MPLS - Implementing Cisco MPLS

Summary

This course is designed tointroduce you to MPLS concepts, installation, migration, operation, inspection, and troubleshooting.  The course offers an overview of MPLS and MPLS operation.  Focus is also on MPLS VPN deployment.  The fundamentals covered will provide students with the theory and hands-on knowledge to implement, integrate, and deploy and MPLS infrastructure.  Through lecture and labs, the models, diversity, implementation, troubleshooting, and flexibility of MPLS VPNs will be covered.  CCNA is strongly suggested as a prerequisite.  It is also suggested that students have completed BSCI and BCMSN as well as have a solid knowledge of BGP.  This course is for pre- and post-sales technical engineers responsible for MPLS networks or solutions based on MPLS technology.
  
Prerequisites
 
((C)CNA)) strongly suggested.
Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks and Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks suggested.
Solid knowledge of Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers recommended.
 
 
Audience

This course is targeted at pre- and post-sales technical engineers responsible for designing, implementing, and/or troubleshooting MPLS networks or solutions based on MPLS technology.  Individuals pursuing CCIP Certification.
 
 
Skills taught
 
After completing this course the student should be able to:
• Describe how the service provider infrastructure is attacked
• Describe the features of MPLS
• Describe how MPLS labels are assigned and distributed
• Identify the Cisco IOS tasks and command syntax necessary to implement MPLS on frame-mode Cisco IOS platforms
• Describe the MPLS peer-to-peer architecture and explain the routing and packet forwarding model in this architecture
• Identify the Cisco IOS command syntax required to successfully configure, monitor, and troubleshoot VPN operations
• Identify how the MPLS VPN model can be used to implement managed services and Internet access
• Describe the various Internet access implementations that are available and the benefits and drawbacks of each model
• Provide an overview of MPLS Traffic Engineering
 

Course outline
 
• Introducing Basic MPLS Concepts
• Introducing MPLS Labels and Label Stack
• Identifying MPLS Applications
• Discovering LDP Neighbors
• Establishing the Service Provider IGP Routing Environment
• Introducing Typical Label Distribution in Frame-Mode MPLS
• Introducing Convergence in Frame-Mode MPLS
• Introducing MPLS Label Allocation, Distribution, and Retention Modes
• Introducing CEF Switching
• Configuring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Monitoring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Troubleshooting Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
• Establishing the Core MPLS Environment
• Introducing Virtual Private Networks
• Introducing Overlay and Peer-to-Peer VPNs
• Categorizing VPNs
• Introducing MPLS VPN Architecture
• Introducing MPLS VPN Routing Model
• Forwarding MPLS VPN Packets
• Using MPLS VPN Mechanisms of Cisco IOS Platforms
• Configuring VRF Tables
• Configuring an MP-BGP Session Between PE Routers
• Configuring Small-Scale Routing Protocols Between PE and CE Routers
• Monitoring MPLS VPN Operations
• Initial MPLS VPN Setup
• Running EIGRP Between PE and CE Routers
• Configuring OSPF as the Routing Protocol Between PE and CE routers
• Running OSPF Between PE and CE Routers
• Running OSPF Between PE and CE Routers - complete
• Configuring BGP as the Routing Protocol Between PE and CE routers
• Troubleshooting MPLS VPNs