The CCNP Service Provider certification is most frequently sought by data center professionals with three to five years of experience. Typical job titles of those who have obtained or are currently seeking the CCNP Data Center certification include Business Services Architect, Technology Architect, Pre-sales Engineer, Design Engineer, Implementation Engineer, and Support Engineer.
The Cisco Certified Network Professional Service Provider (CCNP Service Provider) certification is for service provider network engineers, systems engineers, and network specialists who are responsible for delivering a scalable carrier-grade infrastructure capable of rapid expansion to support ongoing introduction of new managed services and other customer requirements.
BGP Routing in Service Provider Environments
Describe the Internet routing hierarchy: Network Service Providers (NSP), Network
Access Point (NAP), ISP Tiers (Tier 1, 2 and 3)
Describe connectivity between an enterprise network and an SP that requires the use of
BGP
Describe connectivity between a SP and upstream SPs
Describe BGP transit AS operations
Implement EBGP and IBGP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement BGP neighbor authentication on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Optimize BGP IOS-XR configurations using af-groups, session-groups, and neighborgroups
Optimize BGP IOS-XE configurations using peer-groups
Influence BGP route selection by using various BGP attributes on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Troubleshoot BGP IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors
Route Manipulations in Service Provider Environments
Implement Routing Policy Language (RPL) to configure a desired routing policy on IOSXR
Implement Route-Maps to configure a desired routing policy on IOS-XE
Implement route filterings using prefix-list, distribute-list, and as-path list on IOS-XE
Implement route redistributions on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
High Availability Routing Features
Implement NSF/NSR/Graceful Restart for OSPF on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement NSF/NSR/Graceful Restart for IS-IS on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for OSPF on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IS-IS on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Multicast Routing in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment
Describe Multicast Concepts (multicast distribution trees, multicast routing protocols
and IGMP operations)
Describe Any-source multicast (ASM) versus Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
Describe Intra Domain versus Inter Domain Multicast Routing
Describe the mapping of multicast IP addresses to MAC addresses
Describe and illustrate how RFP check can fail if the unicast and multicast topologies are
non-congruent
Describe multiprotocol BGP functions in mroute distribution
Describe the principles and operations of PIM-SM
Describe multicast source discovery protocol (MSDP) operations
Describe methods used to secure multicast
Implement PIM-SM operations on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement Auto-RP, PIMv2 BSR, Anycast RP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement Bi-Dir PIM operations in SP IP NGN environment on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement SSM operations on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement MSDP operations on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Troubleshoot multicast routing IOS-XR and IOS-XE configurations errors in service
provider environments
Layer 2 VPNs in Service Provider IP NGN Environments
Describe DNS and DHCP operation in IPv6
Describe the fields that are used in the IPv6 header to support QoS functions
Describe Cisco IOS/IOS-XE and IOS-XR IPv6 network management and troubleshooting
tools like traceroute/ping
Describe dual-stack implementations
Describe IPv6 tunneling mechanisms
Configure IPv6 multicast routing
Configure static IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnels on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Configure dynamic 6to4 tunnels on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Carrier Ethernet in Service Provider IP NGN Environments
Implement NSF/NSR/Graceful Restart for BGP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for BGP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement high availability and optimization multicast routing features on IOS-XR and
IOS-XE
MPLS/LDP in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment
Describe the CEF, FIB, LFIB and LIB tables on Cisco routers
Describe MPLS labels and label stack operations on Cisco routers
Describe LDP operations in Cisco routers
Describe MPLS OAM (MPLS LSP ping and MPLS traceroute)
Describe MPLS applications in service provider environment
Implement LDP on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement LDP high availability features on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Troubleshoot LDP on IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors
MPLS/LDP in a Service Provider IP NGN Environment
Describe MPLS traffic engineering (TE) concepts
Describe MPLS TE constraint-based path computations
Describe the details of MPLS TE tunnels, including path setup procedures and path
maintenance
Describe methods of assigning traffic into MPLS TE tunnels
Implement MPLS TE tunnels on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement MPLS TE bandwidth control on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement MPLS TE link and node protections on Cisco IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Transport Technologies
Describe the SP core transition from ATM/SONET/SDH based backbone to
packet based IP/MPLS backbone
Implement 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces on Cisco IOS-XR routers
Describe DWDM, IPoDWDM and ROADM
Implement IPoDWDM controller/interface on Cisco IOS-XR routers
MPLS layer 3 VPNs in Service Provider IP NGN Environments
Describe MPLS L3 VPN architecture and operations (RDs, RTs, VRFs, MP-BGP, PE-CE
routing)
Describe the design models for combining Internet access with MPLS L3 VPN services
Describe the various methods used to deploy IPv6 over MPLS (6PE and 6VPE)
Implement MP-BGP between PE routers on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement PE-CE routings (static, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP) on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement complex MPLS layer 3 VPNs on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Implement carrier supporting carrier (CSC) on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Troubleshoot MPLS L3 VPNs IOS-XR and IOS-XE configuration errors in service provider
environments
Layer 2 VPNs in Service Provider IP NGN Environments
Describe L2TPv3 VPNs over an IP core network
Describe L2 VPNs (AToM and VPLS) over an IP/MPLS core network
Describe AToM Interworking
Implement AToM on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Carrier Ethernet in Service Provider IP NGN Environments
Describe Carrier Ethernet forums and standards (MEF, IEEE, IETF)
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Describe the concepts of User PE (U-PE) and Network PE (N-PE)
Describe E-Line versus E-LAN versus E-Tree
Describe QinQ tunneling
Describe Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB – aka MAC-in-MAC)
Describe VPWS versus VPLS
Describe VPLS versus H-VPLS
Describe VPLS signaling using LDP or BGP
Implement QinQ on Cisco ME 3400 Series Switches
Implement VPLS on IOS-XR and IOS-XE
Experience: 7+ Years
Certifications: CCIE#48843 SP, CCNP, CCNA, ITIL
Associate Company: Accenture
Topic Name | Regular | Weekends | Instructor Name |
---|---|---|---|
SPROUTE | 6 Weeks | 6 Weeks | Mr. Tushin |
SPADVROUTE | 6 Weeks | 6 Weeks | Mr. Tushin |
SPCORE | 6 Weeks | 6 Weeks | Mr. Tushin |
SPEDGE | 6 Weeks | 6 Weeks | Mr. Tushin |
Devices Used for CCNP SP Training:
Following along with the current CCIE RSv5, CCIE SPv4 now uses all virtual hardware as well. Specifically the new hardware and software variants are as follows:
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