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BGP v3.2 - Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers

Course length: 5.0 day(s)

Learning Credits: 32

Course Description:

The Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v3.2 course provides students with in-depth knowledge of BGP, the routing protocol that is one of the underlying foundations of the Internet and new-world technologies such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). This curriculum covers the theory of BGP, configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS routers, detailed troubleshooting information and hands-on exercises that provide students with the skills needed to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in customer environments. Different service solutions in the curriculum cover BGP network design issues and usage rules for various BGP features preparing students to design and implement efficient, optimal and trouble free BGP networks.

Target Students:

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

Pre- and post sales technical engineers who are responsible for designing, implementing, or troubleshooting BGP networks.

The secondary audience for this course is as follows:

Personnel who perform other network job functions, such as network performance or design, in a BGP networking environment.
Candidates seeking professional-level certification, including Cisco CCIP® or CCIE® status.

Course Objectives:

Given a network scenario with multiple domains, configure, monitor and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing
Given a network scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported, use BGP policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on BGP route processing
Given a network scenario where multiple connections must be supported, use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process
Given customer connectivity requirements, implement the correct BGP configuration to successfully connect the customer?s network to the Internet
Given a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems, enable the provider network to behave as a transit autonomous system
Given a typical service provider network, identify common BGP scaling issues and enable route reflection and confederations as possible solutions to these issues
Given a typical BGP network, use available BGP tools and features to optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol

Prerequisites:

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

Completion of Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) or Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA)
Completion of Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) or equivalent HSRP

Delivery Method:

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

This is NOT online learning. We use a 65 Inch Panasonic Flat Screen. Our instructor will have full contact with students.. This is a LIVE delivery. We’ve had great responses from other past students. We also use high-definition Audio and Video systems to ensure an engaging experience. This has allowed us to drastically reduce reschedules and guarantee more running classes for our students, offering the convenience of staying local for your training.

Live Delivery
Same Authorized Cisco Materials
Same labs to support the class as any Skyline delivery.
Same Student PC’s
High Definition audio and visual experience
Instructor is able to see and even control your PC (Instructors are happy to stay after class to provide assistance)
1 year audit policy-meaning you may come and re-sit the same class as many times as you like for up to 1 year as long as the version and or course materials don’t change.

Course Content

Course Introduction
- Overview
- Course Goal and Objectives
- Course Flow
- Additional References
- Your Training Curriculum
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 a Transit AS
- Lesson 2: Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
- Lesson 3: Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
- Lesson 4: Configuring a Transit AS
- Lesson 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a 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 Multihomed 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 Route Reflectors
- Lesson 3: Designing Networks with Route Reflectors
- Lesson 4: Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
- Lesson 5: Introducing Confederations
- Lesson 6: Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
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

Lab Outline

Lab 1-1: Initial Lab Setup
Lab 1-2: Configuring Basic BGP
Lab 2-1: Configuring a Transit AS
Lab 3-1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks
Lab 3-2: Employing AS-Path Filters
Lab 3-3: Filtering with Prefix-Lists
Lab 3-4: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
Lab 4-1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
Lab 4-2: Setting BGP Local Preference
Lab 4-3: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
Lab 4-4: Addressing BGP Communities
Lab 6-1: Introducing Route Reflectors
Lab 6-2: Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
Lab 7-1: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
Lab 7-2: Implementing BGP Peer Groups
Lab 7-3: Using BGP Route Dampening