Detailed Course Outline
Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: MPLS VPNs
- MPLS VPNs
- Provider-Provisioned VPNs
Chapter 3: Layer 3 VPNs
- Layer 3 VPN Terminology
- VPN-IPv4 Address Structure
- Operational Characteristics
Chapter 4: Basic Layer 3 VPN Configuration
- Preliminary Steps
- PE Router Configuration
- Lab: Layer 3 VPN with Static and BGP Routing
Chapter 5: Layer 3 VPN Scaling and Internet Access
- Scaling Layer 3 VPNs
- Public Internet Access Options
- Lab: LDP over RSVP Tunnels and Public Internet Access
Day 2
Chapter 6: Layer 3 VPNs – Advanced Topics
- Exchanging Routes between Routing Instances
- Hub-and-Spoke Topologies
- Layer 3 VPN CoS Options
- Layer 3 VPN and GRE Tunneling Integration
- Layer 3 VPN and IPSec Integration
- Layer 3 VPN Egress Protection
- BGP prefix-independent convergence (PIC) edge for MPLS VPNs
- VRF Localization
- Provider Edge Link Protection
- Support for configuring more than 3 million L3VPN Labels
- Lab: GRE Tunneling
Chapter 7: Interprovider Backbones for Layer 3 VPNs
- Hierarchical VPN Models
- Carrier-of-Carriers Model
- Option C Configuration
- Lab: Carrier-of-Carriers Layer 3 VPNs
Chapter 8: Troubleshooting Layer 3 VPNs
- Working with Multiple Layers
- Troubleshooting Commands on a PE Device
- Multiaccess Interfaces in Layer 3 VPNs
- PE and CE-based Traceroutes
- Layer 3 VPN Monitoring Commands
- Lab: Troubleshooting Layer 3 VPNs
Day 3
Chapter 9: Draft Rosen Multicast VPNs
- Multicast Overview
- Draft Rosen MVPN Overview
- Draft Rosen MVPN Operation
- Configuration
- Monitoring
Chapter 10: Next-Generation Multicast VPNs
- Multicast VPN Overview
- Next-Generation MVPN Operation
- Configuration
- Monitoring
- Internet Multicast
- Ingress Replication
- Internet Multicast Signaling and Data Plane
- Configuring MVPN Internet Multicast
- Monitoring MVPN Internet Multicast
- Lab: MVPNs