Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers

The Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v3.2 course provides students with in-depth knowledge of BGP, the routing protocol that is one of the underlying foundations of the Internet and new-world technologies such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).

This curriculum covers the theory of BGP, configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS routers, detailed troubleshooting information and hands-on exercises that provide students with the skills needed to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in customer environments. Different service solutions in the curriculum cover BGP network design issues and usage rules for various BGP features preparing students to design and implement efficient, optimal and trouble free BGP networks.

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Given a network scenario with multiple domains, configure, monitor and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing

Given a network scenario where connections to multiple ISPs must be supported, use BGP policy controls to influence the route selection process with minimal impact on BGP route processing

Given a network scenario where multiple connections must be supported, use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process

Given customer connectivity requirements, implement the correct BGP configuration to successfully connect the customer?s network to the Internet

Given a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems, enable the provider network to behave as a transit autonomous system

Given a typical service provider network, identify common BGP scaling issues and enable route reflection and confederations as possible solutions to these issues

Given a typical BGP network, use available BGP tools and features to optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol

Module 1: BGP Overview Lesson 1: Introducing BGP Lesson 2: Understanding BGP Path Attributes Lesson 3: Establishing BGP Sessions Lesson 4: Processing BGP Routes Lesson 5: Configuring Basic BGP Lesson 6: Monitoring and Troubleshooting BGP Module 2: BGP Transit Autonomous Systems Lesson 1: Working with a Transit AS Lesson 2: Interacting with IBGP and EBGP Lesson 3: Forwarding Packets in a Transit AS Lesson 4: Configuring a Transit AS Lesson 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting in a Transit AS IBGP in a Transit AS Module 3: Route Selection Using Policy Controls Lesson 1: Using Multihomed BGP Networks Lesson 2: Employing AS-Path Filters Lesson 3: Filtering with Prefix-Lists Lesson 4: Using Outbound Route Filtering Lesson 5: Applying Route-Maps as BGP Filters Lesson 6: Implementing Changes in BGP Policy Module 4: Route Selection Using Attributes Lesson 1: Influencing BGP Route Selection with Weights Lesson 2: Setting BGP Local Preference Lesson 3: Using AS-Path Prepending Lesson 4: Understanding BGP Multi-Exit Discriminators Lesson 5: Addressing BGP Communities Module 5: Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP Lesson 1: Understanding Customer-to-Provider Connectivity Requirements Lesson 2: Implementing Customer Connectivity Using Static Routing Lesson 3: Connecting a Multihomed Customer to a Single Service Provider Lesson 4: Connecting a Multihomed Customer to Multiple Service Providers Module 6: Scaling Service Provider Networks Lesson 1: Scaling IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks Lesson 2: Introducing Route Reflectors Lesson 3: Designing Networks with Route Reflectors Lesson 4: Configuring and Monitoring Route Reflectors Lesson 5: Introducing Confederations Lesson 6: Configuring and Monitoring Confederations Module 7: Optimizing BGP Scalability Lesson 1: Improving BGP Convergence Lesson 2: Limiting the Number of Prefixes Received from a BGP Neighbor Lesson 3: Implementing BGP Peer Groups Lesson 4: Using BGP Route Dampening

Completion of Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) or Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) Completion of Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) or equivalent HSRP

Those who will benfit most from this course will be pre-and post sales technical engineers who are responsible for designing, implementing, or troubleshooting BGP networks.