MCAST - Implementing Cisco Multicast

Summary

This course provides students with in-depth knowledge of the IP multicast building blocks that make this new IP service deployable and attractive from a business perspective.  Bandwidth and processing power are wasted when data is replicated and sent from a source to potential receivers multiple times.  With IP multicast and a sophisticated group of protocols, the information is delivered with minimal impact on bandwidth and processor load.  This IP service ensures simultaneous information delivery only to the people and the machines that require the information.  It is suggested that candidates have CCNA Certification or equivalent work experience prior to enrollment.  It is also strongly recommended that candidates have successfully completed BSCI.  This course is for pre- and post-sales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and/or troubleshooting basic IP multicast enabled networks within a single domainPrerequisites

Prerequisites

CCNA Certification or equivalent work experience strongly recommended.
BSCI recommended.

Audience

This course is targeted at pre- and post-sales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and/or troubleshooting basic IP multicast enabled networks within a single domain.
Individuals pursuing CCIP Certification or advanced routing and switching knowledge.
System Engineers, Channel Partners, and Customers.

Skills Taught

This course covers:

- How to determine the need for IP multicasting services and analyze implementation requirements.
- Various types of multicast applications and requirements.
- IP multicast conceptual model and implementation.
- Impact of multicast technologies on the data link layer.
- Principles and operation details of PIM Dense Mode.
- Roles of various PIM DM control packets.
- Deficiencies of PIM DM.
- How to configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers for PIM Dense Mode.
- Principles and operation details of PIM Sparse Mode.
- Roles of various PIM Sparse Mode control packets.
- How to configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers for PIM Sparse Mode.
- Variants of PIM Sparse Mode (bi-directional PIM and source-specific multicast).
- Reliability and application challenges presented by the basic IP multicast model.

Course Outline

- IP Multicast Technology
- PIM Dense Mode Protocol, Configuration, Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Sparse Mode Multicast Protocols, Configuration,Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Reliable IP Multicasting, Configuration, Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Implementation, Monitoring and Troubleshooting of IP Multicast on Data Link Layer
- Simple Intradomain Deployment of IP Multicasts