Overview
Vendor Dependent Training
  - Foundry Networks
Vendor Independent Training
 
 


Deploying MPLS Networks

Course Code: TRNG-0640
Course Duration: Five days

Schedule and Registration

Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course you should attended the Advanced Switch/Router Configuration and Management (TRNG 405). It is also recommended that you have previous exposure to switching and routing issues in a Foundry Networks environment. You should posses a working knowledge of the listed technologies and the following personal hardware during the week of attendance:

Working Knowledge of:

  • Inter-domain routing protocols (RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, static routes)
  • Exterior-domain routing protocols (BGPv4)
  • FNCNE level knowledge or equivalent of Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 IP routing
  • Foundry Networks command line interface (CLI)

Course Content
The TRNG-0640 course is an in-depth study of deploying networks using MPLS. It focuses on features of Foundry Networks NetIron IMR-XMR Series of switches and routers including advanced technologies such VLL, VPLS, QoS, and Traffic Engineering. It covers network design, system configuration and troubleshooting using the Foundry IMR-XMR Series of switches and routers.

Course Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  • Implement advanced designs and configurations in MPLS Networks
  • Implement advanced STP, OSPF and BGP features on Foundry Switches / Routers
  • Implement Quality of Service in MPLS at both Layer 2 and Layer 3
  • Design and configure and implement VPN networks
  • Design and deploy Traffic Engineering in MPLS networks
  • Interconnect Foundry Switches and Routers based on a MPLS network design
  • Configure and troubleshoot design implementations using the CLI show commands

Course Outline

MPLS Fundamentals

  • Limitations of conventional IP routing
  • Foundational MPLS concepts
  • Benefits of MPLS Traffic Engineering
  • Functional architecture of MPLS
  • MPLS label structure
  • Different types and functions of Label Switch Routers

Basics of Vitual Private Networks

  • Inter-connectivity of traditional router-based networks
  • Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) operation in router-based networks
  • Functions and operation of Layer -2 VPNs
  • Functions and operation of Layer-3 VPNs
  • Supported traffic types in each network type
  • Scaleability, deployment, service provisioning, and costs associated with these networks
  • Maintenance and Management issues that impact these networks

Layer 2 VPNs

  • End-to-end L2 VPNs in a Provider network
  • Customer traffic flow queuing and management
  • Virtual Leased Line (VLL) and Virtual Private LAN Segment (VPLS) Packets forwarding over an MPLS network
  • VLL packet encoding
  • QoS services in a VLL network
  • MPLS VLL network configuration
  • MPLS VLL information displays
  • Troubleshooting VLL networks

Layer 2 VRF Import and Export Features.

  • Advanced VRF features and their usage
  • Command syntax required to configuring selective VRF imports
  • Command syntax required to configuring selective VRF exports
  • Reasons and methods for limiting the number of routes in a VRF table
  • Reasons and methods for limiting the number of prefixes received from BGP Neighbors
  • Reasons and methods for limiting VRF routes in the Provider Core

MPLS Label Distribution

  • Unicast IP Routing and how MPLS functions within Foundry Networks platforms
  • Label Switch Paths
  • LDP protocol details and events
  • Label allocation in MPLS networks
  • Label distribution in MPLS networks
  • MPLS Forwarding Table construction and population
  • Packet forwarding across MPLS networks
  • MPLS Loop Detection
  • Penultimate Hop Popping

Advanced Routing in the Provider Core.

  • OSPF protocol configuration and deployment within Provider MPLS core.
  • Advanced OSPF (Constraint-based SPF) configuration and operation.
  • BGP as a PE-CE routing protocol.
  • MBGP distributing MPLS VPN labels with VPN routes between Provider edge routers

MPLS VPN Mechanisms

  • Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) tables in MPLS VPN implementations
  • Routing protocols in MPLS VPN implementations
  • VRF-aware routing protocols
  • Implementing VRFs in an MPLS VPN network
  • Outbound interaction between PE-CE routing protocols, backbone MBGP, virtual routing and forwarding tables
  • Inbound interaction between PE-CE routing protocols, backbone MBGP, virtual routing and forwarding tables

MPLS Traffic Engineering

  • Traffic Engineering basic concepts
  • Customer concerns and justification for implementing Traffic Engineering
  • Congestion avoidance and reduction using TE
  • Traffic Engineering implementation using the Layer-2 Overlay Model
  • Traffic Engineering implementation using the Layer-3 Model
  • RSVP protocol for TE controls

Quality of Service (QoS) in MPLS

  • QoS in IP layer 3 QoS using MPLS devices, including VPNs
  • End-to-end QoS provisioning in a Provider network using the MPLS Exp. Bits
  • IP Precedence mapping for three, four, and five class Provider Traffic Profiles
  • Customer traffic flows queuing and management by QoS

Who should attend
The Target Audience for this course is as follows:

  • Customers or Resellers who are experienced with Foundry Networks Products
  • Network technicians with installation. configuration, and troubleshooting experience with Foundry Products
  • Network Administrators responsible for implementing and managing small to large enterprise and ISP networks.
  • Network support staff that will act as network device installers and first-line support for a local to global sized business environment.