Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations v1.0
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Course Details
Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU) v1.0
Course code: SPFNDU v1
Duration: 5 Days
Prerequisite:
• 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
Course Description:
The Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU) v1.0 course is designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge for the suite of Cisco® CCNP® Service Provider courses. The course expands what you learned from the Cisco CCNA® course with a focus on theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the Service Provider environment. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on practice, you will learn about architectures, protocols, software and hardware platforms, and solutions within the Service Provider realm. While this course does not lead directly to a certification exam, it does cover foundational knowledge critical to the success in the Service Provider Technology track.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, 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
Intended Audience:
• Network administrator
• Network engineer
• Network manager
• System engineer
• Project manager
• Network designer
Course Outlines:
• Introducing Service Provider Architectures
• Describing Internet Governance Organizations
• Configuring the Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Router
• Configuring Cisco IOS XR Router
• Introducing Access and Core Technologies in the Service Provider Environment
• Introducing Routing Technologies in the Service Provider Environment
• Describing MPLS
• Implementing Layer 3 Services
• Introducing Switching Technologies in the Service Provider Environment
• Introducing Overlay Technologies
• Implementing Service Provider Services
• Introducing Programmability on Cisco IOS XR Routers