What you’ll learn in this course

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) v1.0 course teaches you how to configure, verify, troubleshoot, and optimize next-generation, Service Provider IP network infrastructures. It provides a deep dive into Service Provider technologies including core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of services, security, and network assurance.

This course also helps you prepare to take the 350-501 Implementing and Operating Cisco® Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) exam, which is part of the new CCNP® Service Provider certification and the Cisco Certified Specialist – Service Provider Core certification.

Course duration

Instructor-led training: 5 days in the classroom with hands-on lab practice, plus the equivalent of 3 days of self-study material

How you'll benefit

This course will help you:

• Configure, verify, troubleshoot, and optimize next-generation, Service Provider IP network infrastructures
• Deepen your understanding of Service Provider technologies including core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of services, security, and network assurance
• Prepare to take the 350-501 Implementing and Operating Cisco® Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR) exam.

Who should enroll

• Network administrators
• Network engineers
• Network managers
• System engineers
• Project managers
• Network designers

Technology areas

• Service provider netwoking
• Enterprise networking

Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the Service Provider network architectures, concepts, and transport technologies
• Describe the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) software architectures, main 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 utilization
• Describe segment routing and segment routing traffic engineering concepts
• Describe the VPN technologies used in the Service Provider environment
• Configure and verify Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) L2VPN in Service Provider environments
• Configure and verify MPLS L3VPN in Service Provider environments
• Implement IP multicast services
• Describe the Quality of Service (QoS) architecture and QoS benefits for SP networks
• Implement QoS in Service Provider environments
• Implement control plane security in Cisco devices
• Implement management plane security in Cisco devices
• Implement data plane security in Cisco devices
• Describe the Yet Another Next Generation (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 virtualization technologies in Service Provider environments

Prerequisites

• 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 TCP/IP networking
• Intermediate knowledge of IP routing protocols
• Understanding of MPLS technologies
• Familiarity with VPN technologies

Course Outline

• Describing Service Provider Network Architectures
• Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures
• Implementing OSPF
• Implementing IS-IS
• Implementing BGP
• Implementing Route Maps and Routing Protocol for LLN [Low-Power and Lossy Networks] (RPL)
• Transitioning to IPv6
• Implementing High Availability in Networking
• Implementing MPLS
• Implementing Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering
• Describing Segment Routing
• Describing VPN Services
• Configuring L2VPN Services
• Configuring L3VPN Services
• Implementing Multicast
• Describing QoS Architecture
• Implementing QoS
• Implementing Control Plane Security
• Implementing Management Plane Security
• Implementing Data Plane Security
• Introducing Network Programmability
• Implementing Automation and Assurance
• Introducing Cisco NSO
• Implementing Virtualization in Service Provider Environments 

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 Traffic Engineering (TE)
• Implement Segment Routing
• Implement Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
• Implement MPLS L3VPN
• Implement BGP Security
• Implement Remotely Triggered Black Hole (RTBH) Filtering