MLSTE (Cisco MPLS Technology Essentials)

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Who Needs to Attend

Network Engineers, Network Architects and Network Support professionals will benefit from the presentation and labs of MPLS Technology Essentials.

 

Prerequisites

MLSTE is a powerful course designed for network professionals with a working knowledge of network protocols and a solid grasp of TCP/IP, fundamental networking concepts, and routed networks. This knowledge provided in Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) and Building Scaleable Cisco Networks (BSCN) is required before attending MLSTE 1.0. Understanding of ATM concepts is recommended.

 

Follow-On Courses

Students can follow the MLSTET (MPLS Technology Essentials) class with these classes, which are offered as on-site courses only:

  • AMVS (Advanced MPLS VPN Solutions)
  • IMPLS (Implementing Cisco® MPLS in BPX and MGX Networks)

 

This course is not currently offered by Global Knowledge. Information here is provided for reference only.

This 4-day Authorized Cisco course introduces MPLS on specific router and switch platforms. Topics covered will be MPLS Technology Overview, Label Distribution Protocol, Traffic Engineering, Class of Service, MPLS VPNs, MPLS VPN Management and MPLS with ATM. This class does not cover implementations on BPX and MGX platforms. Platforms covered include the 7200, 7500, 3600, and the LS 1010.

This 4-day Authorized Cisco course is designed to introduce students to MPLS concepts. The use of MPLS enhances utilization of routing resources. MPLS features enhance network security and bandwidth optimization previously unavailable with legacy routing protocols.

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What You'll Learn

 

  • MPLS motivations
  • Cisco compatible MPLS hardware
  • MPLS requirements
  • Label distribution protocols and procedures
  • Label distribution protocol features
  • Traffic engineering operation, configuration, and maintenance
  • MPLS Class of Service operation and configuration
  • MPLS VPN operation, configuration, and maintenance
  • MPLS management concepts

Course Outline

 

MPLS Overview

  • MPLS Technology Overview
  • MPLS Terminology
  • Driving Business Requirements
  • Services provided by MPLS
  • ATM MPLS
  • Label Forwarding Concepts

Cisco Implementation

  • Cisco's implementation
  • Where MPLS is implemented
  • Applications for MPLS/Label Switching
  • Basic MPLS/Label Switching commands
  • Cisco Express Forwarding

Label Distribution Protocol

  • LDP Overview
  • Mechanics of LDP
  • Packet labeling
  • LDP show and config commands
  • LDP debug commands

MPLS Traffic Engineering

  • MPLS TE concept
  • Alternate path tunnels
  • TE Tunnel attributes
  • CLI configuration

MPLS Class of Service

  • CoS terminology
  • Class mapping
  • Committed Access Rate (CAR)
  • Weighted Random Early Detect (WRED)
  • Weighted Fair Queueing (WFQ)

MPLS VPNs

  • General MPLS VPN architecture
  • MPLS VPN Application
  • MPLS VPN Configuration and CLI Overview

MPLS Operations Management

  • VPN Solutions Center
  • MIBS
  • FCAPS

Course Labs

Hand-On Lab 1: IP Network Build

Configure an OSPF routed network.

Hands-On Lab 2: Configure and Troubleshoot MPLS

xMigrate the IP backbone to an MPLS enabled core.

Hands-On Lab 3: Advanced LDP

Deploy and manage advanced Label Distribution Protocol features.

Hands-On Lab 4: Tag Switching to LDP Migration

Manage migration from Cisco Tag-Switching to MPLS Label Distribution Protocol.

Hands-On Lab 5: RSVP Traffic Engineering

Optimize network bandwidth utilization using the dynamic and explicit-path routing options of RSVP Traffic Engineering.

Hands-On Lab 6: Traffic Engineering Policies

Control traffic engineering policies with tunnel priorities, path option lists, and path re-optimization.

Hands-On Lab 7: Large Scale MPLS Network Build

Scale and optimize network backbones with Traffic Engineering unequal cost load balancing.

Hands-On Lab 8: MPLS VPNs

Segregate different companies’ IP traffic through the use of MPLS VPNs.

Hands-On Lab 9: MPLS COINs

Create Community Of Interest Networks (COINs).

Hands-On Lab 10: MPLS Network Management

Manage VPN policies for network management.

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Course Code: 5690

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