CONFIGURING BGP ON CISCO ROUTERS (BGP)

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Duration:

5 Days

Course Description:

Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v4.0 provides students with in-depth knowledge of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol that is one of the foundations of the Internet and New World technologies such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).

This curriculum covers the theory of BGP, configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS routers, detailed troubleshooting information, and hands-on exercises that provide learners with the skills that they need to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in customer environments. Different service solutions in the curriculum cover BGP network design issues and usage rules for various BGP features, preparing learners to design and implement efficient, optimal, and trouble free BGP networks.

Audience:

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Primary target audience:

This course is intended primarily for network administrators, network engineers, network managers and systems engineers who would like to implement BGP.

Secondary target audience:

This course is intended for network designers and project managers. The course is also recommended to all individuals preparing for BGP exam.

Prerequisites:

To fully benefit from this course, students should have the following prerequisite skills and knowledge:

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS Software configuration
Configuring and troubleshooting RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and IS-IS

Skills and knowledge equivalent to those learned in:

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices v2.0, Part 1 (ICND1 v2.0) and Part 2 (ICND2 v2.0), or
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated Version 2.0 (CCNAX v2.0)
Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE v2.0)
Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 1 (SPNGN1) v1.2
Building Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Networks Part 2 (SPNGN2) v1.2

Training Objectives:

After completion of this course, students will be able to…

Describe how to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing in a network scenario with multiple domains.
Describe how to use BGP policy controls to influence the BGP route selection process in a network scenario in which you must support connections to multiple ISPs.
Describe how to use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process in a network scenario where you must support multiple connections.
Describe how to successfully connect the customer network to the Internet in a network scenario in which multiple connections must be implemented.
Describe how to configure the service provider network to behave as a transit AS in a typical implementation with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems.
Enable route reflection as possible solution to BGP scaling issues in a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems.
Describe the available BGP tools and features to optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protoco in a typical BGP network.

Course Outline

Module 1: BGP Overview

Lesson 1: Introducing BGP
Lesson 2: Understanding BGP Path Attributes
Lesson 3: Establishing BGP Sessions
Lesson 4: Processing BGP Route
Lesson 5: Configuring Basic BGP
Lesson 6: Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP
Lesson 7: Module Summary
Lesson 8: Module Self-Check

Module 2: BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

Lesson 1: Working with Transit AS
Lesson 2: Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in Transit AS
Lesson 3: Forwarding Packets in Transit AS
Lesson 4: Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in Transit AS
Lesson 5: Module Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

Module 3: Route Selection Using Policy Controls

Lesson 1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks
Lesson 2: Employing AS Path Filters
Lesson 3: Filtering with Prefix Lists
Lesson 4: Using Outbound Route Filtering
Lesson 5: Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
Lesson 6: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
Lesson 7: Module Summary
Lesson 8: Module Self-Check

Module 4: Route Selection Using Attributes

Lesson 1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
Lesson 2: Setting BGP Local Preference
Lesson 3: Using AS Path Prepending
Lesson 4: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
Lesson 5: Addressing BGP Communities
Lesson 6: Module Summary
Lesson 7: Module Self-Check

Module 5: Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP

Lesson 1: Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity
Lesson 2: Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
Lesson 3: Connecting a Customer to a Single Service Provider
Lesson 4: Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service Providers
Lesson 5: Module Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

Module 6: Scaling Service Provider Networks

Lesson 1: Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
Lesson 2: Introducing and Designing Route Reflectors
Lesson 3: Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
Lesson 4: Module Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check

Module 7: Optimizing BGP Scalability

Lesson 1: Improving BGP Convergence
Lesson 2: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
Lesson 3: Implementing BGP Peer Groups
Lesson 4: Using BGP Route Dampening
Lesson 5: Module Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check

LABS

:Discovery 1: Configure Basic BGP
Discovery 2: Announcing Networks in BGP
Discovery 3: Implement BGP TTL Security Check
Discovery 4: BGP Route Propagation
Discovery 5: IBGP Full Mesh
Discovery 6: BGP Administrative Distance
Discovery 7: Configure Non-Transit Autonomous System
Discovery 8: Filtering Customer Prefixes
Discovery 9: Prefix-Based Outbound Route Filtering
Discovery 10: Configure Route Maps as BGP Filters
Discovery 11: Configure Per-Neighbor Weights
Discovery 12: Configure and Monitor Local Preference
Discovery 13: Configure Local Preference Using Route Maps
Discovery 14: Configure AS Path Prepending
Discovery 15: Configure MED
Discovery 16: Configure Local Preference Using the Communities
Discovery 17: Configure Route Reflector
Discovery 18: Configure BGP Route Limiting
Discovery 19: Configure BGP Peer Groups
Discovery 20: Configure BGP Route Dampening
Challenge 1: Configure a Basic BGP Network
Challenge 2: Configure a BGP Transit AS
Challenge 3: Configure BGP Using BGP Filtering
Challenge 4: Configure BGP Route Selection Using BGP Attributes
Challenge 5: Configure BGP Route Reflectors