Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU)

Understanding Cisco Service Provider Network Foundations (SPFNDU) v1.1 training is designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge for the suite of Cisco® Certified Network Professional (CCNP®) Service Provider trainings. The training expands what you learned from the Cisco CCNA® training with a focus on theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the service provider environment. You will learn about architectures, protocols, software and hardware platforms, and solutions within the service provider realm.

This training earns you 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

 How You’ll Benefit

This course will help you:

• Acquire the foundational knowledge to understand the Cisco Service Provider Network methodologies, tools, and functions
• Learn the skills to manage the software and hardware platforms, structures, and protocols within the Service Provider realm

Who Should Enroll

This course is designed for network and software engineers and hold job roles such as:

• Network administrator
• Network engineer
• Network manager
• System engineer
• Project manager
• Network designer

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe network architectures, devices, and software used by service providers
• Describe the various Internet governance organizations, their roles, and tools available for governance information verification
• Configure Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) and Cisco IOS XE routers
• Describe Cisco IOS XR software, perform initial configuration, and explain platform daily tasks
• Describe various access and core technologies used by service providers
• Describe various major switching technologies used by service providers
• Describe major overlay technologies and their usage, and configure Virtual Extensible LAN I (VxLAN)
• Describe various major routing protocols used by service providers
• Configure Layer 3 services used by service providers
• Describe Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), components, protocols, and MPLS usage
• Describe usage of various services used and maintained by service providers
• Introduce Linux networking, Bourne Again Shell (BASH) scripting, and their usage within Cisco IOS XR software

Course Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
• Familiarity with typical service provider environment
• Basic knowledge about networking devices and their roles

 Duration

5 days