Intermediate

Service Provider Network Professional
The "Service Provider Network Essentials" course is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, technologies, and best practices essential for managing and operating service provider networks. Whether you're looking to enter the field or enhance your existing knowledge, this course covers key areas that are crucial for successful network operations in a service provider environment.
Curriculum
- 8 Sections
- 57 Lessons
- 120h Duration
1.0 Introduction to Network Fundamentals
8 Lessons
- Media (WIRED / WIRELESS)
- Introduction to IPT, IPLC, IX, PNI, Cache System, BNG
- OSI model
- DNS (System)
- TACACS+, Radius
- NTP, FTP and TFTP
- Syslog, SNMP
- Telnet, SSH
2.0 Networking with Routing Protocols
7 Lessons
- Introduction to Routing (Routing Protocol Code, AD, Metric, Longest Prefix Match, RIB, FIB)
- Static Routing ( Default route, Floating Route, Network Route, Host Route,Gateway of last resort)
- Best route selection process (Prefix Length, Metric, AD, ECMP)
- Dynamic Routing ( RIP, RIPNG, EIGRP, IPv6 EIGRP, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP [ebgp, ibgp])
- OSPF (Neighborship, Adjacency, Network Types, Multiarea, LSA Types, Route-Types,Metrics)
- IPv6
- BGP
3.0 Networking with Switching Protocols
5 Lessons
- VLANs & Trunking (access port [data and voice], default VLAN, native VLAN, mgmt VLAN, trunk ports, 802.1Q)
- DTP
- VTP
- Switch Port Security
- STP (PVST, PVST+,MSTP, RSTP)
4.0 MPLS and Segment Routing
6 Lessons
- LDP
- LDP security (authentication and label allocation filtering)
- RSVP-TE (Traffic Engineering)
- L2VPN
- L3VPN [Intra and Inter AS (Option A,B & C)]
- SR MPLS (Segment Routing)
5.0 Network Services
19 Lessons
- Multicast (PIM-Sparse, Dense, Sparse-Dense, SSM, IGMPv1/v2/v3, Auto RP, BSR, Anycast RP, MSDP)
- uRPF
- QoS
- NSR, NSR-graceful
- RTBH
- 6PE & 6VPE
- BFD (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP)
- LFA (OSPF & IS-IS)
- Track Object & EEM
- DHCP ( DHCP relay, DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection)
- LAG/ Etherchannel
- PBR
- FHRP (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP...)
- Etherchannel (PAgP, LACP)
- DHCP, DHCP-Relay, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection
- Proxy ARP
- ACL
- Prefix list, prefix-set, RPL, Route-map
- NAT/ NAT64
6.0 Virtualization
3 Lessons
- Describe device virtualization technologies
- Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies
- Describe Network Virtualization Concepts
7.0 Network Security and Device Hardening
2 Lessons
- Configure and verify device Access Control
- Configure and verify Basic Parameters before forwarding Traffic
8.0 Automation and Assurance
7 Lessons
- Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
- Describe the role of Network Services Orchestration (NSO)
- Compare agent vs. agentless configuration management tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack
- Configure and verify NetFlow/IPFIX
- Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF
- Configure and verify SNMP (v2c/v3)
- EEM