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Configuring and Implementing BGP

Course Status:	Released	Courseware Features
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	4 Hours
Deployment Options:	Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet

Audience

Enterprise network engineers; network system analysts; Cisco customers; resellers responsible for network administration and implementation; anyone working towards the Cisco Certified Network Professional qualification

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of the OSI model; an understanding of networking fundamentals; an understanding of how to operate and configure a Cisco IOS device; a working knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and how to configure a routed protocol such as IP; an understanding of distance vector routing protocol operation and RIP and IGRP configuration; a knowledge of how to determine when to use static and default routes and enable them on a Cisco router

Course Aim

Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN) is an online, self-guided version of Cisco’s instructor led course. This course focuses on using Cisco® routers connected in LANs and WANs typically found at medium to large network sites.

Learning Objectives

To describe the configuration and implementation of BGP

Topics Covered

BGP characteristics BGP overview Operational characteristics of BGP Characteristics of well-known mandatory BGP attributes Well-known discretionary and optional BGP attributes BGP operation and configuration BGP operation Examining BGP configuration Configuring and verifying BGP BGP terminology and operation Working with BGP Route reflectors and prefix lists Route reflector operation Procedures for configuring route reflectors Configuring route reflectors An overview of prefix lists Prefix list configuration and verification Configuring prefix lists Multihoming and redistribution Overview of multihoming within a BGP network Multihoming configuration within a BGP network Redistribution of IGP and BGP BGP route reflectors and policy control JKL case study: JKL's Internet connectivity