Cisco Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS)
Boot Camp Training

Overview: After completing the Configuring MPLS on Cisco Routers course the student should be able to:

- Describe how the service provider infrastructure is attacked;
- Given a network scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported, use MPLS policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on MPLS route processing;
- 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.

Who should attend:
Channel Partner / Reseller, Customer, Employee.

Prerequisite: The knowledge and skills a learner must have before attending this course include:

- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification or equivalent level of working knowledge and experience, completion of CCNA Basics and ICND courseware is recommended training for CCNA
- Equivalent knowledge and skill that can be acquired by attending Cisco's training courses Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) and Configuring MPLS on Cisco Routers (MPLS)
- Practical experience with deploying and operating networks based on Cisco network devices and Cisco IOS is strongly recommended
- The QoS course is highly recommended because QoS knowledge is assumed in several sections of the course

Description: MPLS v2.2 is a 5 day Instructor-led course. 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.

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