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Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR)

Length 5 days
Version 1.2

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Why study this course

This five-day course expands your knowledge and skills of service provider core networks. You will gain the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to implement and operate service provider networks using technologies such as core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of service (QoS), security, and network assurance.

This training prepares you for the 350-501 SPCOR exam. If passed, you earn the Cisco Certified Specialist - Service Provider Core certification and satisfy the core exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Service Provider and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider certifications.

This training also earns you 64 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

Aligns to certification

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Service Provider

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What you’ll learn

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Describe the service provider network architectures, concepts, and transport technologies
Describe the Cisco IOS software architectures, main internetwork operating system (IOS) types, and their differences
Implement open shortest path first (OSPF) in the service provider network
Implement integrated intermediate system to intermediate system (IS-IS) in the service provider network
Implement border gateway protocol (BGP) routing in service provider environments
Implement route maps and routing policy language
Describe IPv6 transition mechanisms used in the service provider networks
Implement high availability mechanisms in Cisco IOS XR software
Implement traffic engineering in modern service provider networks for optimal resource utilisation
Describe segment routing and segment routing traffic engineering concepts
Describe the virtual private network (VPN) technologies used in the service provider environment
Configure and verify multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) L2VPN in service provider environments
Configure and verify MPLS L3VPN in service provider environments
Implement IP multicast services
Describe the QoS architecture and QoS benefits for service provider networks
Implement QoS in service provider environment
Implement control plane security in Cisco devices
Implement management plane security in Cisco devices
Implement data plane security in Cisco devices
Describe the YANG data modeling language
Implement automation and assurance tools and protocols
Describe the role of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) in service provider environments
Implement virtualisation technologies in service provider environment

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Who is the course for?

Network Administrators
Network Engineers
Network Managers
System Engineers
Project Managers
Network Designers

Course subjects

Describing Service Provider Network Architectures
Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures
Implementing OSPF for Cisco IOS XR
Implementing IS-IS for Cisco IOS XR
Implementing BGP in Service Provider Network
Implementing Route Maps and RPL
Transitioning to IPv6 for Cisco IOS XR and IOS XE
Implementing High Availability in Networking
Implementing MPLS for Cisco IOS XR
Implementing Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering
Describing Segment Routing
Describing VPN Services
Configuring L2VPN Services
Configuring L3VPN Services
Implementing Multicast for Cisco IOS XR
Describing QoS Architecture
Implementing QoS for Cisco IOS XR
Implementing Control Plane Security
Implementing Management Plane Security
Implementing Data Plane Security
Introducing Network Programmability
Implementing Automation and Assurance
Introducing Cisco NSO
Implementing Virtualisation in Service Provider Environment

Lab Outline

Deploy Cisco IOS XR and IOS XE Basic Device Configuration
Implement OSPF Routing
Implement Integrated IS-IS Routing
Implement Basic BGP Routing
Filter BGP Prefixes Using RPL
Implement MPLS in the Service Provider Core
Implement Cisco MPLS TE
Implement Segment Routing
Implement EoMPLS
Implement MPLS L3VPN
Implement BGP Security
Implement RTBH Filtering

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

Intermediate knowledge of Cisco IOS or IOS XE
Familiarity with Cisco IOS or IOS XE and Cisco IOS XR software configuration
Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 transmission control protocol (TCP)/IP networking
Intermediate knowledge of IP routing protocols
Understanding of MPLS technologies
Familiarity with VPN technologies

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

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Terms & Conditions

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