Overview
The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) instructor-led online training course teaches you how to configure, verify, troubleshoot, and optimize next-generation, Service Provider IP network infrastructures. It provides a deep dive into Service Provider technologies including core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of services, security, and network assurance.
Exam Number: 350-501 SPCOR
Course Instructor: Aaron Gould
Course Outline
01. Service Provider Architectures
- Core
- Transport
- Mobility
02. Cisco Operating Systems
- IOS
- IOS-XE
- IOS-XR
- Compare/Contrast Architectures, CLI, organization
- Others (CatOS, NX-OS, XR7)
03. Interior Routing
- IS-IS
- OSPF
- Policies
- Troubleshooting
04. SP Exterior Routing (v4/v6)
- BGP Path Selection
- BGP Internal and External
- Policies
- Troubleshooting
05. HA Protocols
- NSF
- NSR
- GR
- Link Level HA (BFD, Link Aggregation)
06. Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- LDP
- Unified MPLS
- MPLS OAM
07. MPLS-TE
- IGP LS Extensions
- RSVP (RSVP-TE)
- FRR
08. Segment Routing / Source Packet Routing in Networking
- Segments
- IGP Involvement
- SR-TE (SR Traffic Engineering)
- TI-LFA (Topology-Independent Loop-Free Alternate)
- PCE/C (Path Computation Element & Client)
09. SP QoS Architectures (v4/v6)
- MPLS QoS Models
- MPLS TE-QoS Models
- QoS Concepts and Tools
10. Security
- Control Plane
- Data Plane
- Management Plane
11. L2VPN / Carrier Ethernet
- MEF Services
- IEEE SP Services
- OAM
- VLAN tagging
12. L3VPN
- Internal AS VPN
- External AS VPN
- Intro to Multicast VPN’s and IPv6 VPN’s (covered in other modules)
13. IPv6 Transition Mechanisms
- NAT44
- NAT64
- 6RD
- MAP
- DS
- DS Lite
- IPv6 VPN (6PE and 6VPE)
14. Multicast (v4/v6)
- L3 (PIM)
- L2 (IGMP/MLD)
- Multicast VPN (MVPN and NG-MVPN)
15. Automation and Assurance
- API’s
- NSO
- Data Models
- Configuration Management Tools
- Telemetry and Analytics
- NetFlow/IPFIX
- Netconf/Restconf
- SNMP
16. SP Virtualization
- NFV
- VNF
- OpenStack
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
- Describe the Service Provider network architectures, concepts, and transport technologies
- Describe the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) software architectures, main IOS types, and their differences
- Implement Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) in the Service Provider network
- Implement Integrated Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) in the Service Provider network
- Implement Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing in Service Provider environments
- Implement route maps and routing policy language
- Describe IPv6 transition mechanisms used in the Service Provider networks
- Implement high-availability mechanisms in Cisco IOS XR software
- Implement traffic engineering in modern Service Provider networks for optimal resource utilization
- Describe segment routing and segment routing traffic engineering concepts
- Describe the VPN technologies used in the Service Provider environment
- Configure and verify Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) L2VPN in Service Provider environments
- Configure and verify MPLS L3VPN in Service Provider environments
- Implement IP multicast services
- Describe the Quality of Service (QoS) architecture and QoS benefits for SP networks
- Implement QoS in Service Provider environments
- Implement control plane security in Cisco devices
- Implement management plane security in Cisco devices
- Implement data plane security in Cisco devices
- Implement automation and assurance tools and protocols
- Describe the role of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) in Service Provider environments
- Implement virtualization technologies in Service Provider environments