Resources & Reference Materials

Describing SP Network Architectures — Service Provider Core Architecture

Describing SP Network Architectures — Network Transport Technologies

Describing SP Network Architectures — RAN Introduction

Describing SP Network Architectures — Routed Optical Network

Describing SP Network Architectures — MPLS Introduction

Describing SP Network Architectures — Service Provider Core Architecture

Note: Peering and Transit content (1.2b) is embedded within this module

Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures — IOS XR Architecture

Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures — IOS XR Packaging

Describing Cisco IOS Software Architectures — Deploy IOS XR/XE Basic Device Configuration (Lab)

Implementing Virtualization in SP Environments — NFV and VNF Architecture

Implementing Virtualization in SP Environments — SDN and Segment Routing Integration

Describing QoS Architecture — MPLS QoS Models (Pipe, Short Pipe, Uniform)

Describing QoS Architecture — DiffServ and IntServ

Describing QoS Architecture — QoS Architecture Lab

Implementing IS-IS — IS-IS Single Area

Implementing IS-IS — IS-IS Multi-Level and Route Leaking

Implementing OSPF — OSPF Single and Multi Area

Implementing OSPF — OSPF Authentication and Security

Implementing OSPF — OSPF Stub Areas and Summarization

Implementing IS-IS and OSPF — Implement IS-IS and OSPF (Lab)

Implementing BGP — BGP Fundamentals and Session Establishment

Implementing BGP — BGP Path Selection Attributes

Implementing BGP — BGP Route Reflection and Confederations

Implementing BGP — Implement BGP (Lab)

Implementing Route Maps and RPL — BGP Communities and Filtering

Implementing Route Maps and RPL — BGP Routing Policy Language (RPL)

Implementing Route Maps and RPL — Route Policy Lab

Transitioning to IPv6 — IPv6 Addressing and Routing

Transitioning to IPv6 — IPv6 Transition Mechanisms

Implementing High Availability — NSF and NSR

Implementing High Availability — BFD

Implementing High Availability — ISSU

Implementing High Availability — IP FRR and TI-LFA

Implementing MPLS — MPLS Architecture and Label Operations

Implementing MPLS — LDP Session Protection

Implementing MPLS — LDP Neighbors and Targeted Sessions

Implementing MPLS — MPLS Fundamentals

Note: Unified MPLS / Seamless MPLS (3.1d) is embedded within this module

Implementing MPLS — MPLS OAM (LSP Ping, Traceroute)

Implementing MPLS — Implement MPLS in SP Core (Lab)

Implementing Cisco MPLS TE — MPLS TE Architecture and RSVP-TE

Implementing Cisco MPLS TE — MPLS TE Tunnel Types and Autoroute

Implementing Cisco MPLS TE — MPLS TE FRR (Link and Node Protection)

Implementing Cisco MPLS TE — MPLS TE Affinity and Constraints

Implementing Cisco MPLS TE — MPLS TE Load Balancing

Implementing Cisco MPLS TE — Implement Cisco MPLS TE (Lab)

Describing Segment Routing — SR Architecture and SRGB

Describing Segment Routing — SR with IS-IS

Describing Segment Routing — SR with OSPF

Describing Segment Routing — SR TI-LFA Fast Reroute

Describing Segment Routing — SR-TE and On-Demand Next Hop (ODN)

Describing Segment Routing — Segment Routing Traffic Engineering

Note: SR-TE Explicit Paths and ODN (3.3e) is embedded within this module

Describing Segment Routing — Segment Routing Traffic Engineering

Note: Flex-Algo (3.3f) is embedded within this module

Describing Segment Routing — Segment Routing Traffic Engineering

Note: SRv6 and uSID (3.3g) is embedded within this module

Describing Segment Routing — Implement Segment Routing (Lab)

Configuring L2VPN Services — VPWS and Pseudowire Services

Configuring L2VPN Services — VPLS and EVPN VPWS

Configuring L2VPN Services — EVPN VPLS

Describing VPN Services — VPN Services Overview

Note: Ethernet OAM 802.3ah/802.1ag and CFM (4.2a, 4.2c) are embedded within this module

Configuring L2VPN Services — Configure L2VPN Services (Lab)

Configuring L3VPN Services — MPLS L3VPN Architecture and VRF

Configuring L3VPN Services — Inter-AS L3VPN Options A/B/C

Configuring L3VPN Services — Carrier Supporting Carrier (CSC)

Configuring L3VPN Services — Implement L3VPN Services (Lab)

Implementing Multicast — PIM-SM and RP

Implementing Multicast — Multicast BSR and Anycast RP

Implementing Multicast — MPLS Multicast VPN (mVPN) Profiles

Describing QoS Architecture — MPLS QoS Models (Pipe, Short Pipe, Uniform)

Describing QoS Architecture — MPLS TE QoS (DS-TE, MAM, RDM)

Describing QoS Architecture — DiffServ and IntServ

Describing QoS Architecture — Trust Boundaries and Marking

Describing QoS Architecture — IPv6 Flow Label

Implementing QoS — SP QoS Classification and Marking

Implementing QoS — SP QoS Policing and Shaping

Implementing QoS — SP QoS Congestion Management (CBWFQ, LLQ)

Implementing QoS — SP QoS Congestion Avoidance (WRED)

Implementing QoS — SP QoS Link Fragmentation and Interleaving

Implementing QoS — Implement QoS in SP Network (Lab)

Implementing Control Plane Security — CoPP and LPTS

Implementing Control Plane Security — BGP-TTL Security and Authentication

Implementing Control Plane Security — BGP Prefix Suppression

Implementing Control Plane Security — LDP Security

Implementing Control Plane Security — BGP Sec

Implementing Control Plane Security — BGP Flowspec

Implementing Control Plane Security — Implement Control Plane Security (Lab)

Implementing Management Plane Security — Tracebacks and AAA/TACACS

Implementing Management Plane Security — Management Plane Protection

Note: SSH (1.6b) is embedded within this module

Implementing Management Plane Security — Implement Management Plane Security (Lab)

Implementing Data Plane Security — Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)

Implementing Data Plane Security — Remote Triggered Black Hole (RTBH)

Implementing Data Plane Security — MACsec

Implementing Data Plane Security — Implement Data Plane Security (Lab)

Introducing Network Programmability — YANG Data Models

Introducing Network Programmability — NETCONF Protocol

Introducing Network Programmability — RESTCONF and gRPC

Implementing Automation and Assurance — gNMI and gRPC Telemetry

Implementing Automation and Assurance — Python for Network Automation

Implementing Automation and Assurance — Ansible for Network Automation

Implementing Automation and Assurance — Automation and Assurance Tools (Terraform, etc.)

Introducing Cisco NSO — NSO Architecture

Implementing Automation and Assurance — SP Network Troubleshooting Methodology

Implementing Automation and Assurance — SP Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques

Section 1: IS-IS

Single Level Area, Multi Level Area, IS Types, Circuit Types, Route Leaking

Section 2: OSPF

Single Area, Multi Area, Virtual Link, Stub/Totally Stubby, Summarization, Default Route, MD5 Auth, IPsec, IP Fast Reroute

Section 3: BGP

Initial Config, iBGP Setup, Path Selection (Weight/Local-Pref/AS-Path), Route Reflection, Confederation, Communities, ORF, Route Dampening

Section 4: Multicast

PIM and Global Multicast, Static RP, Boot Strap Router (BSR), Bidirectional PIM, Inter-AS MSDP

Section 5: IPv6 Transition

Stateful NAT64, GRE IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels

Section 6: MPLS L2VPN

Manual VPWS Xconnect, Local Switching, VPLS MP2MP (E-LAN), EVPN VPWS, VPLS BGP Auto Discovery LDP Signaling

Section 7: MPLS Traffic Engineering

Initial Config, Global TE Config, Dynamic TE Tunnel, Autoroute Announce, Backup Tunnel Link Protection (NHOP), Node Protection (NNHOP), Affinity, Bandwidth, Forwarding Adjacency

Section 8: MPLS QoS

Pipe Mode, Uniform Mode

Section 9: MPLS Multicast VPN (mVPN)

Profile 0 (Default MDT), Profile 1 (Default MDT with BGP C-multicast)

Section 10: MPLS L3VPN

VRF IPv4 Config, MP-iBGP VPNv4, PE-CE OSPF, PE-CE BGP, VRF Route Leaking, LDP Graceful Restart, LDP Session Protection, MPLS OAM, Inter-AS Option A/B/C, CSC Tasks

Section 11: Unified MPLS

Initial Config, LDP Config, iBGP + Label Config, VPNv4/VPNv6 PE-CE Routing

Section 12: Segment Routing

Initial Config, SR Global Block, IS-IS SR, OSPF SR, SR-LDP Mapping Server, SR-Prefer, TI-LFA with IS-IS, TI-LFA with OSPF

Section 13: Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR-TE)

IS-IS Setup, Specific Color Attribute, Explicit Paths with Labels, Automated Steering, On-Demand Next Hop, PCE and PCEP, Flex-Algo

Section 14: SRv6

Initial Configuration, uSID with L3VPN, uSID with L3 Interworking Gateway

INE SPCOR: Service Provider Architecture — SP Network Overview

INE SPCOR: Service Provider Architecture — SP Core Network Design

INE SPCOR: Service Provider Architecture — IOS XR Architecture Overview

INE SPCOR: Service Provider Architecture — MPLS QoS Models (Pipe, Short Pipe, Uniform)

INE SPCOR: Service Provider Architecture — NFV and Virtualization Overview

INE SPCOR: SP Security — BGP, CoPP, and DDoS Mitigation

INE SPCOR: IGP Routing — IS-IS Configuration and Tuning

INE SPCOR: IGP Routing — OSPF Configuration and Tuning

INE SPCOR: BGP — Fundamentals, Path Selection, and Policy

INE SPCOR: BGP — Routing Policy Language (RPL) Deep Dive

INE SPCOR: High Availability — NSF, NSR, BFD, ISSU

INE CCIE SP: MPLS — Fundamentals and LDP

INE CCIE SP: MPLS — Traffic Engineering and Unified MPLS

INE CCIE SP: Segment Routing — SR-MPLS and SR-TE

INE CCIE SP: Segment Routing — PCE, Flex-Algo, and SRv6

INE CCIE SP: L2VPN — VPWS, VPLS, and EVPN

INE CCIE SP: L3VPN — VRF, MP-BGP, and PE-CE Routing

INE CCIE SP: Multicast — PIM, RP, mVPN Profiles

INE SPCOR: QoS — Classification, Marking, Queuing, Shaping

INE SPCOR: Automation — NETCONF, RESTCONF, NSO, Ansible

INE SPCOR: Automation — Python and pyATS for SP

INE SPCOR: Automation — Advanced Python Scripting

OCG: Chapter 1 — Service Provider Architectures

OCG: Chapter 2 — Software Architectures

OCG: Chapter 3 — Service Provider Virtualization

OCG: Chapter 4 — SP Security Architecture

OCG: Chapter 5 — SP Security Implementation

OCG: Chapter 6 — IS-IS

OCG: Chapter 7 — OSPF

OCG: Chapter 8 — BGP

OCG: Chapter 9 — Multicast

OCG: Chapter 10 — MPLS

OCG: Chapter 11 — Segment Routing

OCG: Chapter 12 — L3VPN

OCG: Chapter 13 — L2VPN

OCG: Chapter 14 — QoS

OCG: Chapter 15 — High Availability

OCG: Chapter 16 — Network Programmability

OCG: Chapter 17 — Automation Tools

OCG: Chapter 18 — Cisco NSO

OCG: Chapter 19 — IPv6 and Transition Mechanisms

OCG: Chapter 20 — SP Assurance and Telemetry

OCG: Chapter 21 — IOS XR Programmability

OCG: Chapter 22 — Final Exam Preparation

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 1: IOS XR Basics and LPTS

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 5: IS-IS Advanced

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 6: MPLS LDP

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 7: BGP Advanced

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 9: MPLS Traffic Engineering

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 10: Segment Routing

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 13: L3VPN Services

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 14: Multicast Services

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 17: QoS Services

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 18: Automation and NETCONF

CCIE SP v5.0 Workbook — Chapter 19: Ansible and NSO

CCIE SP v4.0 Workbook — Chapter 1: SP Network Architecture Overview