After taking this training, you should be able to:

• Describe the main characteristics of routing protocols that are used in Service provider environments
• Implement advanced features of multiarea Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2) running in Service Provider networks
• Implement advanced features of multilevel Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS) running in Service Provider networks
• Configure route redistribution
• Configure Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in order to successfully connect the Service Provider network to the customer or upstream Service Provider
• Configure BGP scalability in Service Provider networks
• Implement BGP security options
• Implement advanced features in order to improve convergence in BGP networks
• Troubleshoot OSPF, ISIS, and BGP
• Implement and verify MPLS
• Implement and troubleshoot MPLS traffic engineering
• Implement and verify segment routing technology within an interior gateway protocol
• Describe how traffic engineering is used in segment routing networks
• Implement IPv6 tunneling mechanisms
• Describe and compare core multicast concepts
• Implement and verifying the PIM-SM protocol
• Implement enhanced Protocol-Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) features
• Implement Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) in the interdomain environment
• Implement mechanisms for dynamic Rendezvous Point (RP) distribution

This course is for professionals who need knowledge about implementing various Service Provider core technologies and advanced routing technologies.

• Network administrators
• System engineers
• Project managers
• Network designers

Before taking this course, you should have Service Provider knowledge at the professional level, equivalent to the material in the following Cisco courses:

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) or IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR Software configuration
• Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 TCP/IP networking
• Intermediate knowledge of BGP, OSPF, and ISIS routing protocols
• Understanding of MPLS technologies
• Understanding of multicast technologies
• Familiarity with segment routing

Knowledge at the professional level equivalent to those learned in the following certifications:

• Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 1 (SPNGN1)
• Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2)
• Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing (SPROUTE)
• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Understanding Cisco Service Provided Network Foundations (SPFNDU)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR)

Associated Certification: CCNP Service Provider

Associated Exam: 300-510 SPRI