP routing network infrastructures.

Primary target audience:

• 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.

Secondary target audience:

• Network designers and project managers.

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MPLS Concepts

• Introducing Basic MPLS Concepts
• Introducing MPLS Labels and Label Stack
• Identifying MPLS Applications

Label Assignment and Distribution

• Discovering LDP Neighbors
• Introducing Typical Label Distribution in Frame-Mode MPLS
• Introducing Convergence in Frame-mode MPLS

Frame-Mode MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms

• Introducing Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) Switching
• Configuring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Monitoring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Troubleshooting Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms

MPLS VPN Technology

• Introducting Virtual Private Networks
• Introducing MPLS VPN Architecture
• Introducing the MPLS VPN Routing Model
• Forwarding MPLS VPN Packets

MPLS VPN Implementation

• Using MPLS VPN Mechanisms of Cisco IOS platforms
• Configuring an MP-BGP Session Between PE Routers
• Configuring VRF Tables
• Configuring Small-Scale Routing Protocols Between PE and CE routers
• Monitoring MPLS VPN Operations
• Configuring OSPF as the Routing Protocol Between PE and CE Routers
• Configuring BGP as the Routing Protocol between PE and CE Routers
• Troubleshooting MPLS VPNs

Complex MPLS VPNs

• Introducing Overlapping VPNs
• Introducing Central Services VPNs
• Introducing the Managed CE Routers Service

Internet Access and MPLS VPNs

• Combining Internet Access with MPLS VPNs
• Implementing Internet Access in the MPLS VPN Environment

MPLS Traffic Engineering Overview

• Introducing MPLS Traffic Engineering Components
• MPLS Traffic Engineering Operations
• Configuring MPLS Traffic Engineering on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Monitoring Basic MPLS TE on Cisco IOS Platforms