Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) v2.3

After completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall 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 packetforwarding 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

Prerequisites

• Skills and knowledge equivalent to Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1)
• Skills and knowledge equivalent to Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)
• Skills and knowledge equivalent to Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)
• Skills and knowledge equivalent to Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP)

Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Network administrators and technicians responsible for implementing and troubleshooting basic IP multicast-enabled networks within a single domain
• Cisco CCIE and CCIP routing and switching candidates
• Presales and postsales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and troubleshooting MPLS networks or solutions based on MPLS technology
• Service Providers / Partners
• Customer

Duration

• 5 days, Instructor-led classroom training

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: MPLS Features

• Describing Basic MPLS Concepts
• Describing MPLS Labels and Label Stacks
• Identifying MPLS Services

Module 3: Label Assignment and Distribution

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

Module 4: Frame-Mode MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms

• Using Cisco Express Forwarding 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

Module 5: MPLS VPN Technology

• Introducing VPNs
• Introducing MPLS VPN Architecture
• Introducing the MPLS VPN Routing Model
• Forwarding MPLS VPN Packets

Module 6: MPLS VPN Implementation

• Using MPLS VPN Mechanisms of Cisco IOS Platforms
• Configuring VRF Tables
• Configuring an MP-BGP Session Between PE Routers
• 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

Module 7: Complex MPLS VPNs

• Introducing Overlapping VPNs
• Introducing Central Services VPNs
• Using Advanced VRF Import and Export Features
• Introducing the Managed CE Routers Service

Module 8: Internet Access and MPLS VPNs

• Combining Internet Access with MPLS VPNs
• Implementing Separate Internet Access and VPN Services
• Implementing Internet Access as a Separate VPN

Module 9: MPLS TE Overview

• Introducing the TE Concept
• Understanding MPLS TE Components
• Configuring MPLS TE on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Monitoring Basic MPLS TE on Cisco IOS Platforms

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MPLS	Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) v2.3	$3,495.00
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Required Exam(s)	Recommended Training
642-611 MPLS	Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) v2.3

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