Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching Deployment Boot Camp

Course Description

Service providers use Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching solutions to offer Layer 2, Ethernet-based services that support point-to-point and multipoint connectivity. In the Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching Deployment boot camp, students configure and test the five Metro Ethernet services that comprise the Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching Solution for Service Providers, Release 2.X.Cisco Metro Ethernet architectures, features, and network designs are covered.

In hands-on labs, students build various Layer 2 virtual private network (VPN)Ethernet deployment solutions, including Ethernet Relay Service (ERS), Ethernet Wire Service (EWS), Ethernet Multipoint Service (EMS), Layer 2 VPNs over Multi protocol Label Switching (MPLS),and combination single and distributed provider edge solutions

Course Objectives

Course Objectives are as follows:

• Relate the importance of Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching to service-provider markets
• Describe, configure, and troubleshoot the five Cisco Metro Ethernet deployment solutions
• Identify each service model's and platform configuration's caveats, such as virtual LAN (VLAN) implementation at the customer edge, tunneling versus trunking, etc.
• Identify configuration differences between the Layer 2 Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching service implementation and Layer 3 MPLS
• Identify the equipment and solutions that would best fit in given customer scenarios
• Implement the features and functions of platforms supported by Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching, including VLAN IDs, Spanning Tree, quality of service(QoS) mechanisms, and network resiliency and security
• Provision Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching equipment with the circuits required to support various service models across the classroom
• Test configurations

Course Audience

This course is intended for the following audiences:

• Individuals who design Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching solutions for service providers
• Individuals who implement end-to-end Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching services
• Individuals who deploy networks using Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching services

Prerequisites

Course prerequisites are as follows:

• Cisco IOS® routers, routing fundamentals, and IP addressing knowledge covered in the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) course, or equivalent experience; preferred knowledge source is CCNA® certification (required)
• Building Core Networks with OSPF, BGP, and MPLS Boot Camp, available through Advanced Services Network Deployment Mentoring organization, or proficient experience in the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and MPLS (required)
• Building Scalable Cisco Internet works
• Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks course(recommended)
• Advanced Implementing and Troubleshooting MPLS course(recommended)
• Advanced Cisco Campus Switching course (recommended)

Network Topology

Network Topology

Course Outline

1. Introduction
2. Metro Ethernet Overview
3. Metro Ethernet Software Features
4. Metro Ethernet Components
5. Navigating the Training Lab
6. MPLS Overview
7. Ethernet over MPLS
8. Implementing Service #1-Point-to-Point Ethernet Virtual Circuit Service over MPLS
9. Understanding the Role of QoS in Metro Ethernet Services
10. Implementing QoS for Service #1-PTP, EVCS Service
11. Understanding Metro Ethernet Security Issues
12. Implementing Service #3-Ethernet Virtual Circuit Service with Access to MPLS VPN
13. Extending VLANs across the Metropolitan Area Network
14. Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
15. Implementing Service #2-Point-to-Point Transparent LANS ;evice
16. Implementing Service #4-Multipoint-to-Multipoint Transparent LAN Service
17. DPT Fundamentals
18. Implementing Service #5-EVCS PTP Trunks Single and Distributed Provider Edge Service
19. Future Metro Ethernet Services and Features

Course Labs

1. Equipment and Topology Verification Lab
2. Configuring the PE-POP
3. Configuring PE-POP Aggregation with VLAN trunks
4. Configuring the PE-CLE with VLAN trunks
5. Verifying the Topology
6. Implementing CoS on PTP, EVCS Service
7. Configuring Security for the PTP, EVCS Service
8. Reviewing EVCS with Access to MPLS VPN Configuration
9. Verifying Existing PTP TLS Lab Configuration
10. Building the PTP TLS
11. Verifying the PTP TLS
12. Verifying the MPTMP TLS
13. Building Service #5 with DPT
14. Configuring BGP Route Filtering
15. Configuring Multihoming
16. Configuring Basic PLS
17. Configuring Intra- Autonomous System MPLS VPNs
18. Configuring MPLS Traffic Engineering