This Instructor Lead Training course is #2 of 4. It will prepare students for the SPADVROUTE exam required for the new CCNP-SP Certification. This certifictation is designed to prepare students to work at the Professional level in a Service Provider environment.

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Configure the service provider network to support multiple BGP connections with customers and other autonomous systems.
• Describe common routing and addressing scalability issues in service provider network.
• Describe available BGP tools and features to secure and optimize the BGP routing protocol in a service provider environment.
• Introduce IP multicast services and the technologies present in IP multicasting.
• Introduce PIM-SM as the most current scalable IP multicast routing protocol.
• Describe service provider IPv6 transition implementations.

• Channel Partner / Reseller
• Customer
• Employee

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Basic computer literacy
• Basic Microsoft Windows navigation skills
• Basic Internet usage skills
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts
• Basic knowledge of Cisco IOS / IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR software configuration
• Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 1 (SPNGN1) course.
• Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 2 (SPNGN2) course.
• Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing (SPROUTE) course.

Module 1: Service Provider Connectivity with BGP

• Lesson 1: Defining Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
• Lesson 2: Connecting a Customer to Service Provider

Module 2: Scale Service Provider Network

• Lesson 1: Scaling BGP in Service Provider Networks
• Lesson 2: Introducing BGP Route Reflectors and Confederations

Module 3: Secure and Optimize BGP

• Lesson 1: Implementing Advanced BGP Operations
• Lesson 2: Improving BGP Convergence
• Lesson 3: Improving BGP Configuration Scalability

Module 4: Multicast Overview

• Lesson 1: Introducing IP Multicast
• Lesson 2: Defining Multicast Distribution Trees and Forwarding
• Lesson 3: Multicast on the LAN
• Lesson 4: Populating Mroute Table

Module 5: Intra- and Inter-Domain Multicast Routing

• Lesson 1: Introducing PIM-SM Protocol
• Lesson 2: Implementing PIM-SM Enhancements
• Lesson 3: Implementing Interdomain IP Multicast
• Lesson 4: Identifying Rendezvous Point Distribution Solutions

Module 6: Service Provider IPv6 Transition Implementations

• Lesson 1: Introducing IPv6 Services
• Lesson 2: Defining IPv6 Transition Mechanisms
• Lesson 3: Deploying IPv6 in the Service Provider Network