Duration: 5 Days
This course provides the knowledge and skills required to configure, administer, and deploy Layer 2 Ethernet services, as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), on a service provider (SP) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enable network. Through lecture and hands-on labs, you'll learn how to configure customer premise equipment (CPE) to connect to an SP network and to configure an access network and aggregation, distribution, and core portions of a SP network. You'll also learn how to secure an SP network to protect it from attack.
What You Will Learn
- Ethernet service type architectures as defined by the MEF
- Devices used within a carrier Ethernet system and their function
- Configure routed and bridged CPE network functions to connect to a point of presence (POP)
- Configure access network functions to allow customer data into the network
- Configure an access node user network interface (UNI)
- Configure an access node network-to-network interface (NNI)
- Configure 802.1Q trunking per port and per access node
- Configure Layer 2 protocol tunneling (L2PT)
- Configure 1:1 and N:1 virtual local area network (VLAN) connectivity
- Aggregate customer traffic within the SP network
- Configure flexible Ethernet UNI functions
- Configure UNI classification based on port, 802.1Q, 802.1Q range, QinQ, and untagged traffic
- Configure translation and rewrites
- Configure carrier Ethernet forwarding functions
- Configure EoMPLS pseudowire and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Virtual Forwarding Instance
- Configure hierarchical VPLS (H-VPLS)
- Configure EoMPLS pseudowire aggregation
- Configure EoMPLS pseudowire switch function
- Configure MPLS NNI function between aggregation and core
- Configure a core network to transport customer traffic through an SP network
- Configure MPLS within a core network
- Increase availability of Layer 2 services within an SP network by configuring pseudowire redundancy and MPLS traffic engineering with fast reroute
- Ensure integrity and security of customer data and an SP network
- Secure access into an SP network
- Secure the aggregation and distribution network layers
- Implement quality of service (QoS) mechanisms in order to meet service level agreements (SLAs) for different traffic types
- Monitor and manage end-to-end Layer 2 Ethernet services using Ethernet-OAM
Audience
Network administrators, network operators, and system administrators who need to know how to configure and deploy carrier Ethernet services in their network environment.
Prerequistes
- Ability to efficiently use Cisco IOS command line interface to perform configurations
- Ability to design hierarchical Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks
- Ability to configure, optimize, and scale dynamic routing protocols (in particular OSPF, BGP, and MPLS) and Layer 2 protocols
- Familiarity with QoS and SLA principles and methodologies
Course Outline
1. Using Metro Ethernet Services and the Cisco Carrier Ethernet System
2. Building a Network Core
3. Building an Access Network
4. Point-to-Point EVC: E-Line Service
5. Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVC: E-LAN Service
6. Scaling and Extending Ethernet Services
7. Increasing the Availability of Ethernet Services
8. Securing a Carrier Ethernet Network
9. Deploying Quality of Service Within a Carrier Ethernet Network
10. Managing Services Within a Carrier Ethernet Network
Course Labs
Lab 1: Configure an MPLS Core
Lab 2: Configure a Hub-and-Spoke Access Network
Lab 3: Configure an ETTX Access Ring Network
Lab 4: Configure E-Line Service
Lab 5: Configure E-LAN Service - VPLS
Lab 6: Configure E-LAN Service - H-VPLS
Lab 7: Extend a Layer 2 VPN Across an AS Boundary Using Pseudowire Switching
Lab: 8: Configure VPLS Auto-Discovery
Lab 9: Configure Pseudowire Redundancy
Lab 10: Implement Security
Lab 11: Implement QoS
Lab 12: Implement Ethernet OAM
