BGP – Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers v4.0

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In this comprehensive course, you will gain in-depth knowledge of BGP, the routing protocol that is one of the underlying foundations of the Internet. You will explore the theory of BGP, configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS routers, and detailed troubleshooting information.

Our labs provide you with the skills needed to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in both enterprise and service provider environments. You'll also learn BGP network design issues and usage rules for various features as well as how to design and implement efficient, optimal, and trouble-free BGP networks.

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Implement the correct BGP configuration to allow your network to act as an ISP
Configure BGP with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems
Configure a provider network to behave as a transit autonomous system (AS)
Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable inter-domain routing in a network scenario with multiple domains
Use BGP policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on BGP route processing in a network scenario where you must support connections to multiple ISPs
Configure BGP to connect the customer network to the Internet when multiple connections must be implemented
Enable route reflection and confederations as possible solutions to BGP scaling issues
Optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol in a typical network

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1. BGP Overview

Session Establishment
Path Attributes
Route Processing
Basic Configuration
Monitoring and Troubleshooting

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

Working with a Transit AS
Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
Configuring a Transit AS
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

Multihomed BGP Networks
Employing AS Path Filters
Filtering with Prefix Lists
Outbound Route Filtering
Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

BGP Route Selection with Weights
BGP Local Preference
AS-Path Prepending
BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
Addressing BGP Communities

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routes
Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Single or Multiple Service Providers

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
Designing Networks and Route Reflectors
Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
Configuring and Monitoring Confederations

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

Improving BGP Convergence
Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
Implementing BGP Peer Groups
BGP Route Dampening

1. BGP Overview

Session Establishment
Path Attributes
Route Processing
Basic Configuration
Monitoring and Troubleshooting

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

Working with a Transit AS
Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
Configuring a Transit AS
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

Multihomed BGP Networks
Employing AS Path Filters
Filtering with Prefix Lists
Outbound Route Filtering
Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

BGP Route Selection with Weights
BGP Local Preference
AS-Path Prepending
BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
Addressing BGP Communities

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routes
Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Single or Multiple Service Providers

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
Designing Networks and Route Reflectors
Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
Configuring and Monitoring Confederations

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

Improving BGP Convergence
Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
Implementing BGP Peer Groups
BGP Route Dampening

1. BGP Overview

Session Establishment
Path Attributes
Route Processing
Basic Configuration
Monitoring and Troubleshooting

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

Working with a Transit AS
Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
Configuring a Transit AS
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

Multihomed BGP Networks
Employing AS Path Filters
Filtering with Prefix Lists
Outbound Route Filtering
Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
Implementing Changes in BGP Policy

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

BGP Route Selection with Weights
BGP Local Preference
AS-Path Prepending
BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
Addressing BGP Communities

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routes
Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Single or Multiple Service Providers

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
Designing Networks and Route Reflectors
Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
Configuring and Monitoring Confederations

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

Improving BGP Convergence
Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
Implementing BGP Peer Groups
BGP Route Dampening

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Lab 1: Configuring basic BGP

Create BGP peerings
Advertise networks into BGP
Redistribute your IGP into BGP
Examine the effects of BGP auto-summarization
Summarize routes to your neighbor
Implement BGP TTL Security
Implement BGP Authentication

Lab 2: Configuring IBGP Peerings

Configure an IBGP peering with another edge router
Peering with loopback interfaces
Examine effect of BGP synchronization
Discover BGP next-hop behavior
Examine the effects of multihoming on path selection

Lab 3: Using AS-Path Filters and Regular Expressions

Filter updates to external routers
Manipulate path selection using AS-path filters and regular expressions

Lab 4: Using Prefix Lists

Filter advertised AS routes using prefix lists
Implement Outbound Route Filtering

Lab 5: Configure Route Maps for BGP Filtering

Configure a route map as a BGP filter

Lab 6: Configuring the Weight Attribute

Configure a second BGP peering for each router
Set a weight value for routes received from each EBGP neighbor
Monitor the resulting path choice

Lab 7: Configuring the Local Preference Attribute

Use the Local Preference attribute to control BGP path selection

Lab 8: AS-Path Prepending

Configure AS-Path Prepending to make one path into your AS look more attractive than the other

Lab 9: Configuring the Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute

Use the MED attribute to influence the BGP path selection by routers in neighboring systems

Lab 10: Using the Community Attribute

Configure the community attribute in setting local preference BGP policies

Lab 11: Using Route Reflectors

Configure a hierarchical route reflector structure
Examine the effects of route reflectors on routing updates

Lab 12: Monitoring and Tuning BGP Resource Use

Examine the effects of BGP session establishment and route updates on router resources
Examine how timers speed BGP convergence
Set a maximum prefix value

Lab 13: Using Peer Groups

Place neighboring BGP routers into peer groups
Apply policy configuration to peer groups

Lab 14: Using Route Dampening

Configure and apply route dampening to external peers
Monitor the results when that peer's routes flap

Lab 15: Implement BGP for IPv6 (Optional)

Configure BGP to support IPv6

Lab 1: Configuring basic BGP

Create BGP peerings
Advertise networks into BGP
Redistribute your IGP into BGP
Examine the effects of BGP auto-summarization
Summarize routes to your neighbor
Implement BGP TTL Security
Implement BGP Authentication

Lab 2: Configuring IBGP Peerings

Configure an IBGP peering with another edge router
Peering with loopback interfaces
Examine effect of BGP synchronization
Discover BGP next-hop behavior
Examine the effects of multihoming on path selection

Lab 3: Using AS-Path Filters and Regular Expressions

Filter updates to external routers
Manipulate path selection using AS-path filters and regular expressions

Lab 4: Using Prefix Lists

Filter advertised AS routes using prefix lists
Implement Outbound Route Filtering

Lab 5: Configure Route Maps for BGP Filtering

Configure a route map as a BGP filter

Lab 6: Configuring the Weight Attribute

Configure a second BGP peering for each router
Set a weight value for routes received from each EBGP neighbor
Monitor the resulting path choice

Lab 7: Configuring the Local Preference Attribute

Use the Local Preference attribute to control BGP path selection

Lab 8: AS-Path Prepending

Configure AS-Path Prepending to make one path into your AS look more attractive than the other

Lab 9: Configuring the Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute

Use the MED attribute to influence the BGP path selection by routers in neighboring systems

Lab 10: Using the Community Attribute

Configure the community attribute in setting local preference BGP policies

Lab 11: Using Route Reflectors

Configure a hierarchical route reflector structure
Examine the effects of route reflectors on routing updates

Lab 12: Monitoring and Tuning BGP Resource Use

Examine the effects of BGP session establishment and route updates on router resources
Examine how timers speed BGP convergence
Set a maximum prefix value

Lab 13: Using Peer Groups

Place neighboring BGP routers into peer groups
Apply policy configuration to peer groups

Lab 14: Using Route Dampening

Configure and apply route dampening to external peers
Monitor the results when that peer's routes flap

Lab 15: Implement BGP for IPv6 (Optional)

Configure BGP to support IPv6

Lab 1: Configuring basic BGP

Create BGP peerings
Advertise networks into BGP
Redistribute your IGP into BGP
Examine the effects of BGP auto-summarization
Summarize routes to your neighbor
Implement BGP TTL Security
Implement BGP Authentication

Lab 2: Configuring IBGP Peerings

Configure an IBGP peering with another edge router
Peering with loopback interfaces
Examine effect of BGP synchronization
Discover BGP next-hop behavior
Examine the effects of multihoming on path selection

Lab 3: Using AS-Path Filters and Regular Expressions

Filter updates to external routers
Manipulate path selection using AS-path filters and regular expressions

Lab 4: Using Prefix Lists

Filter advertised AS routes using prefix lists
Implement Outbound Route Filtering

Lab 5: Configure Route Maps for BGP Filtering

Configure a route map as a BGP filter

Lab 6: Configuring the Weight Attribute

Configure a second BGP peering for each router
Set a weight value for routes received from each EBGP neighbor
Monitor the resulting path choice

Lab 7: Configuring the Local Preference Attribute

Use the Local Preference attribute to control BGP path selection

Lab 8: AS-Path Prepending

Configure AS-Path Prepending to make one path into your AS look more attractive than the other

Lab 9: Configuring the Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute

Use the MED attribute to influence the BGP path selection by routers in neighboring systems

Lab 10: Using the Community Attribute

Configure the community attribute in setting local preference BGP policies

Lab 11: Using Route Reflectors

Configure a hierarchical route reflector structure
Examine the effects of route reflectors on routing updates

Lab 12: Monitoring and Tuning BGP Resource Use

Examine the effects of BGP session establishment and route updates on router resources
Examine how timers speed BGP convergence
Set a maximum prefix value

Lab 13: Using Peer Groups

Place neighboring BGP routers into peer groups
Apply policy configuration to peer groups

Lab 14: Using Route Dampening

Configure and apply route dampening to external peers
Monitor the results when that peer's routes flap

Lab 15: Implement BGP for IPv6 (Optional)

Configure BGP to support IPv6

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Internet service providers
Networking professionals who need to connect to ISPs
CCIP and CCIE certification candidates
Individuals who need to understand how to configure Cisco routers for the BGP protocol

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BGP - Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers v4.0

This course includes Cisco Training Exclusives

Classroom Live Outline

1. BGP Overview

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

1. BGP Overview

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

1. BGP Overview

2. BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

3. Route Selection Using Policy Controls

4. Route Selection Using Attributes

5. Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

6. Scaling Service Provider Networks

7. Optimizing BGP Scalability

Classroom Live Labs

Lab 1: Configuring basic BGP

Lab 2: Configuring IBGP Peerings

Lab 3: Using AS-Path Filters and Regular Expressions

Lab 4: Using Prefix Lists

Lab 5: Configure Route Maps for BGP Filtering

Lab 6: Configuring the Weight Attribute

Lab 7: Configuring the Local Preference Attribute

Lab 8: AS-Path Prepending

Lab 9: Configuring the Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute

Lab 10: Using the Community Attribute

Lab 11: Using Route Reflectors

Lab 12: Monitoring and Tuning BGP Resource Use

Lab 13: Using Peer Groups

Lab 14: Using Route Dampening

Lab 15: Implement BGP for IPv6 (Optional)

Lab 1: Configuring basic BGP

Lab 2: Configuring IBGP Peerings

Lab 3: Using AS-Path Filters and Regular Expressions

Lab 4: Using Prefix Lists

Lab 5: Configure Route Maps for BGP Filtering

Lab 6: Configuring the Weight Attribute

Lab 7: Configuring the Local Preference Attribute

Lab 8: AS-Path Prepending

Lab 9: Configuring the Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute

Lab 10: Using the Community Attribute

Lab 11: Using Route Reflectors

Lab 12: Monitoring and Tuning BGP Resource Use

Lab 13: Using Peer Groups

Lab 14: Using Route Dampening

Lab 15: Implement BGP for IPv6 (Optional)

Lab 1: Configuring basic BGP

Lab 2: Configuring IBGP Peerings

Lab 3: Using AS-Path Filters and Regular Expressions

Lab 4: Using Prefix Lists

Lab 5: Configure Route Maps for BGP Filtering

Lab 6: Configuring the Weight Attribute

Lab 7: Configuring the Local Preference Attribute

Lab 8: AS-Path Prepending

Lab 9: Configuring the Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute

Lab 10: Using the Community Attribute

Lab 11: Using Route Reflectors

Lab 12: Monitoring and Tuning BGP Resource Use

Lab 13: Using Peer Groups

Lab 14: Using Route Dampening

Lab 15: Implement BGP for IPv6 (Optional)

Training Exclusives

Cisco Digital Learning

Course Delivery