Continuing Education: 40 credits

The Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers training teaches the underlying foundations of the Internet and new-world technologies such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). It prepares students to design and implement efficient, optimal, and trouble-free BGP networks covering:

• The theory of BGP and configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS routers
• Detailed troubleshooting information and hands-on exercises that provide students with the skills needed to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in customer environments
• BGP network design issues and usage rules for various BGP features

Duration

The BGP course is a 5-day instructor-led training.

Target Audience

• Network administrators
• Network engineers
• Network managers
• Systems engineers (who would like to implement BGP)

Objective

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing in a network scenario with multiple domains
• Use BGP policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on BGP route processing in a network scenario where you must support connections to multiple Internet service providers
• Use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process in a network scenario where you must support multiple connections
• Implement the correct BGP configuration to successfully connect the customer network to the Internet in a network scenario where you must support multiple connections
• Enable the provider network to behave as a transit autonomous system (AS) in a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems
• Identify common BGP scaling issues and enable route reflection and confederations as possible solutions to these issues in a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems

Prerequisites

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

• 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:
  • Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
  • Implementing Cisco Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI)
  • Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Core Technologies (SPCOR)

Course Outline

Module 1: BGP Overview

Module 2: BGP Transit Autonomous Systems

Module 3: Route Selection Using Policy Controls

Module 4: Route Selection Using Attributes

Module 5: Customer to Provider Connectivity with BGP

Module 6: Scaling Service Provider Networks

Module 7: Optimizing BGP Scalability