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CCIE Service Provider Boot Camp

Designed for CCIE candidates who are within six months of their lab exam date, this intense course will prepare you for the one-day, hands-on Service Provider (SP) Lab Exam. Solidify your existing knowledge, expose your weaknesses, and gain vital test-taking strategies.

The class does not cover introductory material, and in order to receive the full benefit of the class, you are expected to have at least a minimum level of knowledge of the topics covered. The class consists of several hours of lecture and 10 or more hours of hands-on preparation per day. Be prepared to stay late every evening. The instructor will identify some of the most common mistakes that candidates make and provide an assessment of your readiness.

Course Facts:

• You will receive some of the industry's most complex, in-depth, and up-to-date lab scenarios, specifically designed for this course.

• You will be given access to your vRack throughout the course.

• You MUST BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP.

• Course is held in a training facility close to hotels, airports, and restaurants.

• Snacks and refreshments are provided.

• You will be provided with the tools-lab scenarios, assistance, guidance, and lectures-that you will need to pass your CCIE lab exam. During this course you will receive several hours of intense instructor guidance, lectures, and one-on-one assistance.

Cancellation/Reschedule Policy:

For all course registrations, student cancellation or reschedule up to 21 calendar days prior to the course is not permitted. No refunds.

Notice: Due to various potential circumstances, we must reserve the right to cancel or reschedule a course at its sole discretion. In such an event, the student will choose the option to either reschedule for an alternate course or to receive a refund of the amount already paid for the affected course's registration. We are not liable for expenses incurred other than the registration fee paid. Course registration fees are subject to change without notice. Returns, exchanges, and refunds are not permitted for products delivered.

What You'll Learn

The course is lead by an industry expert who will challenge you with various technologies and protocols that must be mastered prior to taking the CCIE SP Lab Exam, such as:

• Bridging and Switching: VTP, VLAN, Trunk, Spanning tree, Frame Relay, DLCI, FR multilink, ATM PVC, SVC, FR/ATM interworking, and PPPoE

• IGP Routing: IS-IS, Level 1/2, Metric, OSPF, LSA, Area, Redistribution, Summarization, Filtering, and Policy routing
  EGP Routing: IBGP, EBGP, BGP attributes, Confederation, Route reflector, Synchronization, Aggregation, Stability, Redistribution, Filtering, and Multipath

• SP Multicast: PIM-SM, PIM-DM, SSM, PIM-BIDIR, IGMP, Auto RP, Static RP, BSR, Anycast RP, MP-BGP for multicast, and MSDP

• MPLS: Label distribution, LDP/ TDP, Label filtering, Label merging, Multipath, MPLS COS, MPLS Netflow, MPLS over ATM, and MPLS Traffic Engineering

• L3/L2 VPN: MPLS VPN, MP-iBGP, PE-CE routing, RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, Static, ISIS, EBGP, BGP Extended Community, Inter AS MPLS VPN, Carrier Supporting Carrier, VRF-Lite, VRF Select, Multicast MPLS VPN, GRE, multipoint GRE, L2TPv3, and 802.QinQ

• SP QoS and Security: DSCP/EXP, TOS, NBAR, Marking, Shaping, Policing, CAR, FRTS, WRQ, CBWFQ, LLQ, PQ, CQ, RED, WRED, LFI, cRTP, RSVP, ACL, RPF, Filtering, Routing update security, and Common attacks

• High Availability: NSF, GLBP, Fast reroute, Link/Node protection, HSRP, and VRRP

• Management: SNMP, SYSLOG, RMON, Accounting, Netflow, and NTP prior to your lab attempt

Who Needs to Attend

Network professionals preparing for their CCIE Service Provider Exam.

Course Outline

Day 1:

• Layer 2 Technologies

  • Serial

  • Frame

  • Ethernet

  • ATM

  • Switching

• Management Protocols

Day 2:

• Layer 3 Technologies

  • IGP Routing

  • BGP Routing

  • Policy

Day 3:

• Multicast

• MPLS

• Traffic Engineering

• QoS

Day 4:

• MPLS VPNs (Layer 2 and Layer 3)

• Multicast VPNs

• Multipoint GRE

Day 5:

• Separate 8-hour lab