The Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU) v1.0 course is designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge for the suite of Cisco® CCNP® Service Provider courses. The course expands what you learned from the Cisco CCNA® course with a focus on theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the Service Provider environment. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on practice, you will learn about architectures, protocols, software and hardware platforms, and solutions within the Service Provider realm. While this course does not lead directly to a certification exam, it does cover foundational knowledge critical to the success in the Service Provider Technology track.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe network architectures, devices, and software used by service providers
• Describe the various Internet governance organizations, their roles, and tools available for governance information verification
• Configure Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) and Cisco IOS XE routers
• Describe Cisco IOS XR software, perform initial configuration, and explain platform daily tasks
• Describe various access and core technologies used by service providers
• Describe various major switching technologies used by service providers
• Describe major overlay technologies and their usage, and configure Virtual Extensible LAN I (VxLAN)
• Describe various major routing protocols used by service providers
• Configure Layer 3 services used by service providers
• Describe Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), components, protocols, and MPLS usage
• Describe usage of various services used and maintained by service providers
• Introduce Linux networking, Bourne Again Shell (BASH) scripting, and their usage within Cisco IOS XR software

• Introducing Service Provider Architectures
• Describing Internet Governance Organizations
• Configuring the Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Router
• Configuring Cisco IOS XR Router
• Introducing Access and Core Technologies in the Service Provider Environment
• Introducing Routing Technologies in the Service Provider Environment
• Describing MPLS
• Implementing Layer 3 Services
• Introducing Switching Technologies in the Service Provider Environment
• Introducing Overlay Technologies
• Implementing Service Provider Services
• Introducing Programmability on Cisco IOS XR Routers

Lab outline

• Review Lab Environment
• Examine Governance Data
• Perform an Initial Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS XE) Configuration
• Configure Connectivity and Connectivity Verification on Cisco IOS XE Devices
• Perform Initial Cisco IOS XR Configuration
• Configure and Verify Connectivity on Cisco IOS XR
• Configure Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
• Configure Routing Information Protocol (RIPv2) and RIP extension (RIPng)
• Configure Basic Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Configure MPLS
• Configure Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement (IP SLA)
• Configure Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) with Object Tracking
• Configure Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRFs)
• Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• Use Linux Command Line Interface
• Configure IOS XR Using a Bash Script

This course is designed for network and software engineers and hold job roles such as:

• Network administrator
• Network engineer
• Network manager
• System engineer
• Project manager
• Network designer

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
• Familiarity with typical service provider environment
• Basic knowledge about networking devices and their roles