Technology
Understand and explain Core MPLS technology and concepts
Understand and explain MPLS VPN technology and concepts
Understand and explain basic BGP concepts and operations
Understand and explain how to Scale IGP and BGP in Service Provider Networks
Basic Implementation & Configuration
Explain and implement Frame-mode MPLS operations on Cisco IOS Platforms
Explain and implement Cell-mode MPLS operations on Cisco IOS Platforms
Explain and implement BGP Route Selection Using Policy Controls on Cisco IOS
Platforms
Explain and implement BGP Route Selection Using BGP Attributes on Cisco IOS
Platforms
Explain and implement Customer-to-Provider Connectivity with BGP on Cisco IOS
Platforms
Explain and implement BGP Transit Autonomous System on Cisco IOS Platforms
Explain and implement IBGP connectivity using BGP Route Reflectors on Cisco IOS
Platforms
Explain and implement BGP Confederations on Cisco IOS Platforms
Advanced Configuration
Explain and implement Advanced BGP Configuration on Cisco IOS Platforms
Explain and implement MPLS VPN operations on Cisco IOS Platforms
Explain and implement OSPF inside an MPLS VPN
IP QoS Fundamentals
Given a description of a converged network, identify problems that could lead to poor
quality of service and explain how the problems might be resolved
Define the term Quality of Service (QoS) and identify and explain the key steps to
implementing QoS on a converged network
IP QoS Components
List and explain the models for providing Quality of Service on a network
Explain the purpose and function of the DiffServ model
Describe the basic format of and explain the purpose of the DSCP field in the IP header
Define and explain the different per hop behaviors used in DSCP
Explain the interoperability between DSCP-based and IP-precedence-based devices in a
network
Given a list of QoS actions, correctly match the QoS actions to mechanisms for
implementing QoS and identify where in a network the different QoS mechanisms are
commonly used
Modular QoS CLI and Auto-QoS
Given a network requiring QoS, explain how to implement a QoS policy using MQC
Explain how AutoQoS is used to implement QoS policy
Classification and Marking
Explain how link layer and network layer markings are used to define service classes and
the different applications represented by each of these service classes
Given a network and a description of QoS issues, use MQC CLI commands to classify
packets
Given a network and a description of QoS issues, use class-based marking to assign
packets to a specific service class
Describe the function of Network Based Application Recognition
Describe the purpose of pre-classification to support QoS in various VPN (IPSEC, GRE,
L2TP) configurations
Describe QoS trust boundaries and their significance in LAN based classification and
marking
Identify the different classification and marking options available on Cisco L2 and L3
switching platforms
Congestion Management Methods
List and explain the different queuing algorithms
Explain the components of hardware and software queuing systems on Cisco routers and
how they are effected by tuning and congestion
Describe the benefits and drawbacks of using WFQ to implement QoS
Explain the purpose and features of Class-Based WFQ (CBWFQ)
Explain the purpose and features of Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor LLQ on a Cisco
router
Describe and explain the different queuing capabilities available on the Cisco Catalyst
2950 Switch
Congestion Avoidance Methods
Describe the drawbacks tail drop as a congestion control mechanism
Describe the elements of a RED traffic profile
Describe Weighted Random Early Detection and how it can be used to prevent
congestion
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor DSCP-based CB-
WRED
Explain how ECN interacts with WRED in Cisco IOS
Traffic Policing and Shaping
Describe the purpose of traffic conditioning using traffic policing and traffic shaping and
differentiate between the features of each
Explain how network devices measure traffic rates using single rate or dual rate, single or
dual token bucket mathematical models
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor single rate and dual
rate CB-Policing
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor percentage based
CB-Policing
Explain how the two rate limits, average rate and peak rate, can be used to rate limit
traffic
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor CB-Shaping
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor Frame Relay
adaptive CB-Shaping on Frame Relay interfaces
Link Efficiency Mechanisms
Explain the various link efficiency mechanisms and their function
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor CB header
compression
Given a list of link speeds and a specific delay requirement, determine the proper
fragment size to use at each link speed and identify the typical delay requirement for
VoIP packets
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor Multilink PPP with
Interleaving
Identify the Cisco IOS commands required to configure and monitor FRF.12
QoS Best Practices
Explain the QoS requirements of the different application types
List typical enterprise traffic classes then identify the delay, jitter, packet loss and
bandwidth requirements of each traffic class
Explain the best practice QoS implementations and configurations within the campus
LAN
Explain the best practice QoS implementations and configurations on the WAN customer
edge (CE) and provider edge (PE) routers