What you’ll learn
Training overview
Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- List and describe the major features and benefits of a Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
- List and describe the major features and benefits of the Cisco 64-Bit IOS XR operating system
- Understand data flow through the Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
- Configure Cisco ASR 9000, back out of configuration changes, and restore older versions of the configuration
- Install the Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software operating system, package information envelopes, and software maintenance updates
- Enable multicast routing on a Cisco ASR 9900 Series router
- Configure Layer 3 VPN services
- Configure Ethernet link bundles
- Configure local Ethernet Line (E-Line) Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN)
- Configure Ethernet over Multiprotocol Label Switching (EoMPLS) E-Line L2VPN
- Configure EoMPLS with pseudowire backup
- Configure local Ethernet LAN(E-LAN) L2VPN
- Describe Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) L2VPN
- Describe VPLS with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) autodiscovery
- Configure service-based Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
- Configure Layer 2 multicast features
- Describe basic QoS implementation
- Describe how to configure and verify network Virtualization (nV) on the ASR 9000 series
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Basic IOS XR 64-Bit Software configuration commands
- Basic knowledge of router installation and some experience with installation tools
- 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
- Strong knowledge of MPLS configuration or multicast configuration experience
- Experience troubleshooting Cisco routers in a large network environment
Outline
- Cisco ASR 9000 Series Hardware
- Examining the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Chassis
- Examining the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Architecture
- Examining the Route Switch Processor/ Route Processor (RSP/RP) Functions and Fabric Architecture
- Examining the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Line Card
- Examining the Cisco ASR 9000 Power Subsystems
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Architecture and Linux Fundamentals
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Fundamentals
- Cisco ASR 9000 IOS XR 64-Bit vs. 32-Bit
- Exploring Linux Fundamentals
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Installation
- Examining Resource Allocations and Media Mappings
- Migrating to Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software
- Performing Disaster Recovery
- Installing Software Packages
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Configuration Basics
- Configuring Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Basic Operations
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Initial Configuration
- Reviewing the Configuration
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Routing Protocols
- Exploring Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- Exploring OSPF
- Exploring BGP
- Exploring Routing Protocol for LLN
- Multicast Routing
- Exploring Multicast Routing
- Exploring Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
- Cisco Multiprotocol Label Switching
- Examining the MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure
- Implementing the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Segment Routing
- Segment Routing Concepts
- Interior Gateway Protocol Segment Routing (IGP SR) Control Plane Overview
- Prefix and Adjacency Segment IDs (SIDs)
- SR IS-IS Multi-Level and OSPF Multi-Area
- IS-IS SR Configuration and Verification
- OSPF SR Configuration and Verification
- Layer 3 VPNs
- Examining L3VPNs
- Exploring L3VPN Control and Data Flow
- Configuring L3VPNs
- Verifying the L3VPN Operation
- Cisco ASR 9000 Layer 2 Architecture
- Examining Carrier Ethernet and Flexible Ethernet Edge
- Comparing Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
- Examining the ASR 9000 Layer 2 Infrastructure and Ethernet Flow Points (EFPs)
- Layers 2 and 3 Coexistence and VLAN Tag Manipulation
- Exploring the Layer 2 Network Infrastructure
- Point-to-Point Layer 2 Services
- Point-to-Point AC-AC and Attachment Circuit Redundancy
- Point-to-Point AC-Pseudowire (PW) Cross-Connect
- Examining Pseudowire Redundancy and Resiliency
- Layer 2 Multicast
- Examining the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Multicast
- Implementing Multicast
- Quality of Service
- QoS Basics and the Modular QoS CLI (MQC) Mode
- Layer 2 QoS Example
Lab outline
- ASR 9904 Hardware Discovery Lab
- Device Discovery and Initial Configuration
- Installing Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software
- Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Operations
- Configuring IS-IS Routing
- Configuring OSPF Routing
- Configuring Internal BGP (iBGP) Routing
- IPv4 Multicast Configuration
- Configuring Multiprotocol Label Switching
- Configuring and Verifying IGP Segment Routing
- Configuring Layer 3 Virtual Private Network
- Local E-Line Service
- EoMPLS Service
