SPCNI - Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure

Course Description 

The Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure training teaches you how to design and implement virtualization cloud infrastructures in a service provider network. You will learn about virtualized network function infrastructures and how to use programmability and orchestration to manage virtualization cloud infrastructures. You will also learn about cloud computing and implementation of cloud interconnect and data center interconnect solutions. In addition, you will learn how to monitor and secure virtualization cloud infrastructures and provide optimization and high availability within the infrastructures.

This training prepares you for the 300-540 SPCNI v1.0 exam. If passed, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure certification and satisfy the concentration exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Service Provider certification. This training also earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you:
Design and implement virtualization cloud infrastructures in a service provider network
Learn about virtualized network function infrastructures
Learn how to use programmability and orchestration to manage virtualization cloud infrastructures
Learn about cloud computing
Learn about cloud interconnect and data center interconnect solutions
Learn how to implement various interconnect solutions
Learn how to monitor and secure virtualization cloud infrastructures and provide optimization and high availability within the infrastructures
Earn 40 CE credits toward recertification

Who Should Enroll

System Engineers
Technical Support Personnel
Channel Partners
Resellers

What to Expect in the Exam

300-540 SPCNI: Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure is a 90-minute exam associated with the Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure certification and satisfies the concentration exam requirement for the CCNP Service Provider certification.

The multiple-choice format tests your knowledge of:
Designing and implementing virtualized architecture
Cloud interconnect
High availability
Security
Service assurance
Optimization best practices

Course Objectives

Get an overview of Cisco Network Function Infrastructure, Cisco Network Infrastructure Manager, Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM), and Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
Understand the concept of networking and deployment operation in OpenStack platform
Get an overview the security features available in Cisco Network Functions Virtualization (NFVI) solution
Describe the application hosting architecture on a Cisco IOS XR router
Introduce containers and describe container architecture
Describe Kubernetes concepts, such as Kubernetes objects, and how nodes, pods, and clusters fit into them
Describe cloud computing, cloud deployment models, cloud service models, and Carrier-Neutral Facilities (CNFs)
Implement and configure Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Segment Routing (SR), and SRv6
Describe the operation and data flow of the Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) control plane
Configure Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) security and optimization options
Describe Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) control plane security mechanisms
Configure unicast reverse path forwarding, Media Access Control Security (MACsec), and remote-triggered black-hole filtering
Get an overview of high-availability technologies and multi-homing scenarios in the service provider network
Describe the benefits, enablement, implementation, and configuration of Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)
Describe Quality of Service (QoS) options for public cloud connectivity
Discuss high availability mechanisms used in routing (anycast) and services Domain Name System (DNS)
Implement On-Demand Next Hop
Comprehend and implement model-driven telemetry and use Cisco ThousandEyes for enhanced network visibility and management
Describe the basic concepts, history, and purpose of telemetry, including the telemetry push model and telemetry collectors
Discuss the efficiency and ease of use of various encoding methods, including Google Protocol Buffers (GPB), Compact GPB, and Key-value GPB, as well as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and transport protocols
Describe gNMI subscription modes, gRPC outputs, performance with different encodings, and key ideas related to gRPC
Describe features, the architecture, and components of Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (CNC)

Course Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are:
Routing protocol configuration experience with BGP, Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Knowledge of Layer 2 IEEE switching and related protocols, including MPLS configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco routers in a large network environment

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:
Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) 2.0
Understanding Cisco Service Provided Network Foundations (SPFNDU) 1.0
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) 1.1

Course Outline

Cisco NFV Infrastructure
Cloud Computing
Service Provider Model-Driven Programmability
Network Orchestration using NSO
Container Orchestration
Cisco Crosswork Network Controller
Cloud Interconnect Solutions
Data Center Interconnect Solutions
Service Provider High Availability
Service Provider Core Optimization
Service Provider Performance Monitoring
Service Provider Control Plane Security
Service Provider Data Plane Security

Lab Outline

Deploy a VNF Using OpenStack
Configure and Verify Devices by Using Model-Driven Programmability
Network Orchestration using NSO
Configure and Verify Application Hosting Within a Docker Container
Configure and Verify Layer 3 VPN
Configure and Verify EVPN VPWS
Configure and Verify SR TI-LFA Using IS-IS
Configure and Verify SR TI-LFA Using OSPF
Configure and Verify SR-TE Using IS-IS
Configure and Verify SR-TE Using OSPF
Configure and Verify ODN and Flexible Algorithm
Configure and Verify Model-Driven Telemetry
Implement BGP Security
Implement RTBH Filtering