Routing and Switching for System Engineers

This course is designed for Cisco Premier Channel Partner Systems Engineers and Cisco Customer Systems Engineers.

At the end of the course delegates will be able to;-

• Describe detailed technical features of BGP, and plan BGP implementations
• Describe advantages and features of a Cisco MPLS solution, and plan MPLS implementations
• Describe and plan Cisco solutions for QoS in a voice and video integrated network<
• Provide requirements and design for a high availability design at layers 1, 2 and 3
• Plan for an IPV6 address design, including migration
• Describe the current Cisco product line for both switching and routing with an emphasis on when and where to recommend the various platforms

Course Introduction

• Determining the Need for BGP
• Reviewing BGP
• Defining BGP Path Attributes
• Designing a BGP Transit AS
• Solving IBGP Scalability Issues
• Examining Practical BGP Design Examples Maps

Understanding and Designing MPLS Solutions

• Reviewing BGP
• Defining MPLS Concepts
• Describing MPLS Label Distribution in Frame-Mode MPLS
• Describing MPLS Label Distribution in Frame-Mode MPLS

Planning a Campus QoS Implementation

• Reviewing BGP
• QoS Toolset - Classification and Marking
• QoS Toolset - LAN Classification and Marking
• QoS Toolset - Congestion Management

Designing a High Availability Campus Network

• Determining the Need for a High Availability Network
• Planning for Layer 3 High Availability
• Planning for Layer 2 High Availability
• Planning for Hardware and Software Redundancy on Modular Switches
• Planning for Redundancy with Stacked Switches
• Defining HA Best Practices in the Campus Network

Describing and Designing IPv6 Networks

• Introducing IPv6 Features and Benefits
• Defining the IPv6 Addressing Architecture
• Defining Advanced IPv6 Features
• Examining Routing Protocol Enhancements in IPv6
• Examining IPv6 Integration and Migration options
• Designing an IPv6 Deployment

Designing Cisco Networks and Choosing Cisco Products

• Designing a Cisco Network
• Choosing Cisco Routing and Switching Solutions