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Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series Essentials (ASR9KE)

In this 4-day course, Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series Essentials (ASR9KE), you will learn about the features and functions of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series platforms. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, you will gain an understanding of all major aspects of the platform, including hardware; software; Layer 2 and Layer 3 services; Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast; operations, administration, and management (OAM); quality of service (QoS) features; and network virtualization.

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Duration: 4 Days
CLC Value: 36
About the course

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course.


Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Major features and benefits of a Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
  • Major features and benefits of the Cisco IOS XR Software operating system
  • Data flow through the Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
  • Configure the Cisco ASR 9000, back out of configuration changes, and restore older versions of the configuration
  • Install the Cisco IOS XR operating system, package information envelopes (PIEs), and software maintenance updates (SMUs)
  • Enable multicast routing on a Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
  • Configure Multiprotocol Label Switch-Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) on a Cisco ASR 9000 Series router
  • Configure Layer 3 VPN services
  • Configure Ethernet link bundles
  • Configure local E-Line L2VPN
  • Configure Ethernet over MPLS E-Line L2VPN
  • Configure EoMPLS with pseudowire backup
  • Configure local E-LAN L2VPN
  • Configure link-based Ethernet operations, administration, and maintenance (E-OAM)
  • Configure virtual private LAN service (VPLS) L2VPN
  • Configure VPLS with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) autodiscover

  • Configure service-based connectivity fault management (CFM)
  • Multiple Spanning Tree-Access Gateway (MST-AG)
  • Configure Layer 2 multicast features
  • Basic QoS implementation
  • How to configure and verify network virtualization (nV) on the ASR 9000 series
Course content

Course Outline:

  • Introduction to the Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregation Series
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Hardware
  • Cisco IOS XR Software Overview
  • Cisco IOS XR Software Basics
  • Cisco IOS XR Software Installation
  • Cisco IOS XR Software Operations
  • Cisco IOS XR Routing Protocols
  • Layer 3 Multicast
  • Cisco IOS XR MPLS
  • Cisco IOS XR Layer 3 VPN
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Layer 2 Architecture
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Point-to-Point Layer 2 Services
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Multipoint Layer 2 Services
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Layer 2 Multicast
  • Cisco ASR 9000 QoS
  • Cisco ASR 9000 Network Virtualization

Lab Outline:

  • Lab 1: Hardware Discovery and Initial Configuration
  • Lab 2: Cisco IOS XR Software Installation
  • Lab 3: Cisco IOS XR Operations
  • Lab 4: OSPF Routing Configuration
  • Lab 5: IS-IS Routing Configuration
  • Lab 6: BGP Routing Configuration
  • Lab 7: Layer 3 Multicast
  • Lab 8: MPLS
  • Lab 9: Layer 3 VPN
  • Lab 10: Local E-Line
  • Lab 11: EoMPLS E-Line
  • Lab 12: Local E-LAN
  • Lab 13: VPLS
  • Lab 14: OAM
  • Lab 15: Layer 2 Multicast
Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course are as follows:

  • Technical professionals, including system engineers, technical support personnel, channel partners, and resellers, who need to know how to deploy Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers in their network environment