Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure (SPCNI)

The Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure training teaches you how to design and implement virtualization cloud infrastructures in a service provider network. You will learn about virtualized network function infrastructures and how to use programmability and orchestration to manage virtualization cloud infrastructures. You will also learn about cloud computing and implementation of cloud interconnect and data center interconnect solutions. In addition, you will learn how to monitor and secure virtualization cloud infrastructures and provide optimization and high availability within the infrastructures. 

This training prepares you for the 300-540 SPCNI v1.0 exam. If passed, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure certification and satisfy the concentration exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Service Provider certification. This training also earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification. 

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you: 

• Design and implement virtualization cloud infrastructures in a service provider network
• Learn about virtualized network function infrastructures
• Learn how to use programmability and orchestration to manage virtualization cloud infrastructures
• Learn about cloud computing
• Learn about cloud interconnect and data center interconnect solutions
• Learn how to implement various interconnect solutions
• Learn how to monitor and secure virtualization cloud infrastructures and provide optimization and high availability within the infrastructures
• Earn 40 CE credits toward recertification

• Get an overview of Cisco Network Function Infrastructure, Cisco Network Infrastructure Manager, Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM), and Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
• Understand the concept of networking and deployment operation in OpenStack platform
• Get an overview the security features available in Cisco Network Functions Virtualization (NFVI) solution
• Describe the application hosting architecture on a Cisco IOS XR router
• Introduce containers and describe container architecture
• Describe Kubernetes concepts, such as Kubernetes objects, and how nodes, pods, and clusters fit into them
• Describe cloud computing, cloud deployment models, cloud service models, and Carrier-Neutral Facilities (CNFs)
• Implement and configure Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Segment Routing (SR), and SRv6
• Describe the operation and data flow of the Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) control plane
• Configure Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) security and optimization options
• Describe Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) control plane security mechanisms
• Configure unicast reverse path forwarding, Media Access Control Security (MACsec), and remote-triggered black-hole filtering
• Get an overview of high-availability technologies and multi-homing scenarios in the service provider network
• Describe the benefits, enablement, implementation, and configuration of Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
• Describe Quality of Service (QoS) options for public cloud connectivity
• Discuss high availability mechanisms used in routing (anycast) and services Domain Name System (DNS)
• Implement On-Demand Next Hop
• Comprehend and implement model-driven telemetry and use Cisco ThousandEyes for enhanced network visibility and management
• Describe the basic concepts, history, and purpose of telemetry, including the telemetry push model and telemetry collectors
• Discuss the efficiency and ease of use of various encoding methods, including Google Protocol Buffers (GPB), Compact GPB, and Key-value GPB, as well as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and transport protocols
• Describe gNMI subscription modes, gRPC outputs, performance with different encodings, and key ideas related to gRPC
• Describe features, the architecture, and components of Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (CNC)

What to Expect in the Exam

300-540 SPCNI: Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure is a 90-minute exam associated with the Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure certification and satisfies the concentration exam requirement for the CCNP Service Provider certification. 

The multiple-choice format tests your knowledge of: 

• Designing and implementing virtualized architecture
• Cloud interconnect
• High availability
• Security
• Service assurance
• Optimization best practices

• System Engineers
• Technical Support Personnel
• Channel Partners
• Resellers

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are: 

• Routing protocol configuration experience with BGP, Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Knowledge of Layer 2 IEEE switching and related protocols, including MPLS configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco routers in a large network environment

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:  

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) 2.0
• Understanding Cisco Service Provided Network Foundations (SPFNDU) 1.0
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) 1.1

OUTLINE

Module 1: Cisco NFV Infrastructure 

Module 2: Cloud Computing

Module 3: Service Provider Model-Driven Programmability 

Module 4: Network Orchestration using NSO 

Module 5: Container Orchestration 

Module 6: Cisco Crosswork Network Controller

Module 7: Cloud Interconnect Solutions

Module 8: Data Center Interconnect Solutions

Module 9: Service Provider High Availability

Module 10: Service Provider Core Optimization

Module 11: Service Provider Performance Monitoring

Module 12: Service Provider Control Plane Security 

Module 13: Service Provider Data Plane Security

LAB OUTLINE

• Lab 1: Deploy a VNF Using OpenStack
• Lab 2: Configure and Verify Devices by Using Model-Driven Programmability
• Lab 3: Network Orchestration using NSO
• Lab 4: Configure and Verify Application Hosting Within a Docker Container
• Lab 5: Configure and Verify Layer 3 VPN
• Lab 6: Configure and Verify EVPN VPWS
• Lab 7: Configure and Verify SR TI-LFA Using IS-IS
• Lab 8: Configure and Verify SR TI-LFA Using OSPF
• Lab 9: Configure and Verify SR-TE Using IS-IS
• Lab 10: Configure and Verify SR-TE Using OSPF
• Lab 11: Configure and Verify ODN and Flexible Algorithm
• Lab 12: Configure and Verify Model-Driven Telemetry
• Lab 13: Implement BGP Security
• Lab 14: Implement RTBH Filtering