What you’ll learn
Who should enroll
This training is designed for network and software engineers and hold job roles such as:
- Network administrator
- Network engineer
- Network manager
- System engineer
- Project manager
- Network designer
Technology areas
- Service Provider
Training overview
Objectives
After taking this training, you should be able to:
- Describe network architectures, devices, and software used by service providers
- Describe the various Internet governance organizations, their roles, and tools available for governance information verification
- Configure Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) and Cisco IOS XE routers
- Describe Cisco IOS XR software, perform initial configuration, and explain platform daily tasks
- Describe various access and core technologies used by service providers
- Describe various major switching technologies used by service providers
- Describe major overlay technologies and their usage, and configure Virtual Extensible LAN I (VxLAN)
- Describe various major routing protocols used by service providers
- Configure Layer 3 services used by service providers
- Describe Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), components, protocols, and MPLS usage
- Describe usage of various services used and maintained by service providers
- Introduce Linux networking, Bourne Again Shell (BASH) scripting, and their usage within Cisco IOS XR software
Prerequisites
Before taking this training, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
- Familiarity with typical service provider environment
- Basic knowledge about networking devices and their roles
Lab outline
- Review Lab Environment
- Examine Governance Data
- Perform an Initial Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS XE) Configuration
- Configure Connectivity and Connectivity Verification on Cisco IOS XE Devices
- Perform Initial Cisco IOS XR Configuration
- Configure and Verify Connectivity on Cisco IOS XR
- Configure Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
- Configure Routing Information Protocol (RIPv2) and RIP extension (RIPng)
- Configure Basic Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Configure MPLS
- Configure Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement (IP SLA)
- Configure Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) with Object Tracking
- Configure Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRFs)
- Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Use Linux Command Line Interface
- Configure IOS XR Using a Bash Script
