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BUILDING CORE NETWORKS (BCN) WITH OSPF, BGP, AND MPLS

COURSE OVERVIEW Building Core Networks (BCN) is a powerful five-day hands-on course that will provide you with the required knowledge and skills to design, deploy, and maintain an Internet service provider (ISP) backbone network. You will learn the key principles of the routing protocols that are used in very large networks. Ten hands-on labs and case studies reinforce the lecture materials to ensure that you have the working skills to impact the networks you support. You will learn the best practices for deploying Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and Multilayer Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) in your network as well as implement a virtual private network (VPN) to provide secure communications in your network.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND This course is intended for network professionals including designers, implementers, and support staff that are involved with the deployment of large-scale networks for large enterprises or the design and deployment of high-end ISP networks that use scalable technologies like OSPF, BGP, or MPLS. OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, you will be able to perform the following tasks: Identify the critical factors that effect network scalability Implement an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) such as OSPF in a large multi-layer network Deploy BGP in a large-scale multilayer network Use Route Maps and prefix list to control the routing policy of a network Implement multihoming strategies Implement and verify MPLS in a large-scale multilayer network Implement and verify MPLS VPN connectivity in intra-autonomous-system (intra-AS) environments Implement and verify MPLS Traffic Engineering practices Characterize the features and requirements for implementing Layer 2 VPNs (Any Transport over MPLS) COURSE PREREQUISITES Table 1 shows course prerequisites. Table 1: Course Prerequisites

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Relevant Courses

Experience using the Cisco IOS Software Command Line Interface (CLI) Routing fundamentals and IP addressing

Introduction to Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) or equivalent Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is highly recommended for this course

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 The following provide excellent prerequisite knowledge: Knowledge and skills in designing Cisco networks Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH) Internetworking Design Guideavailable on Cisco.com at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/idg4/n d2003.htm Designing Large-Scale IP Internetworksavailable on Cisco.com at: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/idg4/n d2003.htm

CISCO PART NUMBER AS-TRAIN-E in North America and Europe AS-TRAIN-E-A in Asia Pacific AS-TRAIN-E-L in Latin America DURATION Five days. COURSE OUTLINE 1. ISP Network Design a. Topology b. IP Addressing c. Routing Protocols 2. Implementing OSPF a. Link State Protocols b. OSPF Operation c. Scaling OSPF d. Configuring, Deploying, and Verifying OSPF 3. Implementing BGP a. BGP vs. eBGP b. BGP Operation c. Configuring, Deploying, and Verifying BGP d. Scaling BGP i. Peer Groups ii. Dynamic Reconfiguration iii. Using Route Reflectors iv. Confederations e. BGP Policy Control i. Using Community ii. Using Attributes iii. Configuring Routing Policies

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Implementing MPLS a. MPLS Overview b. Why Use MPLS c. Configuring MPLS Implementing MPLS VPN a. MPLS VPN Overview b. MPLS VPN Scaling Techniques i. Route Reflectors ii. Automatic Route Reflectors (ARF) c. Configuring MPLS VPN i. VPN Routing and Forwarding (VRF) ii. Configuring MP-BGP iii. Route Advertisements Implementing MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE) a. MPLS TE Overview b. MPLS TE Advantages i. Reoptimization, Priority, and Weight ii. Fast Reroute (FRR) c. Configuring MPLS TE Any Transport over MPLS (AToM) and Layer 2 VPNs a. Pseudo-Wires b. Configuring AToM c. Layer 2 VPN Overview

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LAB OUTLINE Lab 1: Configuring Router and IP Connectivity Create your classroom lab environment including setting up the routers including hostnames, passwords, and user authentication. Also configure the router interfaces and verify IP connectivity. Lab 2: Configuring OSPF Build from Lab 1 by configuring an OSPF infrastructure including enabling OSPF logging and verifying OSPF functionality. Lab 3: Configuring iBGP Configure full mesh iBGP routing in the classroom network by enabling a BGP router and iBGP neighbors. Next, add internal networks to the BGP network and verify that router advertisements are operational. Lab 4: Configuring eBGP Establish a relationship between different autonomous systems (ASs) by introducing eBGP to the network. Configure aggregation and verify that BGP peering and aggregated route advertisements are operational. Lab 5: Configuring iBGP Route Reflectors Configure router reflector clusters and peer groups and observe the benefits of both. Lab 6: Configuring Multihoming In this extremely demanding lab, use three different methods to manage traffic flow in a BGP network. Implement an Inbound Policy using LOCAL PREFERENCE and two different Outbound Policies using MED and AS-PATH prepend. Case Study: PIPEX Review an actual ISPs use of the design principles and configuration practices described in the course materials and practiced in the hands-on labs. Lab 7: Configuring MPLS Continue from the previous labs to introduce MPLS into the classroom network. Verify the functionality of MPLS and then migrate some of the routers in the network off of BGP. Lab 9: Configuring Intra-AS MPLS VPNs Practice configuring Intra-AS MPLS VPNs by migrating existing routers to customer networks and then adding an MPLS VPN to an AS. Lab 10: Configuring MPLS TE Deploy MPLS TE over OSPF and configure traffic to flow onto an MPLS TE Tunnel. Verify complete operation of the TE Tunnel.

LAB TOPOLOGY The training lab topology is designed to simulate a real-world network with core routers, edge routers, and access routers.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION For more information about schedules and registration for this course, please contact aeskt_registration@cisco.com. The part number for this course is AS-TRAIN-E in North America and Europe, AS-TRAIN-E-A in Asia Pacific, and AS-TRAIN-E-L in Latin America. FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information on Advanced Services Education course offerings including custom training options, as well as AS Curriculum Planning Services and AS Technical Knowledge Library (TKL), refer to the AS Education Website at www.cisco.com/go/ase.

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