Advanced BGP

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

IS-IS

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

IP Multicast

Introduction to IP Multicasting

• Explaining Multicast and Multicast Advantages
• Multicast Disadvantages
• Types of Multicast Applications
• Unicast Vs. Multicast Routing

Multicast Addresses

• IP Multicast Basic Addressing
• Global and Administratively Scoped Addresses
• Layer 2 Multicast Addressing
• Calculating Multicast layer 2 Address (MAC) from Class D IP Address

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

• IGMP Version 1.0 and 2.0
• Advantages of using IGMP Version3.0
• Multicast in Layer 2 Switching
• IGMP Snooping and CGMP

Multicast Routing

• Mulicast Routing Basics
• Protocols used in Multicast
• Multicast Distribution Trees
• Shared Vs Source Based Tree
• Multicast Forwarding
• Multicast Reverse Path Forwarding Check
• TTL Scoping

Introducing PIM

• Basic PIM Operations
• PIM in Dense Mode
• PIM Adjacencies Using PIM Hello Messages
• Prune messages and Reacting to a Failed Link
• Steady-state Operation and State refresh Message
• Graft Message, Assert and Prune Override Messges
• Operation of PIM in Sparse Mode
• Rendezvous Point ( RP ) and source Registration Process
• Shortest Path Tree Switchover and SPT-Threshold
• Bi-Directional PIM
• Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

Dynamically Finding the RP

• Dynamically Finding RP Using AUTO-RP
• Dynamically Finding RP by Using BSR
• Anycast RP
• RP Configuration and Auto RP listener
• Interdomain Multicast Routing
• Implement Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
• Configuring and Troubleshooting MSDP

Advanced IPv6

Features and Benefits of Using IPv6

• Differences between IPv4 and IPv6
• Larger Address Space for Global Reachability and Scalability
• Simplified Header for Efficient Packet Handling
• Hierarchical Network Architecture for Routing Efficiency
• Support for Routing Protocols
• Autoconfiguration and “Plug-and-Play” Support
• Easier Renumbering
• Embedded Security with Mandatory IPSec Implementation
• Enhanced Support for Mobile IP and Mobile Computing Devices
• Increased Number of Multicast Addresses
• Multicast Scope Address

IPv6 Header Format

• IPv6 Header Fields
• Description of IPv6 Header Fields
• IPv6 Extension Headers
• Routing Header
• Fragment Header
• ICMPv6 Packet

IPv6 Addressing Architecture

• IPv6 Address Format
• IPv6 Address Prefix
• IPv6 Address Types
• IPv6 Address Assignment
• IPv6 Unicast Address
• IPv6 Global Unicast Address
• IPv6 Link-Local Unicast Address
• IPv6 Anycast Address

ABCs of IPv6

• IPv6 Multicast Address
• Multicast Group Membership Requirement for IPv6 Nodes
• IPv6 Solicited-Node Multicast Address
• IPv6 Loopback Address
• IPv6 Address Allocation

Operation of IPv6

• Neighbor Discovery
• IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation
• IPv6 Neighbor Advertisement
• IPv6 Router Discovery
• IPv6 Router Advertisement
• IPv6 Router Solicitation
• IPv6 Redirect Message
• Stateless Autoconfiguration
• Renumbering of IPv6 Nodes
• Duplicate Address Detection Work
• Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery
• IPv6 Path MTU Discovery Work
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version 6
• IPv6 Domain Name System Operation
• Using AAA Records for DNS Resolution

IPv6 Routing

• IPv6 Routing Overview
• Static Routing in IPv6
• Routing with RIP Next Generation (RIP NG)
• Routing With EIGRP for IPv6
• Routing with OSPF Version 3
• Routing with BGP and IPv6 address Family

Integration and Coexistence Strategies

• Transition Mechanisms
• Using IPv4-IPv6 Protocol Dual-Stack Devices
• Deploying IPv6 Using Dual-Stack Backbones
• Deploying IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels
• Tunneling Requirements
• Tunneling and Security
• IPv6 Tunnel Mechanisms
• IPv6 Manually Configured Tunnel
• IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel
• Automatic IPv4-Compatible Tunnel
• Automatic 6to4 Tunnel
• Protocol Translation Mechanisms
• Network Address Translation-Protocol Translation