Cisco ® IPv6 Fundamentals, Design and Deployment (IP6FD)

Course details

This course aims at enabling learners to study and configure Cisco IOS Software IP version 6 (IPv6) features. The course is a technology course covering IPv6 design and implementation topics.

Course Outline

1 - Introduction to IPv6

• Explaining the Rationale for IPv6
• Evaluating IPv6 Features and Benefits
• Understanding Market Drivers

2 - IPv6 Operations

• Understanding the IPv6 Addressing Architecture
• Describing the IPv6 Header Format
• Enabling IPv6 on Hosts
• Enabling IPv6 on Cisco Routers
• Using ICMPv6 and Neighbor Discovery
• Troubleshooting IPv6

3 - IPv6 Services

• IPv6 Mobility 
• Describing DNS in an IPv6 Environment
• Understanding DHCPv6 Operations
• Understanding QoS Support in an IPv6 Environment

4 - IPv6-Enabled Routing Protocols

• Routing with RIPng
• Examining OSPFv3
• Examining Integrated IS-IS
• Examining EIGRP for IPv6
• Understanding MP-BGP
• Configuring IPv6 Policy-Based Routing
• Configuring FHRP for IPv6
• Configuring Route Redistribution

5 - IPv6 Multicast Services

• Implementing Multicast in an IPv6 Network
• Using IPv6 MLD

6 - IPv6 Transition Mechanisms

• Implementing Dual-Stack
• Describing IPv6 Tunneling Mechanisms

7 - IPv6 Security

• Configuring IPv6 ACLs
• Using IPsec, IKE, and VPNs
• Discussing Security Issues in an IPv6 Transition Environment
• Understanding IPv6 Security Practices
• Configuring Cisco IOS Firewall for IPv6

8 - Deploying IPv6

• Examining IPv6 Address Allocation
• Understanding the IPv6 Multihoming Issue
• Identifying IPv6 Enterprise Deployment Strategies

9 - IPv6 and Service Providers

• Identifying IPv6 Service Provider Deployment
• Understanding Support for IPv6 in MPLS
• Understanding 6VPE
• Understanding IPv6 Broadband Access Services

10 - IPv6 Case Studies

• Planning and Implementing IPv6 in Enterprise Networks
• Planning and Implementing IPv6 in Service Provider Networks
• Planning and Implementing IPv6 in Branch Networks