Total MPLS VPN for engineers

Description

A hands on course concentrating solely on MPLS
VPNs. The course begins with a review of VPN basics
before moving onto L3VPNs and MBGP, followed by
L2VPNs.

What will you learn

Total MPLS VPN for engineers training course details

Anyone working with MPLS VPNs.

Concise MPLS for engineers

2 days

LSR, PE and P router roles. What is a VPN?
MPLS VPN types, MPLS VPN comparison, MPLS
L3VPN, L2VPN. VPN architectures.
Hands on:
Building the base network.

Separate routing tables, The Virtual Routing
Table, VRFs, Route Distinguisher (RD), VNPv4
addresses.
Hands on: Minimal VRF configuration,
routing between customer and provider (PE-CE).

MP-BGP, IPv4 routing, IPv6 routing, VPNv4
addresses, VPNv6 addresses. Exchanging labels.
Exchanging routes. Route targets, communities.
Route reflectors.
Hands on: MBGP setup. MPLS
L3VPN troubleshooting.

Why L2 not L3? Services: TDM, ATM, Frame
Relay, Ethernet. Pseudowires.
Hands on: Simple
L2VPN configuration.

VPWS, AToM, Attachment Circuit, Traffic
encapsulation, Ethernet over MPLS. Ethernet
MTU considerations. VC types.
Hands on: PW
configuration and troubleshooting.

Ethernet multipoint connectivity. Virtual
Forwarding Instance (VFI), Virtual Switching
Instance. Flooding, MAC address management,
split horizons. Hierarchical VPLS. Signalling: LDP
based. BGP based. Auto discovery.
Hands on:
VPLS configuration and troubleshooting.

E-VPN, PBB-EVPN.