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MPLS Fundamentals
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• Limitations of conventional IP routing
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• Foundational MPLS concepts
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• Benefits of MPLS Traffic Engineering
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• Functional architecture of MPLS
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• MPLS label structure
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• Different types and functions of Label Switch Routers
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Basics of Vitual Private Networks
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• Inter-connectivity of traditional router-based networks
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• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) operation in router-based networks
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• Functions and operation of Layer -2 VPNs
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• Functions and operation of Layer-3 VPNs
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• Supported traffic types in each network type
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• Scaleability, deployment, service provisioning, and costs associated with these networks
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• Maintenance and Management issues that impact these networks
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Layer 2 VPNs
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• End-to-end L2 VPNs in a Provider network
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• Customer traffic flow queuing and management
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• Virtual Leased Line (VLL) and Virtual Private LAN Segment (VPLS) Packets forwarding over an MPLS network
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• VLL packet encoding
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• QoS services in a VLL network
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• MPLS VLL network configuration
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• MPLS VLL information displays
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• Troubleshooting VLL networks
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Layer 2 VRF Import and Export Features.
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• Advanced VRF features and their usage
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• Command syntax required to configuring selective VRF imports
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• Command syntax required to configuring selective VRF exports
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• Reasons and methods for limiting the number of routes in a VRF table
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• Reasons and methods for limiting the number of prefixes received from BGP Neighbors
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• Reasons and methods for limiting VRF routes in the Provider Core
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MPLS Label Distribution
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• Unicast IP Routing and how MPLS functions within Foundry Networks platforms
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• Label Switch Paths
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• LDP protocol details and events
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• Label allocation in MPLS networks
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• Label distribution in MPLS networks
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• MPLS Forwarding Table construction and population
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• Packet forwarding across MPLS networks
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• MPLS Loop Detection
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• Penultimate Hop Popping
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Advanced Routing in the Provider Core.
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• OSPF protocol configuration and deployment within Provider MPLS core.
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• Advanced OSPF (Constraint-based SPF) configuration and operation.
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• BGP as a PE-CE routing protocol.
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• MBGP distributing MPLS VPN labels with VPN routes between Provider edge routers
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MPLS VPN Mechanisms
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• Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) tables in MPLS VPN implementations
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• Routing protocols in MPLS VPN implementations
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• VRF-aware routing protocols
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• Implementing VRFs in an MPLS VPN network
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• Outbound interaction between PE-CE routing protocols, backbone MBGP, virtual routing and forwarding tables
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• Inbound interaction between PE-CE routing protocols, backbone MBGP, virtual routing and forwarding tables
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MPLS Traffic Engineering
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• Traffic Engineering basic concepts
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• Customer concerns and justification for implementing Traffic Engineering
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• Congestion avoidance and reduction using TE
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• Traffic Engineering implementation using the Layer-2 Overlay Model
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• Traffic Engineering implementation using the Layer-3 Model
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• RSVP protocol for TE controls
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Quality of Service (QoS) in MPLS
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QoS in IP layer 3 QoS using MPLS devices, including VPNs
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End-to-end QoS provisioning in a Provider network using the MPLS Exp. Bits
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IP Precedence mapping for three, four, and five class Provider Traffic Profiles
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Customer traffic flows queuing and management by QoS
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