BGP

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  • Course:BGP
  • Course ID:BGP Duration:1 day Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

  • An Overview of BGP
    •   Introduction to BGP
    •   BGP Session Establishment
    •   BGP Path Attributes
    •   BGP Route Processing
    •   Basic BGP Configuration
    •   Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP
  • BGP Transit Autonomous Systems
    •   Working with a Transit AS
    •   Interacting with IBGP and EBGP in a Transit AS
    •   Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS
    •   Configuring a Transit AS
    •   Monitoring and Troubleshooting IBGP in a Transit AS
  • Route Selection Using Policy Controls
    •   Using Multi-homed BGP Networks
    •   Employing AS Path Filters
    •   Filtering with Prefix Lists
    •   Using Outbound Route Filtering
    •   Applying Route Maps as BGP Filters
    •   Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
  • Route Selection Using Attributes
    •   Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
    •   Setting BGP Local Preference
    •   Using AS-Path Prepending
    •   Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED)
    •   Addressing BGP Communities
  • Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP
    •   Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
    •   Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routes
    •   Connecting a Multi-homed Customer to a Single Service Provider
    •   Connecting a Multi-homed Customer to Multiple Service Providers
  • Scaling Service Provider Networks
    •   Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
    •   Introduction to Route Reflectors
    •   Designing Networks and Route Reflectors
    •   Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
    •   Introducing Confederations
    •   Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
  • Optimizing BGP Scalability
    •   Improving BGP Convergence
    •   Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
    •   Implementing BGP Peer Groups
    •   Using BGP Route Dampening
  • Deployment and Management Issues
  • Conclusion: Recap, Q/A, and Evaluation