Module 1: Planning Routing Services to Requirements

Plan and document the configuration and verification of routing protocols and its optimization in enterprise networks.

Lesson 1: Assessing Complex Enterprise Network Requirements

This lesson describes the converged network requirements of various network and networked applications within the Cisco network architectures. This will result in the ability to identify information that must be collected when filling out an implementation plan. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Defining Cisco network models
• Understanding traffic conditions in a converged network
• Understanding Cisco SONA framework
• Understanding routing and routing protocols

Lesson 2: Common Maintenance Processes and Procedures

This lesson describes the requirements of the enterprise network, implementation plan and documentation of implementation process, and its results. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Create an implementation plan
• Define the implementation plan tasks
• Develop the implementation plan documentation
• Create an implementation plan example

Lesson 3: Lab 1-1 Debrief

This lesson explains gathering of network requirements and required data. You will be able to create implementation plan, verify, and document the whole process. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Describe the lab topology and identify the implementation and verification tasks
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lab

• Lab 1-1: Assess skills for implementing complex networks

Module 2: Implementing an EIGRP based Solution

Identify the technologies, components, and metrics of EIGRP to implement and verify EIGRP routing in diverse, large-scale internetworks based on requirements.

Lesson 1: Planning Routing Implementations with EIGRP

This lesson describes the components and metrics of EIGRP, how EIGRP selects routes between routers in diverse, large-scale internetworks, the implementation plan creation process, and basic EIGRP configuration. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Understanding EIGRP Capabilities and Attributes
• Understanding EIGRP Operation and Metrics
• Planning and Documenting for EIGRP
• Implementing Basic EIGRP

Lesson 2: Implementing and Verifying Basic EIGRP for the Enterprise LAN Architecture

This lesson describes how to verify and implement EIGRP routing. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Verifying EIGRP Routes for IPv4
• Verifying EIGRP Operation for IPv4
• Using the Passive-Interface Command with EIGRP
• Advertising an IP Default-Network in EIGRP
• Determining Summary Boundaries
• Utilizing Manual Route Summarization

Lesson 3: Lab 2-1 Debrief

This lesson explains how to configure and verify EIGRP operations. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for basic EIGRP configuration and how to influence the EIGRP path selection
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 4: Configuring and Verifying EIGRP for the Enterprise WAN Architecture

This lesson describes, recognizes, and deploys EIGRP operation over various WAN technologies and be able to scale the operation with load balancing and proper bandwidth utilization. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Configuring and verifying EIGRP over Frame Relay and on a Physical Interface
• Configuring and verifying EIGRP over Multipoint Sub-Interfaces
• Configuring and verifying EIGRP over Point-to-Point Sub-Interfaces
• Implementing Load Balancing Across Equal-Metric Paths
• Implementing Load Balancing Across Unequal-Metric Paths
• Determining EIGRP Bandwidth use Across WAN Links
• Implementing EIGRP over Layer 2 and Layer 3 MPLS VPN

Lesson 5: Lab 2-2 Debrief

This lesson explains how to configure and verify EIGRP circuit emulation and Frame Relay operations. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for basic EIGRP configuration and how to influence the EIGRP path selection
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 6: Implementing and Verifying EIGRP Authentication

This lesson describes how to implement and verify authentication in an EIGRP network. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining Router Authentication for EIGRP
• Determining MD5 Authentication for EIGRP
• Implementing MD5 Authentication for EIGRP
• Verifying MD5 Authentication for EIGRP

Lesson 7: Lab 2-3 Debrief

This lesson explains how to configure and verify EIGRP Authentication. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for EIGRP authentication over LAN and WAN interfaces
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 8: Advanced EIGRP Features in an Enterprise Network

This lesson describes how to implement advanced EIGRP features in an Enterprise Network by applying the planned implementation processes using correct Cisco IOS commands and applications as well as verify that the configuration was correctly implemented. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Defining scalability in large networks
• Understanding EIGRP Queries
• Defining SIA connections in EIGRP
• Understanding EIGRP stub routers

Lesson 9: Lab 2-4 Debrief

This lesson explains how to implement and troubleshoot EIGRP operations to solve EIGRP adjacency and limited connectivity. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation, verification, and troubleshooting tasks for EIGRP operations to solve adjacency and connectivity issues
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Labs:

• Lab 2-1: Configure and verify EIGRP operations
• Lab 2-2: Configure and verify EIGRP circuit emulation, and Frame Relay operations
• Lab 2-3: Configure and verify EIGRP Authentication
• Lab 2-4: Implement and Verify EIGRP operations

Module 3: Implementing a Scalable Multiarea Network OSPF Based Solution

Identify, analyze, and match OSPF multiarea routing functions and benefits for routing efficiencies in network operations in order to implement and verify OSPF routing in a complex enterprise network.

Lesson 1: Planning Routing Implementations with OSPF as Scalable Routing Protocol

This lesson explains link state protocols, components and metrics of OSPF, how OSPF operates, and the implementation plan creation process. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining Link-State Routing Protocols
• Determining OSPF Area Structure
• Determining OSPF Adjacency Database
• Calculating the OSPF Metric
• Determining Link-State Data Structures
• Maintaining Link-State Sequence Numbers
• Planning for OSPF Implementation

Lesson 2: How OSPF Packet Processes Work

This lesson explains how information flows between routers to maintain OSPF links and which packets are used. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining OSPF Packet Types
• Establishing OSPF Neighbor Adjacencies
• Exchanging and Synchronizing LSDB’s
• Maintaining Network Routes
• Verifying Packet Flow

Lesson 3: Improving Routing Performance in a Complex Enterprise Network

This lesson describes the features of various OSPF network architectures. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Introducing OSPF Network Types
• Determining Adjacency Behavior in Point-to-Point Links
• Determining Adjacency behavior in a Broadcast Network
• Determining Adjacency Behavior in a Metro Ethernet and EoMPLS Network
• Determining Adjacency Behavior in MPLS networks
• Selecting a DR and BDR
• Implementing OSPF over Different Frame Relay Implementations
• Implementing OSPF over Frame Relay NBMA
• Using Sub-Interfaces in OSPF over Frame-Relay
• Implementing OSPF over a Point-to-Point Frame-Relay Network
• Implementing OSPF over a Point-to-Multipoint Frame-Relay Network

Lesson 4: Configuring and Verifying OSPF Routing

This lesson explains how to configure OSPF single-area and multiarea routing as well as several advanced features. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Initializing Single-Area and Multi-Area OSPF
• Activating OSPF within a Router in Single-Area and Multi-Area
• Defining the Router ID
• Verifying OSPF Operations
• Identifying LSA Types within the LSDB
• Limiting Adjacencies in OSPF with the Passive-Interface Command
• Defining Design limitations of OSPF
• Defining OSPF Virtual Links and solving the non-Contiguous Area Problem
• Changing the Cost Metric

Lesson 5: Lab 3-1 Debrief

This lesson describes how to implement and verify OSPF to improve routing performance. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation, verification and troubleshooting tasks for OSPF operations over LAN and WAN interfaces with different frame relay WAN segment representations
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 6: Lab 3-2 Debrief

This lesson describes how to implement and verify OSPF multiarea routing. Additionally manipulation of cost, router ID and routing updates is used to optimize the OSPF implementation. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation, verification and troubleshooting tasks for OSPF operations in multiarea over LAN and WAN interfaces with different frame relay WAN segment representations
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 7: Configuring and Verifying OSPF Route Summarization

This lesson describes the procedure for configuring OSPF route summarization for interarea and external routes. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining OSPF Route Summarization
• Implementing OSPF Route Summarization
• Identifying the Benefits of a Default Route in OSPF
• Using a Default Route in OSPF

Lesson 8: Lab 3-3 Debrief

This lesson describes how to implement and verify OSPF route summarization for interarea and external routes. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation, verification, and troubleshooting tasks for OSPF route summarization for interarea and external routes
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 9: Configuring and Verifying OSPF Special Area Types

This lesson describes how to implement and verify OSPF area parameters, including stub, totally stubby, NSSA, and backbone. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining OSPF Area Types
• Defining and Implementing a Stub Area
• Defining and Implementing a Totally Stubby Area
• Interpreting Routing Tables for OSPF Area Types
• Defining and Implementing a Not-So-Stubby-Area and Totally-NSSA Area in OSPF
• Verifying All OSPF Area Types

Lesson 10: Lab 3-4 Debrief

This lesson describes how to implement and verify OSPF special area types. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for implementing the OSPF special area types including stub, totally-stub, and totally not-so-stubby (NSSA) area
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 11: Configuring and Verifying OSPF Authentication

This lesson describes how to implement authentication in an OSPF network. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining Types of OSPF Authentication
• Implementing Simple Password Authentication for OSPF
• Configuring MD5 Authentication for OSPF
• Troubleshooting Authentication for OSPF

Lesson 12: Lab 3-5 Debrief

This lesson describes how to implement and verify OSPF authentication. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for implementing the OSPF authentication
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Labs:

• Lab 3-1: Configure and verify OSPF to improve routing performance
• Lab 3-2: Implement and verify OSPF multiarea routing
• Lab 3-3: Configure and verify OSPF route summarization for interarea and external routes
• Lab 3-4: Configure and verify OSPF special area types
• Lab 3-5: Configure and verify OSPF Authentication

Module 4: Implement an IPv4-based Redistribution Solution

Implement and verify a redistribution solution in a multi-protocol network that uses IOS features to control path selection and loop free topology according to a given network design and requirements.

Lesson 1: Assessing Network Routing Performance and Security Issues

This lesson explains prefix-lists, distribute-lists and route-maps and how to use them to filter and control routing update traffic. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining Common Network Performance Issues
• Identifying How Distribution Lists Work
• Using Distribution-Lists to Control Routing Updates
• Identifying How Prefix Lists Work
• Using a Prefix-List to Control Routing Updates
• Identifying How Route-Map’s Work
• Using Route-Map’s to Control Routing Updates
• Using Route-Map’s to Filter Routes
• Suppressing Routing Updates using Passive-Interface

Lesson 2: Operating a Network Using Multiple IP Routing Protocols

This lesson explains what route redistribution is and why it may be necessary. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Describing a Complex Routing Network
• Defining Route Redistribution
• Determining Default Metrics for Redistributed Routes
• Determining where to Redistribute
• Identifying Caveats of Redistribution

Lesson 3: Configuring and verifying Route Redistribution

This lesson explains how to configure route redistribution between multiple IP routing protocols. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Defining The Examples of Redistribution
• Defining The Administrative Distance Attribute
• Defining Route Redistribution using Administrative Distance
• Identifying The Impact of using Admin Distance for Route Manipulation
• Identifying The Redistribution using Route-Maps
• Describing The Route Redistribution using Route-Maps

Lesson 4: Lab 4-1 Debrief

This lesson describes how to configure redistribution between multiple routing protocols as well as implement filtering of routes. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for implementing the redistribution between OSPF and EIGRP and OSPF and RIPv2 protocols
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lab:

• Lab 4-1: Configure route redistribution between multiple IP routing protocols

Module 5: Implementing Path Control

Evaluate common network performance issues and identify the tools needed to provide a layer 3 path control that uses IOS features to control the path.

Lesson 1: Assessing Path Control Network Performance Issues

This lesson explains common network performance issues caused by inefficient path control selection and identify what resources are needed to best provide a path control as well as implementation and verification of PBR. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Assessing Path Control Network Performance
• Using Filters to Determine Path Selection
• Using PBR to Determine Path Selection
• Configuring and Verifying PBR
• Configuring and verifying PBR Operations on a Cisco Router

Lesson 2: Lab 5-1 Debrief

This lesson explains destination based forwarding and configures path control using PBR tool. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks for manipulating the path for a selection of the packets traveling across the network
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 3: References to additional Path Control in E-Learning

This lesson explains Preview the E-Learning products to teach creating Path Control through additional methods. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Implement Path Control by Other Methods

Lab:

• Lab 5-1: Configure and verify Path Control between multiple IP routing protocols

Module 6: Connecting an Enterprise Network to ISP Networks

Implement and verify a layer 3 solution using BGP to connect an enterprise network to a service provider.

Lesson 1: Planning the Enterprise-to-ISP Connection

This lesson justifies the components and methods used to connect an enterprise network to an ISP. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Connecting enterprise networks to an ISP
• Exchanging routing updates with an ISP
• Understanding connection types to an ISP

Lesson 2: Advantages of Using BGP

This lesson explains how to match BGP functionality to advantages and to the benefits of using BGP to connect an enterprise network to ISPs. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining How To Use BGP to Connect to an ISP
• Understanding BGP Multihoming Options
• Configuring BGP Routing Between Autonomous Systems
• Identifying Path-Vector Functionality
• Identifying Features of BGP

Lesson 3: Comparing the Functions and Uses of EBGP and IBGP

This lesson explains how to compare and contrast the requirements for establishing EBGP to IBGP neighbor relationships. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Defining BGP Neighbor Relationships
• Establishing External BGP Neighbor Relationships
• Establishing Internal BGP Neighbor Relationships

Lesson 4: Configuring and Verifying Basic BGP Operations

This lesson explains how to implement BGP operations by receiving an enterprise network and ISP specifications for connection. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identifying specifications for Implementing BGP
• Establishing Internal and External BGP Neighbors
• Determining How To Shut Down a BGP Neighbor
• Understanding BGP Configuration Considerations
• Identifying BGP Neighbor States
• Implementing Authentication in BGP
• Creating an Example of Activating Basic BGP
• Configuring BGP Verification

Lesson 5: Lab 6-1 Debrief

This lesson explains lab topology, configuration of BGP operations, create checkpoints for configuration, and verification, as well as find alternative solutions. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Compare your solution, findings, and action log against a set of checkpoints provided by the instructor and identify common and alternative solutions
• Consolidate the lessons learned during the review discussions into a set of best practice methods and commands to aid you in future troubleshooting procedures

Lesson 6: BGP Attributes and Path Selection Process

This lesson explains how to configure and verify BGP operations in a multihomed environment using the BGP attributes and route maps to control the path selection for all BGP routes from the router. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Determining the BGP Path Selection
• Identifying The Characteristics of BGP Attributes for Path Selection and Path Manipulation
• Configuring Filtering of BGP Routing Updates

Lesson 7: Lab 6-2 Debrief

This lesson explains lab topology, configuring of BGP path manipulation using local preference and MED BGP attributes, creation of checkpoints for configuration, and verification as well as alternative solutions. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Identify the implementation and verification tasks to establish BGP adjacency in the network and manipulate the BGP path using local preference and MED BGP attributes
• Present the sample solution and identify possible alternative solutions

Lesson 8: References to Training on IPv6 and Branch Office/Remote Workers in E-Learning

This lesson explains Preview the E-Learning products to teach creating Path Control through additional methods. This ability includes being able to meet these objectives:

• Implement path control by other methods

Labs:

• Lab 6-1: Configure BGP Operations
• Lab 6-2: Manipulate EBGP Path selections

 Cost: £1895 + VAT