MPLS Technology Overview Course (2-day)

Students will gain a practical understanding of MPLS control plane and data plane and the different functions of each.  A detailed discussion of VPN services supporting IP, Ethernet, and Circuit Emulation will be a main focus of this course.

Course Objectives:

To enable students to describe MPLS control plane functions and data plane formats to enable VPN services and Traffic Engineering.

MPLS Overview
i) History
ii) Drivers
iii) Benefits
iv) Implementations

MPLS Definitions and Concepts
i) Edge Functions vs. Core Functions
ii) P, PE, CE devices
iii) Label Switching vs. Routing
iv) Label Formats
v) Shim Header Format
vi) Label Operations (Push, Swap, Pop, Stacking)
vii) Label Switched Path
(1) E-LSP
(2) L-LSP
viii) Pseudowire

MPLS Applications
i) VPN (L1, L2, L3)
(1) VPN Architectures (Overlay vs. Peer-Peer)
(2) VPN types (Site-Site, Remote Access, Overlapping)
ii) Traffic Engineering and QoS

Routing Overview
i) Interior Gateway Protocols
(1) OSPF
(2) IS-IS
ii) Exterior Gateway Protocols
(1) BGP

Signaling Protocols
i) LDP
(a) Messages
(b) Applications
(c) Procedure
ii) RSVP-TE
(a) Messages
(b) Applications
(c) Procedure

Layer 3 VPN
i) Specifications
ii) VRF
iii) Route Distinguishers
iv) Route Targets
v) MP-BGP
vi) Steps to configure a VPN
(a) Full Mesh
(b) Hub/Spoke

Layer 2/Layer1 VPN
i) Pseudowire Specifications
ii) T-LDP
iii) Point-point (VPWS or E-Line Service)
iv) Multipoint (VPLS)
v) Hierarchical VPLS

MPLS OAM
i) Requirements
ii) Specifications
iii) Tools
(1) MPLS Ping
(2) MPLS Traceroute
(3) VCCV

Traffic Engineering
i) Problem with traditional IP routing
ii) Benefits of TE
iii) Specifications
iv) TE Parameters
v) Fast ReRoute

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