What you’ll learn
- Network Engineers
- Systems Engineers
- Network Administrators
- Network Managers
- Network Designers
Training overview
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are:
- Experience working with CLI-based network devices
- Knowledge of general routing concepts
These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offering:
Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe Cisco IOS XR Software architecture
- Explain how to install Cisco IOS XR Software packages
- Describe how to provision network devices by using zero touch provisioning
- Describe how to perform initial configurations on a Cisco IOS XR router
- Recognize, implement, and manage system security features within Cisco IOS XR Software systems, ensuring the protection of network infrastructure and data
- Monitor device performance through CLI and logging services
- Describe the methods and protocols for establishing timing and synchronization on Cisco IOS XR router platforms
- Describe the operation of Cisco IOS XR AAA Software services, task-based security mechanisms and user security policies
- Configure, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco IOS XR Software AAA services in a network environment
- Recognize how to implement QoS in various scenarios and environments, including Cisco IOS XR Software and a service provider environment
- Define the Cisco IOS XR implementation requirements for deploying common routing protocols and managing the Routing Information Base, Route Policy, forwarding, and load balancing mechanisms
- Implement and configure MPLS and describe MPLS label propagation in service provider networks
- Configure SNMP in Cisco IOS XR Software environments for optimum performance and efficient management of network resources
- Describe the programmable features of Cisco IOS XR Software
- Comprehend and implement model-driven telemetry for enhanced network visibility and management
- Describe the application hosting architecture and how to deploy a third-party application on a Cisco IOS XR router
- Illustrate how to efficiently monitor processes using process monitoring concepts and tools
Outline
- Cisco IOS XR Software Fundamentals
- Cisco IOS XR Software Installation and Upgrades
- Automatic Provisioning
- Cisco IOS XR Software CLI Basics
- Cisco IOS XR Software System Security
- Cisco IOS XR Software Logging Configuration
- Timing and Synchronization
- Cisco IOS XR Software AAA Service Fundamentals
- Cisco IOS XR Software AAA Service Implementation
- Cisco IOS XR Software Modular QoS
- Cisco IOS XR Software Routing Protocol Configuration
- Cisco IOS XR Software MPLS Operation and Implementation
- Network Management with SNMP on Cisco IOS XR Software
- Cisco IOS XR Software Programmability
- Model-Driven Telemetry
- Application Hosting Overview
- Cisco IOS XR Software Process Monitoring
Lab outline
- Cisco IOS XR Software Installation
- Configure and Verify ZTP
- Initial Configuration of a Cisco IOS XR Router
- Configuration Commit and Rollback
- Configure and Verify MPP
- Configure and Verify uRPF
- Configure and Verify Logging
- Configure and Verify NTP
- Configure and Verify User Security Policies
- Cisco IOS XR AAA Configuration
- Configure and Verify Modular QoS
- Configure and Verify IS-IS
- Configure and Verify OSPF
- Configure and Verify BGP
- Configure and Verify MPLS
- Configure and Verify SNMP
- Configure and Verify Devices by Using Model-Driven Programmability
- Configure and Verify Model-Driven Telemetry
- Configure and Verify Application Hosting Within a Docker Container