1. Implement, Optimize and Troubleshoot Core IP Technologies

1.1. Packet over SONET

• Cisco Self-Study: Building Cisco Metro Optical Networks (METRO) (Hartmann, Warren, ISBN# 1587050706)

1.2. IP over DWDM

1.2.1. Optical channel payload unit (OPU)
1.2.2. Optical channel data unit (ODU)
1.2.3. Optical channel transport unit (OTU)
1.2.4. Optical channel (OCh)
1.2.5. Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG)
1.2.6. Virtual Transponder (VTXP)
1.2.7. FEC-FRR Triggering
1.2.8. Optical Parameters- Rx-los-threshold, Wavelength and Transmit-power
1.2.9. G.709 Parameters

1.3. GE/10GE in the Core

1.3.1. Gigabit Ethernet standards
1.3.2. 10 Gigabit Ethernet standards
1.3.3. Duplex mode
1.3.4. MTU
1.3.5. Flow control
1.3.6. Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
1.3.7. 802.1Q VLAN sub-interface

1.4. SP high end product

1.4.01. IOS-XR structure
1.4.02. Install IOS-XR software
1.4.03. Upgrade and manage IOS-XR software
1.4.04. Secure domain router (SDR)
1.4.05. CRS-1/3 structure
1.4.06. CRS-1/3 Multi chassis
1.4.07. Redundant Route Processors
1.4.08. RP switchover
1.4.09. MSC Architecture
1.4.10. Switch Fabric Architecture

1.5. IGP routing

1.5.01. Network Service Access Point (NSAP)

ISIS

• IS-IS Network Design Solutions (Martey, ISBN# 1578702208)
• The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol (Hannes Gredler and Walter Goralski)

1.5.18. OSPF multi instance
1.5.19. OSPF router-ID
1.5.20. OSPF router type
1.5.21. OSPF area
1.5.22. OSPF hello
1.5.23. OSPF LSA
1.5.24. OSPF media type
1.5.25. OSPF Designated Routers
1.5.26. OSPF interface cost
1.5.27. OSPF interface type
1.5.28. OSPFv3 support for IPv6
1.5.29. EIGRP Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)
1.5.30. EIGRP Composite Metrics
1.5.31. EIGRP Hello
1.5.32. EIGRP neighbor
1.5.33. EIGRP Unequal Cost Load Sharing
1.5.34. RIP v2
1.3.35. RIP support for IPv6
1.5.36. Redistribution between OSPF,IS-IS and EIGRP
1.5.37. Redistribution of Directly connected routes
1.5.38. Redistribution of Static routes
1.5.39. Route summary
1.5.40. IOS-XR routing policy language (RPL)
1.5.41. Routing policy using route-map

1.6. MPLS and LDP

• MPLS and Label Switching Networks (2nd Edition) (Uyless D. Black)
• MPLS Configuration on Cisco IOS Software (Lakshman, Lobo, ISBN# 1587051990)
• MPLS Fundamentals (Luc De Ghein, ISBN-10: 1-58705-197-4 ,ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-197-5)
• MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization (Azhar Sayeed, Monique J. Morrow, ISBN-10: 1-58720-120-8, ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-120-2)
• Advanced MPLS Design and Implementation (Alwayn, ISBN# 158705020X)
• Definitive MPLS Network Designs (Guichard, Le Faucheur, Vasseur, ISBN# 1587051869)
• Definitive MPLS Network Designs (Guichard, Le Faucheur, Vasseur, ISBN# 1587051869)
• MPLS-Enabled Applications: Emerging Developments and New Technologies (Ina Minei; Julian Lucek)
• MPLS and VPN Architectures (Pepelnjak, Guichard, ISBN# 1587050021)
• MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II (Pepelnjak, Guichard, Apcar, ISBN# 1587051125)

1.7. MPLS Traffic Engineering

• Traffic Engineering with MPLS (Osborne, Simha, ISBN# 1587050315)

1.8. BGP

• BGP Design and Implementation (Bartell, Zhang, ISBN# 1587051095)

1.9. Multicast

• Interdomain Multicast Solutions Guide (Cisco Systems, Inc., ISBN# 1587050838)

1.10. High Availability

• High Availability Network Fundamentals (Oggerino, ISBN# 1587130173)

1.11. Convergence

1.11.01. IS-IS fast convergence
1.11.02. IS-IS to utilize the Overload Bit
1.11.03. OSPF fast convergence
1.11.04. BGP fast convergence
1.11.05. BGP Route Dampening
1.11.06. BGP Fast Peering Session Deactivation
1.11.07. BGP Prefix Independent Convergence (PIC)
1.11.08. BGP next hop tracking
1.11.09. BGP address tracking filter
1.11.10. BGP path MTU discovery
1.11.11. IP fast reroute (IPFRR)
1.11.12. Multicast-only Fast Re-Route (MoFRR)
1.11.13. MPLS LDP convergence

1.12. SP QoS

• End-to-End Qos Network Design: Quality of Service in LANs, WANs, and VPNs (Hattingh, Szigeti, ISBN# 1587051761)
• QoS for IP/MPLS Networks (Santiago Alvarez)
• IP Quality of Service (Vegesna, ISBN# 1578701163)

1.13. Security in core

1.13.01. Standard Access-lists
1.13.02. Extended Access-lists
1.13.03. Routing Protocol Authentication for RIP V2
1.13.04. Routing Protocol Authentication for EIGRP
1.13.05. Routing Protocol Authentication for OSPF
1.13.06. Routing Protocol Authentication for IS-IS
1.13.07. Routing Protocol Authentication for BGP
1.13.08. BGP TTL Security Check
1.13.09. Infrastructure ACL
1.13.10. Anti Fragment Attacks
1.13.11. Filtering RFC 1918 Routes
1.13.12. uRPF for Anti-Spoofinng
1.13.13. Selective packet discard (SPD)
1.13.14. LDP authentication
1.13.15. Remote triggered black hole (RTBH)
1.13.16. NTP
1.13.17. Attack mitigation
1.13.18. SNMP Management
1.13.19. IP packet Accounting
1.13.20. Syslog

2. Implement, Optimize and Troubleshoot Edge/Access Technologies

2.1. FE/GE and Ethernet Trunk connections

• Metro Ethernet (Halabi, ISBN# 158705096X)

2.2. PPP connections

2.2.1. LCP
2.2.2. NCP
2.2.3. PPP encapsulation
2.2.4. PPP multilink
2.2.5. PPP Multi chassis multilink
2.2.6. PPPoE client
2.2.7. PPPoE server
2.2.8. PPP authentication

2.3. SONET/SDH connections

2.3.1. SONET/SDH frame
2.3.2. Automatic protection switching (APS), Timing
2.3.3. Channelized SDH, channelized interface,

2.4. Frame-relay connections

2.4.1. Frame Relay PVC, SVC, DLCI
2.4.2. Congestion-Control Mechanisms, FECN, BECN
2.4.3. Discard Eligibility (DE) bit
2.4.4. Frame Relay Fragmentation (FRF.12)
2.4.5. Frame Relay FRF.9 Payload Compression
2.4.6. Frame Relay Multilink (MLFR-FRF.16)
2.4.7. Frame Relay Switching
2.4.8. Frame-Relay LMI-Type
2.4.9. PPP over Frame-Relay

2.5. ATM connections

2.5.1. ATM cell
2.5.2. Virtual Path Identifier (VPI), Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI)
2.5.3. Payload Type (PT), Cell Loss Priority (CLP)
2.5.4. ATM adaptation layer (AAL)
2.5.5. ATM addressing
2.5.6. ATM PVC/SVC
2.5.7. ATM Cell Loss Priority (CLP) Setting
2.5.8. IP over ATM ( RFC1483)

2.6. T1/T3 and E1/E3 services.

2.6.1. Multiplexing
2.6.2. Framing
2.6.3. Timing
2.6.4. Chanel group

3. Describe, Implement, Optimize and Troubleshoot Remote Access Technologies

3.1. IP over DSL to the customer

• Implementing ADSL (Ginsburg, Addison Wesley, ISBN #0201657600)

3.2. IP over wire line to the customer

3.2.1. PPP
3.2.2. PPPoE
3.2.3. L2TP between LAC and LNS
3.2.4. PPPoE to VRF and MPLS VPN
3.2.5. PPP authentication (Radius, TACACS)
3.2.6. DHCP and options 82
3.2.7. Broadband network gateway (BNG)

3.3. IP over Cable to the customer

3.3.1. DOCSIS 3.0
3.3.2. PPPoE
3.3.3. L2TP between LAC and LNS

4. Implement, Optimize and Troubleshoot Layer 3 VPN

4.1. Intra AS L3 MPLS VPN

• Comparing, Designing, and Deploying VPNs(Mark Lewis, ISBN-10: 1-58705-179-6, ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-179-1)
• Selecting MPLS VPN Services (Chris Lewis, Steve Pickavance, ISBN-10: 1-58705-191-5, ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-191-3)
• Troubleshooting Virtual Private Networks (VPN) (Lewis, ISBN# 1587051044)

4.2. Inter AS L3 MPLS VPN

4.2.1. MP-EBGP VPNv4/VPNv6 peering using direct interface
4.2.2. MP-EBGP VPNv4/VPNv6 peer using multi-hop interface
4.2.3. MP-EBGP VPNv4/VPNv6 peer between RRs
4.2.4. VPNV4/VPNv6 next-hop unchanged
4.2.5. VPNV4/VPNv6 next-hop self
4.2.6. Multi VRF between ASPEs
4.2.7. Inter-AS MPLS VPNV4/VPNv6 multipath
4.2.8. Route target rewrite
4.2.9. Inter-AS MPLS VPN path selection

4.3. Carrier supporting carrier

4.3.1. MPLS LDP in customer carrier site
4.3.2. EBGPv4 + label between CSC-PE and CSC-CE
4.3.3. IGP + LDP between CSC-PE and CSC-CE
4.3.4. MPLS VPNv4 between customer carrier sites PEs
4.3.5. CSC VPN load balancing
4.3.6. VRF definition in customer carrier site
4.3.7. Customer carrier site PE-CE routing

4.4. VPN Extranet and internet access

4.4.1. MP-BGP VPNv4/VPNv6 Extra-Net
4.4.2. MP-BGP VPNv4/VPNv6 internet access

4.5. VRF service

4.5.1. Multiple VRF
4.5.2. Multiple VRF routing
4.5.3. VRF Selection based on Source IP Address

4.6. Multicast VPN

4.6.1. Default MDT
4.6.2. Data MDT
4.6.3. MP-BGP mdt peering
4.6.4. Multicast routing in VPN site
4.6.5. PM-SM in VPN site
4.6.6. RP in VPN site
4.6.7. Multicast VPN extranet

4.7. GRE L3 VPN

4.7.1. MPLS VPN—L3VPN over GRE

5. Implement, Optimize and Troubleshoot Layer 2 VPN

5.1. Atom

5.1.01. Psuedowire-class
5.1.02. EoMPLS –Ethernet over MPLS
5.1.03. FRoMPLS –Frame Relay over MPLS
5.1.04. HDLCoMPLS-HDLC over MPLS
5.1.05. PPPoMPLS-PPP over MPLS
5.1.06. AAL5oMPLS-ATM AAL5 over MPLS
5.1.07. L2TPv3
5.1.08. FR/PPP/HDLC/Ethernet interworking over MPLS
5.1.09. FR/PPP/HDLC/Ethernet interworking over L2TPv3
5.1.10. L2VPN local switching

5.2. VPLS and Carrier Ethernet

• Layer 2 VPN Architectures (Luo, Pignataro, Chan, Bokotey, ISBN# 1587051680)
• Layer 2 VPN Architectures (Bokotey, Chan, Luo, Pignataro, ISBN# 1587051680)
• Designing and Implementing IP/MPLS-Based Ethernet Layer 2 VPN Services: An Advanced Guide for VPLS and VLL (zhuo Xu)

5.3. L2TPV3 for L2VPN

5.3.1. L2TPv3
5.3.2. L2TPv3 VPN local switching
5.3.3. L2TPv3 VPN interworking

5.4. GRE L2VPN

5.4.1. L2VPN over GRE

6. Implement, Optimize and Troubleshoot Managed Services Traversing the Core

6.1. Managed Voice/Video services traversing the core

6.1.1. Traverse Voice/video packet
6.1.2. Traverse call signal packet

6.2. Managed Security services traversing the core

6.2.1. Traverse IKE packet
6.2.2. Traverse ESP, AH packet
6.2.3. Traverse SSL packet

6.3. Service Level Agreements for managed services

6.3.1. IP SLA sender
6.3.2. IP SLA responder
6.3.3. IP SLA for MPLS VPN
6.3.4. Netflow
6.3.5. Netflow for MPLS
6.3.6. Netflow for Multicast

7. Describe Service Provider Network implementing principle

7.1 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify the success criteria
7.2 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify appropriate routing protocol
7.3 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify appropriate tunneling protocol
7.4 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify improving convergence method
7.5 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify improving stability method
7.6 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify improving reliability method
7.7 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify improving management method
7.8 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify improving QOS method
7.9 Given a Service Provider network design change or new service, identify improving security