This course is intended for network professionals, including designers, implementers, and support staff, who are involved with deploying large-scale networks for large enterprises or the design and deployment of high-end networks requiring MPLS VPNs.

Following are the prerequisites for this course.

• Ability to efficiently use Cisco IOS Software to perform Cisco router configuration
• Considerable knowledge in routed networks, including network protocols and IP subnets 
• Ability to configure and troubleshoot Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) routing protocols in a large-scale network
• Ability to configure and troubleshoot Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing
• Ability to configure and verify basic MPLS functionality
• Ability to configure QoS policies using Modular QoS (MQC)
• Ability to configure and verify basic IP multicast routing

To locate Cisco courses that cover the listed prerequisites, go to the Cisco Training & Events web page at www.cisco.com/web/learning/index.html.
 

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the components of the MPLS control and forwarding planes
• Troubleshoot an MPLS network using MPLS Operations, Administration and Maintenance (MPLS OAM) tools and features
• Implement and verify advanced Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) control plane features
• Implement and verify intranet and extranet MPLS VPNs to extend a customer network to multiple sites
• Troubleshoot an MPLS VPN
• Scale MPLS VPNs to allow for additional capacity within an MPLS VPN network
• Implement inter-AS VPNs to extend a customer VPN across multiple service providers
• Implement QoS within an MPLS VPN network
• Implement multicast service within an MPLS VPN
• Implement Multi-VRF (vrf-lite) to extend an MPLS VPN to a customer site
• Implement Internet access within an MPLS VPN
   

• Introduction
• Course and Lab Introduction
• Implementing and Troubleshooting MPLS Control and Forwarding Planes
• Reviewing MPLS Control Plane and Forwarding Plane Functionality
• Troubleshooting MPLS Control and Forwarding Planes
• Configuring and Verifying Advanced LDP Functionality
• Implementing and Verifying MPLS VPNs
• Implementing and Verifying Intranet and Extranet MPLS VPNs
• Troubleshooting MPLS VPNs
• Scaling and Convergence in MPLS VPNs
• Implementing and Verifying Inter-AS MPLS VPNs
• Implementing and Verifying MPLS VPN Service Overlays
• Implementing and Verifying Quality of Service in MPLS VPN Networks
• Implementing and Verifying Multicast in MPLS VPN Networks
• Implementing and Verifying Advanced MPLS VPN Features
• Implementing and Verifying Multi-VRF (vrf-lite)
• Implementing Internet Access in an MPLS VPN

• Lab Familiarization
• Use Cisco IOS Software commands to discover the lab topology.
• Configure, Verify, and Use MPLS OAM to Troubleshoot MPLS
• Identify and resolve MPLS lab implementation issues using MPLS OAM.
• Configure Advanced LDP Features
• Configure and verify label allocation and filtering and LDP session protection.
• Configure and Verify MPLS VPNs
• Implement intranet and extranet MPLS VPNs into an existing network.
• Configure and verify intranet MPLS VPNs.
• Configure and verify an extranet MPLS VPN.
• Implement and Verify VPNv4 Route Reflectors
• Configure and verify BGP route reflectors for VPNv4 routes.
• Configure and Verify Inter-AS MPLS VPNs
• Implement inter-AS MPLS VPNs using two different methods
• Configure and verify an inter-AS MPLS VPN using MP-eBGP for VPNv4.
• Configure and verify an inter-AS MPLS VPN using BGP+Label with route reflector.
• Configure and verify inter-AS MPLS VPNs using both MP-eBGP for VPNv4 and
• BGP+Label with route reflector options.
• Implement MPLS QoS Within an MPLS VPN
• Implement and verify MPLS QoS operation within an MPLS VPN.
• Implement Multicast Within an MPLS VPN
• Implement and verify multicast functionality within an MPLS VPN.
• Implement Multi-VRF to Extend a VPN to a customer edge device
• Implement and verify Multi-VRF using OSPF and BGP between the provider edge device
• and the customer edge device to extend a VPN to the customer edge device
• Internet Access Within an MPLS VPN
• Implement and verify Internet access within an MPLS VPN.
• Implement and verify Internet access using static default routing.
• Implement and verify Internet access using a separate BGP session.