Course Outline
1 - BGP Overview
- Introducing BGP
- Understanding BGP Path Attributes
- Establishing BGP Sessions
- Processing BGP Routes
- Configuring Basic BGP
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP
- Lab 1-1: Initial Lab Setup
- Lab 1-2: Configuring Basic BGP
2 - 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
- Lab 2-1: Configuring a Transit AS
3 - Route Selection Using Policy Controls
- Using Multihomed 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
- Lab 3-1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks
- Lab 3-2: Employing AS-Path Filters
- Lab 3-3: Filtering with Prefix-Lists
- Lab 3-4: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy
4 - Route Selection Using Attributes
- Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
- Setting BGP Local Preference
- Using AS-Path Prepending
- Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
- Addressing BGP Communities
- Lab 4-1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights
- Lab 4-2: Setting BGP Local Preference
- Lab 4-3: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators
- Lab 4-4: Addressing BGP Communities
5 - Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP
- Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements
- Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing
- Connecting a Multihomed Customer to a Single Service Provider
- Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service Providers
6 - Scaling Service Provider Networks
- Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
- Introducing Route Reflectors
- Designing Networks with Route Reflectors
- Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors
- Introducing Confederations
- Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
- Lab 6-1: Introducing Route Reflectors
- Lab 6-2: Configuring and Monitoring Confederations
7 - Optimizing BGP Scalability
- Improving BGP Convergence
- Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
- Implementing BGP Peer Groups
- Using BGP Route Dampening
- Lab 7-1: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor
- Lab 7-2: Implementing BGP Peer Groups
- Lab 7-3: Using BGP Route Dampening
Target Audience
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
• This course is intended primarily for network administrators, network engineers, network managers and systems engineers who would like to implement BGP.
The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
• This course is intended for network designers and project managers. The course is also recommended to all individuals preparing for BGP exam.