Upon completing this course, you will be able to meet these objectives:
- Describe how to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing in a network scenario with multiple domains.
- Describe how to use BGP policy controls to influence the BGP route selection process in a network scenario n which you must support connections to multiple ISPs.
- Describe how to use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process in a network scenario where you must support multiple connections.
- Describe how to successfully connect the customer network to the Internet in a network scenario in which multiple connections must be implemented.
- Describe how to configure the service provider network to behave as a transit AS in a typical implementation with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems.
- Describe the available BGP tools and features to optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol in a typical BGP network.
Module 1: BGP Overview
- Lesson 1: Introducing BGP
- Lesson 2: Understanding BGP Path Attributes
- Lesson 3: Establishing BGP Sessions
- Lesson 4: Processing BGP Routes
- Lesson 5: Configuring Basic BGP
- Lesson 6: Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP
Module 2: BGP Transit Autonomous Systems
- Lesson 1: Working with Transit AS
- Lesson 2: Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in Transit AS
- Lesson 3: Forwarding Packets in Transit AS
- Lesson 4: Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in Transit AS
Module 3: Route Selection Using Policy Controls
- Lesson 1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks
- Lesson 2: Employing AS Path Filters
- Lesson 3: Filtering with Prefix Lists
- Lesson 4: Using Outbound Route Filtering
- Lesson 5: Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
- Lesson 6: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
Module 4: Route Selection Using Attributes
- Lesson 1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
- Lesson 2: Setting BGP Local Preference
- Lesson 3: Using AS Path Prepending
- Lesson 4: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
- Lesson 5: Addressing BGP Communities
Module 5: Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP
- Lesson 1: Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
- Lesson 2: Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
- Lesson 3: Connecting a Customer to a Single Service Provider
- Lesson 4: Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service Providers
Module 6: Scaling Service Provider Networks
- Lesson 1: Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
- Lesson 2: Introducing and Designing Route Reflectors
- Lesson 3: Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
Module 7: Optimizing BGP Scalability
- Lesson 1: Improving BGP Convergence
- Lesson 2: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
- Lesson 3: Implementing BGP Peer Groups
- Lesson 4: Using BGP Route Dampening
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS Software configuration
- Configuring and troubleshooting RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and IS-IS
Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in:
- Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices v2.0, Part 1 (ICND1 v2.0) and Part 2 (ICND2 v2.0), or Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated Version 2.0 (CCNAX v2.0)
- Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE v2.0)
- Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 1 (SPNGN1) v1.2
- Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2) v1.2
Primary target audience:
- This course is intended primarily for network administrators, network engineers, network managers and systems engineers who would like to implement BGP.
Secondary target audience:
- This course is intended for network designers and project managers. The course is also recommended to all individuals preparing for BGP exam.
