Implementing Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Core Network Services (SPCORE) 1.0

Course details

This Instructor Lead Training course is #3 of 4. It will prepare students for the SPCORE exam required for the new CCNP-SP Certification. This certifictation is designed to prepare students to work at the Professional level in a Service Provider environment.

Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe the hierarchical campus structure, basic switch operation, use of SDM templates, PoE, and LLDP
•  Implement VLANs, trunks, explain VTP, implement DHCP in IPv4 and IPv6 environment, and configure port aggregation
•  Implement and optimize STP mechanism that best suits your network - PVSTP+, RPVSTP+, or MSTP
•  Configure routing on a multilayer switch
•  Configure NTP, SNMP, IP SLA, port mirroring, and verify StackWise and VSS operation
•  Implement First Hop redundancy in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
•  Secure campus network according to recommended practices

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS / IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR software configuration. 

Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in:

• Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks (SPNGN1), Part 1 course.
• Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks (SPNGN2) Part 2 course.
• Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing (SPROUTE) course.
• Deploying Cisco Service Provider Advanced Network Routing (SPADVROUTE) course.

Module

• Module 1: Multiprotocol Label Switching
• Module 2: MPLS Traffic Engineering
• Module 3: QoS in the Service Provider Network
• Module 4: QOS Classification and Marking
• Module 5: QoS Congestion Management and Avoidance
• Module 6: QoS Traffic Policing and Shaping