2.5 -Day Instructor Led Hands On Lab Class
Available in either Web Based delivery or On-Site Delivery

Course Description:

Understanding of the TCP/IP Suite, and Internet Protocol operation, are vital to IP network backbone engineers, engineers that test these networks and equipment that is installed in these networks, and development engineers.

The course is a combination of knowledge training, systems analysis, with hands-on exercises using Cisco routers and Cisco IOS, designed by CellStream consultants to bring the engineer, who knows a little about IP, to a deeper understanding of five specific protocols and concepts:  OSPF, BGP, MPLS, QoS, and IPSec.  A combination of knowledge training, hands-on exercises, and hands-on experience through execution of Command Line interface to Cisco routing labs reveals TCP/IP in a swift, detailed, and understandable way.

Course Objectives:

The objectives of the course are to:

1. Develop a "hands-on" skill set targeted at TCP/IP networking in the following key areas:
   • MultiProtocol Label Switching
   • OSPF and BPG Routing protocols, and the control plane of IP
   • Quality of Service with IP
   • IP Security (IPSec)
2. Use and understand selection options of IP routing protocols
3. Use and configure fundamental properties of IP Quality of Service
4. Develop a hands-on skill set targeted at MPLS networking in the following key areas:
   • MPLS Basic Operations
   • MPLS Traffic Engineering
   • MPLS L3 VPN Services
5. Master the MPLS-related enhancements to existing IP Control Protocols (RSVP, OSPF, BGP, RIPv2, IS-IS)
6. Understand the security benefits, issues and support of IPSec

These objectives are met by covering the necessary technical bases in a straight forward manner, by keep the content in context of the objectives - connecting the dots.  Utilizing a short, subject specific architecture with exercises to drive home key points and Hands-On experience that reveal these points builds skills and knowledge based on Bloom's Taxonomy.  Presentation is industry current and up-to-date using a technology specialists.

Audience:

The target audience for this course is anyone in the telecommunications field that requires a solid and complete understanding of the fundamental operations of the TCP/IP protocol suite in networking, and desires hands-on skills that can be applied to their job function. Ideal candidates are:

• Central Office Technicians, Engineers, and Supervisors
• Line Technicians, and Customer Service Technicians
• Operations individuals that will provide IP configuration and support services
• Development Engineers that must know TCP/IP networking in order to provide hardware and software solutions
• Network Design Engineers that need to understand TCP/IP services and applications
• Network Management individuals that are providing element and network management tools
• Network Administrators and IT professionals
• Technical sales individuals that must be able to correlate features with functionality
• Technical marketing individuals that want more than just a basic understanding of IP
• Certification Track individuals that need to expand their knowledge and studies

Course Prerequisites:

CellStream has designed this course assuming students must complete a hands-on router configuration introductory course (such as our Hands-On TCP/IPv4 Fundamentals class) before attending the Advanced IP course.

All students must attend with a lap-top computer in order to interface to the Router Lab. If the course is held at a classroom where computers are available, the Lap-top computer will not be required.

Course Materials:

Students will be provided with a Course Student Guide and a Lab Guide. Also, a lab system for configuration and labs will be provided.

Related Content:

Some students have found that our approach to mastering IP Addressing provides needed skills towards acquiring further industry certifications such as Cisco CCNA.

Course Outline:

The course outline is as follows:

• Part 1: The Groundwork
  • Overview and Introductions
  • Introduction to the five topics
  • LAB: Setting up for Internetworking with the CellStream Router Lab Network
• Part 2: OSPF in Detail
  • OSPF Areas
  • Inter-Area Routing
  • Intra-Area Routing
  • LAB: OSPF Areas
  • Seven Link State Advertising Types
  • OSPF Route Redistribution
  • Interoperation with BGP
  • LAB: OSPF interoperation with BGP
• Part 3: Delivering Quality of Service with IP Networks
  • Basics of QoS
  • Scheduling
  • Marking
  • Policing
  • LAB: QoS Lab
• Part 4:  MPLS Groundwork
  • Definition of MPLS and The Problem it Solves
  • MPLS Resources
  • Label Switching Routers
  • MPLS Label Types and Label Switched Paths
  • MPLS Loop Prevention
  • Control of Label Distribution
• Part 5: MPLS Label Distribution Protocol
  • LDP Protocol Form and Functions
  • LAB: Configuring Basic MPLS Operation
  • LAB: MPLS TTL Propagation
  • LAB: Constraining Label Assignment
  • LAB: MPLS Troubleshooting
• Part 6: MPLS Application #1 - Traffic Engineering
  • The Problem MPLS-TE Solves
  • MPLS TE Architecture and Definitions
  • Extending RSVP Protocol for MPLS-TE
  • Constraining Path Selection for MPLS-TE
  • Enhancing OSPF and IS-IS for MPLS-TE
  • LAB: MPLS-TE IGP Configuration
  • LAB: MPLS-TE Network Preparation
  • LAB: MPLS Traffic Engineering Tunnels
  • Providing Survivability for MPLS-TE Networks
  • LAB: Fast Reroute
• Part 7: Advanced BGP and Layer 3 VPNs
  • Review of BGP
  • Extending BGP Protocol for MPLS L3 VPNs
  • LAB: MPLS L3VPN MP-BGP
  • LAB: L3VPN VRF Configuration: Full Mesh
  • LAB: L3VPN VRF Configuration: Hub and Spoke
  • LAB: L3VPN CE-PE BGP Protocol Configuration
  • LAB: L3VPN Troubleshooting
• Part 8: Security with IPSec
  • Overview of IPSec
  • Protocols and Message Exchange
  • Authentication Headers and Encryption Protocol
  • LAB: Configuring an IPSec Client
  • LAB: Configuring an IPSec Server
  • Verification of Encrypted Packets

Purchase Course Book

You can now only purchase a course book directly from us.  They ship within 1 business week.  These books are printed in the same format as the student would receive in the classroom.  The cost of the course books is $195 per set (plus shipping) and includes a Student Guide and Lab Guide.