Nova Certificação CCNP Service Provider

A Cisco anunciou no passado mês de Abril a Certificação CCNP Povider, este é composto por 4 exames:

• 642-883 SPROUTE – Deploying Cisco Service Provider Network Routing
• 642-885 SPADVROUTE – Deploying Cisco Service Provider Advanced Network Routing
• 642-887 SPCORE – Implementing Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Core Network Services
• 642-889 SPEDGE – Implementing Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation Egde Network Services

De seguida são apresentados os tópicos por cada exame:

642-883 SPROUTE

OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 Routing in Service Provider Environments

• Describe multi-area OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 operations
• Implement multi-area OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement different OSPF areas (stubby, totally stubby, NSSA) on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement OSPF neighbor authentication on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot OSPF configuration errors on IOS-XR and IOS-XE

IS-IS, IPv4, and IPv6  in Service Provider Environments

• Describe multi-area IS-IS operations
• Implement multi-area IS-IS for IPv4 and IPv6 on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement IS-IS neighbor authentication on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot IS-IS IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors

BGP Routing in Service Provider Environments

• Describe the Internet routing hierarchy: Network Service Providers (NSP), Network Access Point (NAP), ISP Tiers (Tier 1, 2 and 3)
• Describe connectivity between an enterprise network and an SP that requires the use of BGP
• Describe connectivity between a SP and upstream SPs
• Describe BGP transit AS operations
• Implement EBGP and IBGP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement BGP neighbor authentication on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Influence BGP route selection by using various BGP attributes on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot BGP IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors

Route Manipulations  in Service Provider Environments

• Implement Routing Policy Language (RPL) to configure a desired routing policy on IOS-XR
• Implement Route-Maps to configure a desired routing policy on IOS-XE
• Implement route filterings using prefix-list, distribute-list, and as-path list on IOS-XE
• Implement route redistributions on IOS-XR and IOS-XE

High Availability Routing Features

• Implement NSF/NSR/GracefulRestart for OSPF on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement NSF/NSR/GracefulRestart for IS-IS on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• ImplementBidirectionalForwardingDetection (BFD) for OSPF on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IS-IS on IOS-XR and IOS-XE

642-885 SPADVROUTE

BGP Routing Features in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment

• Describe the BGP routing processes in IOS-XR
• Configure the BGP timers on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Describe the need for BGP confederations in BGP transit backbones
• Design and implement BGP route reflectors to scale IBGP in BGP transit backbones on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement BGP in SP IP NGN IOS-XR and IOS-XE PE routers to support multi-homed BGP Customers
• Implement Remote Triggered Blackhole Filtering (RTBF) on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement BGP TTL security on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement BGP maximum-prefix on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement BGP route dampening on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot BGP IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors in service provider environments
• Optimize BGP IOS-XR configurations using af-groups, session-groups, and neighbor-groups
• Optimize BGP IOS-XE configurations using peer-groups

Multicast Routing in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment

• Describe Multicast Concepts (multicast distribution trees, multicast routing protocols and IGMP operations)
• Describe Any-source multicast (ASM) versus Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
• Describe Intra Domain versus Inter Domain Multicast Routing
• Describe the mapping of multicast IP addresses to MAC addresses
• Describe and illustrate how RFP check can fail if the unicast and multicast topologies are non-congruent
• Describe multiprotocol BGP functions in mroute distribution
• Describe the principles and operations of PIM-SM
• Describe multicast source discovery protocol (MSDP) operations
• Describe methods used to secure multicast
• Implement PIM-SM operations on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement Auto-RP, PIMv2 BSR, Anycast RP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement Bi-Dir PIM operations in SP IP NGN environment on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement SSM operations on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement MSDP operations on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot multicast routing IOS-XR and IOS-XE configurations errors in service provider environments

IPv6 in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment

• Describe DNS and DHCP operation in IPv6
• Describe the fields that are used in the IPv6 header to support QoS functions
• Describe Cisco IOS/IOS-XE and IOS-XR IPv6 network management and troubleshooting tools like traceroute/ping
• Describe dual-stack implementations
• Describe IPv6 tunneling mechanisms
• Configure IPv6 multicast routing
• Configure static IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnels on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Configure dynamic 6to4 tunnels on IOS-XR and IOS-XE

High Availability Routing Features

• Implement NSF/NSR/Graceful Restart for BGP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for BGP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement high availability and optimization multicast routing features on IOS-XR and IOS-XE

642-887 SPCORE

QoS in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment

• Describe the DiffServ and IntServ QoS models
• Describe the QoS mechanisms (classification and marking, congestion management and avoidance, traffic policing and shaping)
• Describe IPv6 Flow Label
• Describe trust boundaries in Enterprise and SP environments
• Describe Cisco MQC for QoS configurations
• Describe hierarchical QoS configurations
• Describe the Cisco NBAR feature for discovering network protocols and for packets classifications
• Describe the typical Edge PE routers and Core P routers QoS requirements
• Implement classification and marking in an interdomain network using QPPB on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement class-based markings on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement QoS pre-classify on tunnel interface on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement CB-WFQ on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement LLQ on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement WRED on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement traffic policing on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement traffic shaping on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Describe LPTS and hardware rate limiters on Cisco IOS-XR routers
• Describe MPLS EXP bits
• Describe MPLS QoS implementation concepts and models
• Implement MPLS DiffServ Tunneling on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot QoS IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors

MPLS/LDP in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment

• Describe the CEF, FIB, LFIB and LIB tables on Cisco routers
• Describe MPLS labels and label stack operations on Cisco routers
• Describe LDP operations in Cisco routers
• Describe MPLS OAM (MPLS LSP Ping and MPLS Traceroute)
• Describe MPLS Applications in Service provider environment
• Implement LDP on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement LDP high availability features on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot LDP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors

MPLS Traffic Engineering in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment

• Describe MPLS traffic engineering (TE) concepts
• Describe MPLS TE constraint-based path computations
• Describe the details of MPLS TE tunnels, including path setup procedures and path maintenance
• Describe methods of assigning traffic into MPLS TE tunnels
• Implement MPLS TE tunnels on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement MPLS TE bandwidth control on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement MPLS TE link and node protections on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE

Transport Technologies

• Describe the SP core transition from ATM/SONET/SDH based backbone to packet based IP/MPLS backbone
• Implement 10/40/100 GigabitEthernet Interfaces on Cisco IOS-XR routers
• Describe DWDM, IPoDWDM and ROADM
• Implement IPoDWDM controller/interface on Cisco IOS-XR routers

642-889 SPEDGE

VPN in Service  Provider IP NGN Environments

• Describe VPN implementation models (overlay, peer-to-peer)
• Describe VPN technologies (L2TPv3, GRE, IPsec VPN, SSLVPN, DMVPN,  GETVPN)
• Describe layer 2 versus layer 3 VPNs

MPLS layer 3 VPNs  in Service Provider IP NGN Environments

• Describe MPLS layer 3 VPN architecture and operations (RDs, RTs, VRFs,  MP-BGP, PE-CE routing)
• Describe the design models for combining Internet access with MPLS Layer  3 VPN services
• Describe the various methods used to deploy IPv6 over MPLS (6PE and  6VPE)
• Implement MP-BGP between PE routers on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement PE-CE routings (static, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP) on Cisco IOS-XR and  IOS-XE
• Implement complex MPLS layer 3 VPNs on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Implement carrier supporting carrier (CSC) on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
• Troubleshoot MPLS layer 3 VPNs IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors in  service provider environments

Layer 2 VPNs in  Service Provider IP NGN Environments

• Describe L2TPv3 VPNs over an IP core network
• Describe layer 2 VPNs (AToM and VPLS) over an IP/MPLS core network
• Describe AToM Interworking
• Implement AToM on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE

Carrier Ethernet  in Service Provider IP NGN Environments

• Describe Carrier Ethernet forums and standards (MEF, IEEE, IETF)
• Describe the concepts of User PE (U-PE) and Network PE (N-PE)
• Describe E-Line versus E-LAN vs E-Tree
• Describe QinQ tunneling
• Describe Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB – aka MAC-in-MAC)
• Describe VPWS versus VPLS
• Describe VPLS versus H-VPLS
• Describe VPLS signaling using LDP or BGP
• Implement QinQ on Cisco ME  3400 Ethernet Access Switches
• Implement VPLS on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE

Referências:

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccnp_service_provider

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