SPFNDU – Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations

Course Overview
The Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU) v1.0 course is designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge for the suite of Cisco® CCNP® Service Provider courses. The course expands what you learned from the Cisco CCNA® course with a focus on theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the Service Provider environment. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on practice, you will learn about architectures, protocols, software and hardware platforms, and solutions within the Service Provider realm. While this course does not lead directly to a certification exam, it does cover foundational knowledge critical to the success in the Service Provider Technology track. This course also earns you 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

This course will help you:

Acquire the foundational knowledge to understand the Cisco Service Provider Network methodologies, tools, and functions
Learn the skills to manage the software and hardware platforms, structures, and protocols within the Service Provider realm

Who should attend

This course is designed for network and software engineers and hold job roles such as:

Network administrator
Network engineer
Network manager
System engineer
Project manager
Network designer

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
Familiarity with typical service provider environment
Basic knowledge about networking devices and their roles

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Describe network architectures, devices, and software used by service providers
Describe the various Internet governance organizations, their roles, and tools available for governance information verification
Configure Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) and Cisco IOS XE routers
Describe Cisco IOS XR software, perform initial configuration, and explain platform daily tasks
Describe various access and core technologies used by service providers
Describe various major switching technologies used by service providers
Describe major overlay technologies and their usage, and configure Virtual Extensible LAN I (VxLAN)
Describe various major routing protocols used by service providers
Configure Layer 3 services used by service providers
Describe Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), components, protocols, and MPLS usage
Describe usage of various services used and maintained by service providers
Introduce Linux networking, Bourne Again Shell (BASH) scripting, and their usage within Cisco IOS XR software

Lab Topology

Review Lab Environment
Examine Governance Data
Perform an Initial Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS XE) Configuration
Configure Connectivity and Connectivity Verification on Cisco IOS XE Devices
Perform Initial Cisco IOS XR Configuration
Configure and Verify Connectivity on Cisco IOS XR
Configure Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
Configure Routing Information Protocol (RIPv2) and RIP extension (RIPng)
Configure Basic Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Configure MPLS
Configure Internet Protocol Service Level Agreement (IP SLA)
Configure Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) with Object Tracking
Configure Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRFs)
Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Use Linux Command Line Interface
Configure IOS XR Using a Bash Script