Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Course Outline:

MPLS Features

  • Introducing Basic MPLS Concepts
  • Introducing MPLS Labels and Label Stack
  • Identifying MPLS Applications

Label Assignment and Distribution

  • Discovering LDP Neighbors
  • Introducing Typical Label Distribution in Frame-Mode MPLS
  • Introducing Convergence in Frame-mode MPLS

Frame-Mode MPLS Implementation on Cisco IOS Platforms

  • Introducing Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) Switching
  • Configuring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
  • Monitoring Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms
  • Troubleshooting Frame-Mode MPLS on Cisco IOS Platforms

MPLS VPN Technology

  • Introducting Virtual Private Networks
  • Introducing MPLS VPN Architecture
  • Introducing the MPLS VPN Routing Model
  • Forwarding MPLS VPN Packets

MPLS VPN Implementation

  • Using MPLS VPN Mechanisms of Cisco IOS platforms
  • Configuring an MP-BGP Session Between PE Routers
  • Configuring VRF Tables
  • Configuring Small-Scale Routing Protocols Between PE and CE routers
  • Monitoring MPLS VPN Operations
  • Configuring OSPF as the Routing Protocol Between PE and CE Routers
  • Configuring BGP as the Routing Protocol between PE and CE Routers
  • Troubleshooting MPLS VPNs

Complex MPLS VPNs

  • Introducing Overlapping VPNs
  • Introducing Central Services VPNs
  • Introducing the Managed CE Routers Service

Internet Access and MPLS VPNs

  • Combining Internet Access with MPLS VPNs
  • Implementing Internet Access in the MPLS VPN Environment

MPLS Traffic Engineering Overview

  • Introducing MPLS Traffic Engineering Components
  • MPLS Traffic Engineering Operations
  • Configuring MPLS Traffic Engineering on Cisco IOS Platforms
  • Monitoring Basic MPLS TE on Cisco IOS Platforms