Cisco Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers v4.0 (BGP)

Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

About this course

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.

Overview

After completing this course the student should be able to:
- Describe how to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot basic BGP to enable interdomain routing in a network scenario with multiple domains
- Describe how to use BGP policy controls to influence the BGP route selection process in a network scenario In which you must support connections to multiple ISPs
- Describe how to use BGP attributes to influence the route selection process in a network scenario where you must support multiple connections
- Describe how to successfully connect the customer network to the Internet in a network scenario in which multiple connections must be implemented
- Describe how to configure the service provider network to behave as a transit AS in a typical implementation with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems
- Enable route reflection as possible solution to BGP scaling issues in a typical service provider network with multiple BGP connections to other autonomous systems
- Describe the available BGP tools and features to optimize the scalability of the BGP routing protocol in a typical BGP network

Description

This covers the theory of BGP, configuration of BGP on Cisco IOS� routers, detailed troubleshooting information, and hands-on exercises that provide learners with the skills that they need to configure and troubleshoot BGP networks in customer environments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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