Cisco Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations v1 (SPFNDU)

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Course Overview

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.

Who Should Attend

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

Course Objectives

    • 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

Course Outline

  • 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

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This is a 5-day class

Price: $4,495.00

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