Duration
4 Days
24 CPD hours
This course is intended for
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Network operations center (NOC) operators
System administrators
System engineers
Technical support personnel
Channel partners, resellers
Overview
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
Cisco IOS XR general architecture
Introduction to the Cisco IOS XR command line interface (CLI)
Basic system configuration
Tracing the switch fabric data path
Monitoring the Cisco IOS XR system
Working within the Cisco IOS XR configuration file system
Interpreting Cisco IOS XR error messages and log file messages
Creating system core dumps
This 4-day course, Introduction to Cisco IOS© XR (IOSXR100), is an instructor led, lab-based, hands-on course, where you learn the fundamental concepts on which the operating system is based and Cisco IOS XR basic operations for configuration, software, file system configuration, and monitoring. Basic troubleshooting for how to troubleshoot problems relating to process failures, frozen processes, and high CPU and memory consumption is also covered. This course introduces you to the features and functions of the Cisco IOS XR Software operating system. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on lab exercises, you gain an understanding of all major aspects of the operating system, including the architecture, high-availability components, scalability features, configuration basics, switch fabric data path, basic software operations, configuration file overview, monitoring the Cisco IOS XR operating system, and working with error messages and core dumps.
Module 1: Cisco IOS XR Software Overview
Cisco IOS XR Architecture
High Availability
Scalability
Module 2: Cisco IOS XR Configuration Basics
Configuration Operations
Initial Configuration
Reviewing the Configuration
Route Processor Redundancy
Module 3: Switch Fabric Architecture
Cisco IOS XR Architecture, High Availability, and Scalability Review
Verifying the Fabric Data Path
Module 4: Cisco IOS XR Software Operations
Examining the Operation Basics
Examining Configuration Operations
Examining Configuration Rollback and Recovery
Examining Process Management
Module 5: Configuration File System Overview
Configuration File System
Module 6: Monitoring the Cisco IOS XR Operating System
Cisco IOS XR Architecture
System Monitoring Commands
Module 7: Error Messages and Core Dumps
System Error Messages
Logging System Messages
Cisco IOS XR Core Dumps