• 642-901: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) v3.0

• 642-642: Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QOS) v2.1

• 642-661: Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v3.2

• 642-611: Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) v2.1

 Duration: 120 Hours (i.e. 30 Hours per Paper)

Faculty: CCIP certified, also available after course completion on request with prior appointments.

Courseware: From CISCO press.

Equipment: Two Dedicated fully loaded CISCO Racks. 

642-901   Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) v3.0

In this course, students will learn how to create an efficient and expandable enterprise network by installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network infrastructure equipment (especially routers such as Cisco ISRs) according to the Campus Infrastructure module in the Enterprise Composite Network model. The routed network includes the most commonly used and emerging IP routing protocols.

Course outline:

• Course Introduction to Routing in an Enterprise Networks

• Configuring EIGRP

• Configuring OSPF

• The IS-IS Protocol

• Manipulating Routing Updates

• Implementing BGP

• Implementing Multicast

• Implementing the Basics of IPv6

642-642 Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QOS) v2.1

The Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QOS) v2.1 course provides students with in-depth knowledge of IP QoS requirements, conceptual models using Differentiated Services (DiffServ), Integrated Services (IntServ) and Best Effort (over provisioning), and the implementation of IP QoS on Cisco IOS switch and router platforms.

The curriculum covers the theory of IP QoS, design issues, and configuration of various QoS mechanisms to facilitate the creation of effective administrative policies providing QoS. Case studies and lab exercises included in the course help students to apply the concepts mastered in individual modules to real-life scenarios.

The course also gives students design and usage rules for various advanced IP QoS features and the integration of IP QoS with underlying Layer 2 QoS mechanisms, allowing them to design and implement efficient, optimized, and trouble-free multi-service networks

Course objective:

     After completing this course, the student should be able to:

·        Given a converged network, explain the need to implement Quality of Service (QoS) and explain methods for implementing and managing QoS

·        Given a converged network, identify and describe different models used for ensuring QoS in a network and explain key IP QoS mechanisms used to implement the models

·        Given a converged network, explain the use of MQC and AutoQoS to implement QoS on the network

·        Given a converged network and a policy defining QoS requirements, successfully classify and mark network traffic to implement the policy

Course Outline:

      Module 1: Introduction to IP QoS

      Module 2: The Building Blocks of IP QoS

      Module 3: Introduction to Modular QoS CLI and Auto-QoS

      Module 4: Classification and Marking Module

      Module 5: Congestion Management

      Module 6: Congestion Avoidance

      Module 7: Traffic Policing and Shaping

      Module 8: Link Efficiency Mechanisms

      Module 9: QoS Best Practices

642-661 Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v3.2

The Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v3.2 course provides students with in-depth knowledge of BGP, the routing protocol that is one of the underlying foundations of the Internet and new-world technologies such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). This curriculum covers the theory of BGP, configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS routers, detailed troubleshooting information and hands-on exercises that provide students with the skills needed to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in customer environments. Different service solutions in the curriculum cover BGP network design issues and usage rules for various BGP features preparing students to design and implement efficient, optimal and trouble free BGP networks.

Course objective

After completing this course the student should be able to:

• Given a network scenario with multiple domains, configure, monitor and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing
• Given a network scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported, use BGP policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on BGP route processing
• Given a network scenario where multiple connections must be supported, use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process
• Given customer connectivity requirements, implement the correct BGP configuration to successfully connect the customer’s network to the Internet
• Given a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems, enable the provider network to behave as a transit autonomous system
• Given a typical service provider network, identify common BGP scaling issues and enable route reflection and confederations as possible solutions to these issues

·         Given a typical BGP network, use available BGP tools and features to optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol

Course outline

      BGP Overview

      BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

      Route Selection Using Policy Controls

      Route Selection Using Attributes

      Customer to Provider Connectivity with BGP

      Scaling Service Provider Networks

      Optimizing BGP Scalability

642-611 Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) v2.1

The course will enable learners to gather information from the technology basics to advanced VPN configuration. The focus of the course is on VPN technology issues of MPLS from the Service Providers perspective and how to configure some of those features and functions in an existing routed environment. A basic introductory level of some of the more updated features and functions such as Traffic Engineering, Fast Reroute and Any Transport over MPLS (AToM) are introduced on a concept level only and the MPLS Traffic Engineering and other Features course should be taken for in depth learning of those topics

Course objective:

Upon completion of the Internetworking With Cisco MPLS (MPLS) course the student will be able to:

• Describe basic MPLS frame-mode and cell-mode architectures and identify how it supports applications that are used to address the drawbacks in traditional IP routing
• Describe the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) process by explaining label allocation, label distribution, label retention, label convergence and Penultimate Hop Popping (PHP) in both frame and cell modes
• Given a diagram of a typical MPLS network solution, identify the Cisco IOS command syntax required to successfully configure and monitor MPLS operations on frame, switched WAN and LC-ATM interfaces
• Describe MPLS's peer-to-peer architecture and explain the routing and packet forwarding model in this architecture
• Given a diagram of a typical simple MPLS VPN solution, identify the Cisco IOS command syntax required to successfully configure, monitor, and troubleshoot VPN operations
• Given a diagram of a typical simple, hub-and-spoke, overlapping and central services MPLS VPN solution identify the Cisco IOS command syntax required to successfully configure VPN operations and describe how these model are used to implement managed services and Internet access

Course Outline:

•    MPLS Concepts

•    MPLS Label Assignment and Distribution Frame- Mode / Cell-Mode

•    MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms

•    MPLS Virtual Private Networks Technology

•    MPLS Virtual Private Networks Implementation

MPLS Virtual Private Networks Advanced Features